#The Scargiver

[mndvx]

REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER April 19th 2024 | dir. Zack Snyder ››› Ed Skrein as Atticus Noble ››› Sofia Boutella as Kora

[flilisskywalker]

Zack Snyder, you will pay for my therapy, I'm very serious.

[oliveoomph]

Sofia Boutella as Kora

Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver (2024)

[picspammer]

Kora: What was it you were so afraid of? If it wasn't death? Gunnar: It was you. It was losing you.

[olvaheiner]

Rebel Moon - Part Two : The Scargiver (2024)

[lulu2992]

So I watched the Director’s Cut versions of Rebel Moon Part One & Two, respectively renamed Chalice of Blood and Curse of Forgiveness, exactly one week ago, the day they were released.

As a person who generally doesn’t enjoy the idea of watching films that are over 2.5 hours, really isn’t a fan of gore, and thinks sex scenes are uncomfortable and unnecessary 95% of the time, I was rather apprehensive, to say the least, since those three things are precisely what the two movies promised. Still, I managed to watch them on the same day even though the fact it was hot outside and consequently almost 30°C in my room probably didn’t help me not to feel unwell for a good portion of my viewing experience :’)

However, there’s a fourth thing the new version of the films promised, and this, on the contrary, is exactly what I love and probably what kept me going: more lore. I won’t go into too much detail so as not to spoil major plot points here, but I think Chalice of Blood and Curse of Forgiveness kept all their promises.

Some characters get a proper introduction (notably Aris and Nemesis), or more screen time so we understand them and what they do (mostly the Priests, Hawkshaws, and Jimmy), or a better, more satisfying, sometimes more emotional ending. We also get completely new scenes and characters, and that too greatly helps the narrative, whether it’s by adding more backstory, taking the time to explain someone’s motivations more clearly, revealing how some people reacted to certain events, or detailing how something works.

Also, some of the “mistakes” viewers complained about, for example the spaceship being powered with coal or somebody not missing any teeth after we clearly see them get knocked out, are fixed in the Director’s Cut. It turns out those things were not illogical, they were just censored for the PG-13 version…

As for the sex scenes, while they weren’t indispensable, I have to admit they do serve a purpose. The two “main” ones have a character in common, so we can see how different that person feels and acts with each of their two partners. The scenes need to exist together because they’re only really interesting when you compare them, but that’s how they tell a story. Never in my life had I been so happy to see someone successfully remove a bra, haha! There’s also, of course, the one that involves tentacles, which was–thankfully–milder than I thought it would be, and another unexpected one that happens off-screen but was a rather nice and cute surprise, in my opinion.

And, yes, aside from giving us more blood and more sex, we also get… more wheat! I really don’t mind, though. In fact, this is probably an unpopular opinion, but I’d watch one hour of the cast (actually) harvesting crops in slow motion over just one minute of heads exploding any day :’)

While they’re still not perfect, I think Chalice of Blood and Curse of Forgiveness are improved versions of A Child of Fire and The Scargiver. I still like Part Two better than Part One, but overall, as promised, we get more information about the world, the characters, and their stories in the Director’s Cut. Sometimes, it’s just a new line of dialog or a short interaction that’s added here and there, but it really does a service to the films and makes them, although they’re much longer (especially the first one), feel more coherent, more compelling, and less rushed.

At the end of the day, I think what I most appreciate about Rebel Moon is still that it was brought to life with a lot of care and passion. The two art books, Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology and Wurm: Ex Materia: Heroes & Monsters, confirm how painstakingly made and well-thought-out everything was, and I will always love and respect this about this project.

[tumblethroughthekaleidoscope]

Rebel Moon (2023) directed by Zack Snyder

"The king is a man, and a man can fail. But a myth is indestructible."

[danman007]

New Poster for Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver

[carmillas-vampiric-rage]

i literally can't he's so fucking beautiful

[skeletonfumes]

Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024) Zack Snyder

[editfandom]

Princess Issa - Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver, 2024

[mndvx]

REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER April 19th 2024 | dir. Zack Snyder    

[flilisskywalker]

Rebel Moon 2 was insane. Zack Snyder is a madman even when he is restrained. There is a cut between triumph and tragedy in this film that makes it stay with you even after the credits and not only that, but the way he makes a small village of farmers feel much bigger than an entire galaxy is also amazing. Such a human, mythical and entertaining film.

[oliveoomph]

Sofia Boutella as Kora

Rebel Moon - Part 2: The Scargiver (2024)

[imthefailedartist]

A movie where everyone is gay and yet nobody is.

A movie in which a butch lesbian falls in love with her delicate gay bestie.

The evil gay on a mission to destroy the butch lesbian who's better at everything. With his band of gay twink and otter soldiers.

The sensitive silent gay teams up with the older alcoholic gay

The aging cynical, looking out for only himself gay (Charlie Hunnam)

The gay king and lesbian queen who married each other out of duty to their country, and their inner light lesbian daughter

The gay teen-runaway falls for the small town teen lesbian.

The backstabbing gay who doesn't like to get his hands dirty. That's why his beard and wig are fucked up.

The mom gay with her adoptive Broadway gay baby.

The one maybe actual lesbian seeks revenge for the gay hunk, with the bisexual twin sister, who saved her life and died in the first one.

The gay robot who left his mean gay friends to forge his own path

The straight gay who sleeps with guys because they just know what a man likes. He's the one with the beard who might have died. (This movie is so boring I stopped paying attention)

The gay town council who thinks the younger guys want to much by asking for galaxy wide equality. Why can't they just keep doing it the way we've been doing it.

The town council gay who believes in the young gays and supports their efforts.

Let's buy some land together and we'll start a farm gays

[olvaheiner]

Rebel Moon - Part. 2 : The Scargiver (2024)