Now as i watched the movie i truly tried to not hold it and compared it to the first one, but the movie borrows sooo much and put so many winks and easter eggs and cameo's its plain impossible not to compare.
And yeah,alas, the first did absolutely everything, every single aspect better to much better and most definitely story/drama character wise.
Even though tis definitely not the worst movie ever,this movie kind of symbolize the state of current Hollywood and how much it has declined over the last 2 decades. The fact so many people praising it confirms a bitter reality. Story and plot just don't matter or at least much less then it used to be, people are pleased when they see pretty pictures.
This movie definitely looks glorious and expensive and had a big grandeur, but it fails to me to have coherent driven plot, in the first movie every scene absolutely mattered, even during battles, characters spoke by their actions and where very consistent in how the character was portrayed.
This script ( from the same writer as that abominal napoleon movie) things feel random and forced.
Battles feel so meh, nothing feels deserved or earned..
pity, acting was well though all where good to great acting performances wich makes it even more of a pity the story was so weak.
