jackgdemoss

Perhaps I went in with too grand of expectations given how my small bubble of critics I respect were praising this film. It did not impress me nearly as much as it did some others, but is still an enjoyable watch. The story of our protagonist is excellent and stands in stark contrast to how human characters are handeled in the American adaptations. The pacing is great with some lagging in act 2. The main reason this film is worth seeing is because it shines such a damning light on the neglegence, greed, and waste that must occur in these big hollywood blockbusters that have 20-30x the budget without producing nearly enough to show it.

This did not feel like a 2 hour and some change movie. There was not one moment where I felt like checking the time or got pulled out of the movie from boredom because it absolutely won't let you. Even my favorite films of all time will typically have a scene or two that are fluff or are dragged out but it could be argued that The Creator has none.

That being said, the ability of the characters to seemingly fast travel is immersion breaking. There are also at least 3 times that I noticed not even looking for it that the character is clearly saying something that the audio is not, with poor effort to dub it properly.

Although I appreciate the unique take of the AI being the rebel oppressed force, I feel like the horse was well and truly beaten about halfway through. This is definitely worth a watch.