You know, Zack Snyder has a contempt for cinema that's almost commendable, were it not expressed in an equally hyper-consumerist manner. Every scene is shot, written, scored and colored like a trailer, with two-tone complementary shades for every occasion. There is no action too insignificant that it doesn't warrant slow motion. Hell, at one point, a scene in slow motion starts going into slower motion! Both story and dialogue are so barren that it genuinely feels AI-generated. The setting of the world, however, looks incredibly cool.
A true example of naive art, it's clear that Snyder has no creative bone in their body and just wants to recreate the media they experienced when they were younger. A cantina full of weird little guys? Great idea! A cyberpunk place that’s also Asian? I mean, what other one could there be! Those marines? The space kind! The farm town is literally called “Field,” for crying out loud. This man should be making banger music videos. Instead, we gave the world’s oldest 12-year old almost $100 million for yet another space Nazi story with robo-racism sprinkled in.
If all you care about is aesthetics, then this flashy movie serves up an easy 5 stars, with the most stereotypically Bad Guy a bunch of bad guys have ever looked. You want substance? Haha, good luck with that one.
