| Title | The Creator |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Science Fiction, Action |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Runtime | 02:13:00 |
| Release Date (USA): | September 29, 2023 |
| Director: | Gareth Edwards |
| Main Cast: | John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe |
| Summary: | Joshua, an ex-special forces agent, and his team of elite operatives are recruited to kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. They journey into AI-occupied territory only to discover the world-ending weapon is in the form of a young child. |
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I liked the movie a lot. It won’t be a staple of the cinema or sci-fi, but it’s a nice movie imo.
The visuals and techs are cool. The story was interesting IMO. The characters are not original, nor is the scenario, but the story is original in the theme it talks about and how it mixes that with sci-fi is interesting. It’s not a common take on the fight against machines too.
Mild Spoiler : it’s a parallel to 9/11 and how the US then go on a crusade against terrorism with dubious reasons.
Heavier spoiler (20min in the movie) : the movie is about racism and how a government can go on a crusade out of fear from racial replacement. It’s interesting that it’s also about robots, which brings the subjects of robots living with humans, transhumanism and the evolution of humans with technology.
Of all the “thumbs down” this movie is getting here, your insights are actually very interesting! I’m surprised no one else had picked upon that! Well…not THAT surprised, really. 🙄
Now, the question is has it escaped everyone here who’s seen it or are you reading too much into it? 😇
It is very obvious. The only non obvious thing is that the robots are not Muslims. I was shocked that my friends didn’t see it instantly, but once I told them they saw it too.
Convoluted and a mess of a movie. Felt super disconnected from the characters. Amazing world, special and visual effects. Wanted more of that. An absolute treat for the eyes and imagination but just that everything else was generic, lackluster, disappointing, nonsensical, not properly explained or the movie just jumps around willy Nilly and can be confusing to say the least. I really wanted to like it because I love sci fi and we don’t get enough of this sort of thing, but the end result isn’t greater than the sum of its parts. Perhaps a director’s cut is required/ necessary, as it really seemed like good chunks of the movie were missing.
I really hope this movie is good. We need original IPs like this to succeed.
You will be very disappointed…
Did you see it?
Unfortunately I was ripped of my money and time by voluntarily watching this in cinema. That’s my fault that I believed its trailer. Last time I made that mistake. Next time I just wait a week longer for review…
Seeing this tomorrow. Watched a YouTube review or two that got me kinda hyped but you guys brought me back down to ground level. Bummer if it really turns out to be that generic.
Intrigued about this movie, I might go watch it the weekend, but not too sure.
Curious to see what other people think!
It’s mediocre at best.
Thanks for your feedback, sorry to see another failed movie
You know… Everybody likes something else. You still might like it.
I like a lot of movies which doesn’t have a lot of positive reviews. 😇
I thought for sure it’s Kawhi Leonard
haha!
Wow. This was…bad. Visually stunning but that’s about it. Screenplay was trite and inept. John David Washington was awful. It’s quite frustrating because it could’ve been something more. The production design was so gorgeous and I generally enjoyed the world building. It’s the lack of any character development and the clunky screenplay that’s really dragging this down. What a disappointment.
Also, go home Hans Zimmer. That score was so heavy-handed, it drove me fucking crazy.
Yeah! I felt the same way about…wha…John Davi…sorry, I thought we were talking about Avatar.
What an awesome movie. I’m not on board with transhumanism but I must say they still make you feel for the robots to some degree. You don’t have to buy into the ideology to enjoy this film.
Also, like, how the heck are child actors this good?? Like it should have been illegal for Madeleine Yuna Voyles to be as great as she was in this movie. Bravo.
Not bad, the visuals were astounding, story wise it’s Avatar/Pocahontas but with AI instead of blue dudes/natives, the Middle East and 9/11 parallel was very clear, maybe too clear (>!I’ll save you from American!<),
World ending weapon in the form of a child? Never seen that before
That’s not what it is
Yeah I’ll echo what everyone else is saying, the visuals and art direction are stellar, some of the best original sci-fi art in the last decade, rivaling Dune and Avatar - the story is as generic of an action movie as you can get. It’s a fun movie tho, I enjoyed my watch, but it’s not a “run out and see” kinda movie unless you’re a VFX nerd like me.
looks like a mashup of call of duty, district 9, terminator, and misc super magical golden child stories
Unfortunately not only looks like that…
Why create the discussion thread before the movies even released?
Movie was showing last night in some places.
My gf was going to see Barbie in imax but creator was playing at 7
Shoulda seen Barbie
She did. Just at a different time.
Creator looks cool but I’m not sure if it is cool.
