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[yeahyankee]

Parting thoughts:

I took my time (3 Days) to get through all of Scargiver, but it wasn’t unpleasant to keep returning to the story— I just had to take more time to get through it. This tells me it would’ve been more successful as a show.

In a lot of ways, this felt less like a an adult-oriented Star Wars and more like a live-action remake of Studio Gonzo’s Samurai 7 anime from 2004. The difference between these films and Samurai 7 however, is that the anime takes its time to establish a dynamic for a party so large. There’s literally seven people we need to get to know. We’re along for the ride to watch the characters interacting on a journey. 

Here, however, The Journey is cut for time, and the script seems to focus only on the high-fat, salty bits of a story—slow motion fight scenes, huge set pieces, random trauma-dumping inserted for exposition.

In many ensemble cast shows/movies that work, the characters take time with one another. There are periods of rest and bonding. That’s why it feels comforting to watch them—we feel like we’re part of their ensemble, and growing with them.

Shows like Avatar, The Bear, The Expanse, movies like The Goonies—all also leave room in the script for rest and character time where the stakes are low and they’re learning about each other. In Rebel Moon, that character development feels shoehorned and paint-by-numbers: “Okay, adopted daughter who is betrayed, check. Samurai woman from a cyberpunk planet who fights for revenge, check. Hot French Farmer who’s just here for a good time, check.”

There’s no short cut for making a likable group of characters, unfortunately. We have to spend actual on-screen time with them and decide if we like them. That’s why we end up worrying more about the Farmers in Rebel Moon than we do the actual main cast—because we spend more time with them overall.

I think if Zack Snyder balanced out his Hot Wheels Cool Factor a bit more to spend more time doting on characters, his stories would feel so much more emotionally grounded. Explosions are cool, campy fun is ALWAYS appreciated, and it’s ok if you’re just making a lore heavy movie that’s about super strong pretty people, but even in (great) comic books & anime—it’s not all about the aesthetics—it’s about pushing storytelling in a highly visual medium without losing your audience.

All that being said, the fight scenes all over this movie were stunning, and a joy to watch.

Interested to see where this story will go from here, and how it’s received over time—as I see this series becoming a campy cult hit years from now.

#movie review #the scargiver #rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #zack snyder #samurai 7 #Gonzo

[yeahyankee]

We all felt that, girl 🙂‍↕️



#rebel moon spoilers #rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #zack snyder #kora #sofia boutella #gunnar #michiel huisman

[yeahyankee]

Gunnar is wonderful but sadly made of cheese.

They gave this man the wizard build 😔

#gunnar #malewife issues #rebel moon #rebel moon 2 #the scargiver

[yeahyankee]

Smash Brothers ass fight scene

#Port Town Aero Dive babyyy #rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #the scargiver

[yeahyankee]

*in the most unhurried voices possible, with the slowest cuts between dialogue*

Gunnar: Kora *Pause* Kora, where are you? The engine’s running— *Pause* I’m waiting for you.

Kora: *looking distantly down an elevator shaft* I’m almost there.

This feels like a scene out of Twilight.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #Gunnar #kora

[yeahyankee]

JIMMMMMMY. MY MAN—

#kind of the best character #it’s between Jimmy and the Farmers honestly #Jimmy #rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #anthony hopkins

[yeahyankee]

“And Cassius, you may fire on the village”

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #atticus noble #Space Lord Farquaad

[yeahyankee]

Genuinely never put two and two together that a great villain was a charismatic villain.

Until today, where that lack became startlingly clear.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #atticus noble #villain #writing

[yeahyankee]

I cannot stress to you enough how much Admiral Noble looks like a slowly dehydrating Cillian Murphy.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #atticus noble #he gives off such rancid piss boy energy #first thing he does when he shows up is flash his titties

[yeahyankee]

Jimmy has by far been the best character in this series and I cannot decide if it’s Anthony Hopkins or the writing itself.

Meanwhile, Sofia Boutella: You are choosing a side, James. 👁️👄👁️

I swear, some scenes she’s great and others it feels like she’s falling asleep.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #sofia boutella #the scargiver

[yeahyankee]

Back on my Rebel Moon bullshit for Day 2, and we’re now about 50 minutes into Scargiver.

It’s important to mention that this series is not horrific in the way that some folks have already characterized it. It’s just not DC Star Wars everyone wanted it to be.

It’s Turkish Star Wars.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #zack snyder #star wars #Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam #The Man Who Saved the World #the scargiver

[yeahyankee]

Oh my god there’s just a Group Therapy session 40 minutes into Scargiver. This is NOT what I meant by develop their group dynamic more.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #trauma lore dump

[yeahyankee]

I like that Gunnar’s thing is that he shoots like a Stormtrooper.

#rebel moon #rebel moon 2 #gunnar

[yeahyankee]

Plenty of highly intelligent people end up getting sucked in to cults because they just wanted people to hang out with. There are antivaxxer nurses. Your ability to act on empirical reason breaks down fast if your social and emotional needs aren't being met.

[yeahyankee]

So I just feel like, if you’re going to have a space epic that spans several movies, for the love of god, take your time setting up character dynamics.

Half an hour into Scargiver and they’re being presented embroidered tapestries that signify their character traits, and rather than this scene being affirming and tender, I’m finding it informative.

Like “Really ✏️ 🗒️ Nemesis is like lightening…✏️✏️”

In a film series that’s so massively dependent on the way the main party interacts—they interact SO SELDOMLY with one another, and instead we just have these nonverbal anecdotal scenes of each character just doing a thing.

#rebel moon 2 #rebel moon #thoughts

[yeahyankee]

*creepy TikTok conspiracy music* Is Rebel Moon and Stardew Valley actually the same thing? Let’s find out today—

#rebel moon #rebel moon 2 #farming simulator

[yeahyankee]

“Work begins at dawn”

And immeeeeeediatly there’s fuckin

#gunnar #kora #rebel moon 2 #rebel moon