Gods Of Egypt

Wolff

This was I think supposed to be out this week - I have a 13 year old dying to see this and it looks like its been pulled - anyone any information on an irish release date - and before you ask - yes I have googled it and looking at the Censor's own release schedule its missing

B.A._Baracus

Strange.
It appears that February is a release date for 'France' while the uk & ireland doesnt have a release date yet

It could have something to do with the fact the movie completely bombed in the united states however.

Wolff

Yeah I thought that - but these things are usually booked months in advance so the movie goes out bomb or no bomb look at PAN last year for example..no mention of it at all now for UKI which is very odd maybe someone saw ISIS was in a movie and that's it then immediate ban....

Links234

February 26th is the release date according to imdb.com, but I don't see any listings anywhere

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

It could have something to do with the fact the movie completely bombed in the united states however.

I think it's possible that the distributors pulled it, but honestly, there's movies that bombed in the states and then went on to do well in Europe and other territories. The Oldboy remake bombed incredibly bad, and it still showed in cinemas this side. I think a possibility is they delayed it, because Deadpool is still doing so well and they didn't want to compete with it.

Was wondering when this was coming out so asked Alex Proyas and he said that the UK release is set for June 17

pixelburp

From the trailers it has looked like this year's Jupiter Ascending really. So there's a part of me that's looking forward to it

It looks like good dumb fun and word of mouth seems to support that. I know a few people who have seen it and they've all enjoyed, they all agree that it's a long way from a good film but that it's enjoyable as hell and plays everything rather tongue in cheek and just has some fun.

johnny_ultimate

I saw the trailer for this a few months ago and jaw was very much agape at how utterly appalling it looked. Happy to hear it lives up to it.

Proyas makes fascinatingly awful films. Knowing is beyond terrible, but compulsively so. Very few people making films so completely yet earnestly misguided, bar perhaps Richard Kelly who I'm pretty sure isn't even making films anymore after the feature length manic episode that was The Box.

Decuc500

Alex Proyas first two films (The Crow and Dark City) are two great, dark genre films. Dark City, in particular, is one of the most fascinating and visually impressive science fiction films I've seen, a king of sci-fi/film noir nightmare.

I'm not keen on Will Smith but I Robot was also a pretty visionary film for its time. Roger Eberts enthusiastic review of Knowing is interesting reading and I loved that such a respected critic can appreciate a kind of silly, end of the world movie.

Yeah, so basically I'm a fan. Gods of Egypt does look nuts though.

pixelburp

Yeah, Dark City was the film that put Proyas on my radar all those years ago. Been a long while since I've seen it but would still think of it as a pretty underrated Sci-Noir film. That said, his CV since then seems to have taken a big dive off a cliff.

allibastor

Thought it looked good, but a leave your brain at the door film.

TerrorFirmer

Attempted to watch this yesterday, it was so desperately appalling that I had to turn it off after 25 minutes. Unconvincing CGI, absolutely dreadful performances - even from actors who we know are capable of stellar showings - and a terrible script.

There's bad, and then there's bad - I would put it on par with the Kellan Lutz version of 'Hercules', if that gives an indication.

Despite costing an eye watering $140,000,000 to make, it smacks of something achieved on just a fraction of that.

Skerries

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

There's bad, and then there's bad - I would put it on par with the Kellan Lutz version of 'Hercules', if that gives an indication.

ah here! it's bad but not Kellan Lutz 'Hercules' bad, that's just a different level of shíttiness

DMcL1971

I have made three attempts to watch it this week. So far I have managed to get to the twenty minute mark. I reckon that at about five minutes a day I could be finished in only another three weeks.

Yea..

The trailer looked woeful. It was before X-Men Apocalypse and I thought, "welp, that'll be a torrent, then!"

TerrorFirmer

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Attempted to watch this yesterday, it was so desperately appalling that I had to turn it off after 25 minutes. Unconvincing CGI, absolutely dreadful performances - even from actors who we know are capable of stellar showings - and a terrible script.

There's bad, and then there's bad - I would put it on par with the Kellan Lutz version of 'Hercules', if that gives an indication.

Despite costing an eye watering $140,000,000 to make, it smacks of something achieved on just a fraction of that.

Sounds like you got to the same point as me or even a little further. I got to the monsters flying around bit...

DMcL1971

Well I managed to watch the whole film this morning. It really does fail on pretty much every level.

The story. I managed to follow it for about the first half and then it just started to fall apart. I forgot what any of the characters motivations were and I lost track of who was dead and who was alive. Mainly because they seemed to be able to die and then come back without following any particular rules.

The script, this is some of the most lumbering dialogue I have ever heard. It all sounds very serious and deep and meaningful, yet the actors deliver it either as if they are just chatting to each other or as if they are reading the words from a cue card while seeing them for the first time, therefore giving no gravitas to the story. It all sounds earth shatteringly important but the characters are treating it as if it is a joke or they don't actually care.

The performances. As mentioned the actual line reading is not believable but the performances don't sell it either. The two main mortal characters are like two vapid teenagers who are only interested in money and pretty dresses. They are never set up as being likeable or particularly in love. Therefore I don't give a damn if Bek can save Zaya from the land of the dead. Gerard Butler is his usual shouty, fighty self. I find Nikolaj Coster-Waldau likeable as an actor but really didn't buy him as a god. The rest of the actors made absolutely no impact whatsoever except Rufus Sewell. I found him to be likeable and I actually believed him as a character.

The costumes, make-up and set design. What this film lacks in story, pacing, acting and editing it really makes up for in costumes, make-up and set design. This film has some fantasticaly detailed and beautiful costumes, amazing sets and beautiful make-ups. The whole art design of the film is stunning.

Visual effects. This is always tricky as there are two distinct sides to visual effects. One side is making a believable visual effect and the other is placing that effect believably into its environment. The second part (Compositing) is where the problem lies. The entire world just come across as entirely unbelievable as everything is so incredibly vast, bejewelled and epic that it is beyond belief. Also everything is so perfectly clean and in focus and glistening and sparkly that the whole thing comes across as fake. Horus and Set are beautiful characters that are well animated but unfortunately look like they were glued on over the background. The Sphinx looked fantastic and so does Apep, the multiple copies of Thoth also worked well.

In conclusion, supermodels in beautiful costumes are poorly composited into beautiful CGI models which bear no resemblance to reality. The supermodels then spout clunking thick non-sensical dialogue. Everything explodes, for some unfathomable reason while fantastical beasts attack each other for other unfathomable reasons.

In pre-production, a group of highly skilled artists drew and planned some beautiful characters, environments, costumes, sets and concepts for action sequences. During production, a group of actors read their lines out loud in a big empty green room with only a vague notion of what the film might look like or what its plot could be in around a year when all the sets, environments and creatures would be put in. In post-production a group of highly talented film artisans and technical experts did exactly what an inept director asked them to do, unfortunately in service of a poor story that was badly developed.

TerrorFirmer

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Sounds like you got to the same point as me or even a little further. I got to the monsters flying around bit...

That's precisely the bit where I said 'ooookay', got up and switched to another movie.

Great review above.

constitutionus

well went to see this today.

i thought it was great !

its trash by by god its fun trash with some lovely visuals and concepts. It kept reminding me of the type of film i'd be taken to with the residents association as a kid. strictly B movie fare but entertaining for what it is.

best i can describe it as is a cross between clash of the titans and the mummy.

i can see 10yr olds with their dads loving it. its just the sheer nuttyness of some of the ideas in it. i couldnt stop smiling at geoffry rush's Ra

in space on his sky chariot - complete with chain- dragging the sun around a flat earth and fighting off a space monster bent on eating creation

im pretty sure i can safely say your not gonna see that again in a film anytime soon

and thank god for gerard buttler. seriously this lad has made a career out of doing "worthy" films like "law abiding citizen"- but still is happy to turn out innoffensive class trash like this.

i did not expect to have as much fun at this as i did. in fact i had a better time than some of the "blockbusters " this year.

solid 7/10 from me

wil

constitutionus wrote: »

well went to see this today.

i thought it was great !

its trash by by god its fun trash with some lovely visuals and concepts. It kept reminding me of the type of film i'd be taken to with the residents association as a kid. strictly B movie fare but entertaining for what it is.

best i can describe it as is a cross between clash of the titans and the mummy.

i can see 10yr olds with their dads loving it. its just the sheer nuttyness of some of the ideas in it. i couldnt stop smiling at geoffry rush's Ra

in space on his sky chariot - complete with chain- dragging the sun around a flat earth and fighting off a space monster bent on eating creation

im pretty sure i can safely say your not gonna see that again in a film anytime soon

and thank god for gerard buttler. seriously this lad has made a career out of doing "worthy" films like "law abiding citizen"- but still is happy to turn out innoffensive class trash like this.

i did not expect to have as much fun at this as i did. in fact i had a better time than some of the "blockbusters " this year.

solid 7/10 from me

Wonder how it compares to Hercules 1983, possibly the ultimate so bad it's hilarious Lou Ferigno (rock powered) vehicle.