The sheer number of people who actively dislike (even hate) Zack Snyder, who stayed up to watch Rebel Moon (an explicitly Zack Snyder film) just to complain about it, is so weird to me.
Like, this isn't a first-time director. If you know you don't like his movies, why are you carving out over two hours to watch it.
It's just baffling to me that it's almost 2024, and people still hate-watch things.
I have so much to say about Rebel Moon director's cuts. As someone who already enjoyed the watered down versions, Zack's original vision rules really hard just like every single one of his projects. I don't know if this is his magnum opus, but it is definitely his most ambitious film. The extreme violence serves as a great contrast to the warmth of human connection. Snyder doesn't go half way in. He goes all way in. Beauty and horror in its totality. He made the kind of film that Hollywood would never let him make, not even in the days where they still praised him for 300.
It's such a miracle that this film exists in the recent scenario we find ourselves in. This is the alternative to people who want something far more intense than other scif-fi and space fantasies could ever offer. The way he lingers on certain quiet moments shows how much Snyder cares for the humanity and expression of the characters he created.
“These films remain so fundamentally derivative and dull that you can’t escape the feeling that you’re watching an extended fan film… filled with even more superficial characters and excessive exposition”
If not redemption, what about revenge?
REBEL MOON — PART ONE: A CHILD OF FIRE (December 21st 2023)
››› Djimon Hounsou as Titus
››› Sofia Boutella as Kora