hiraishinnojutsu

Not saying I'm completely disappointed, well maybe a bit, but I just to imagine it were that based on what I expected and speculated from the trailer and not some kind of interconnected stories with the climax at the final episode, it would have been more interesting to me. I have no problem with the CGI, for a non-hollywood production series it's kinda okay, though I agree it can be improved for the later seasons. Like all Joko Anwar's projects, it brought his seemingly untamable bias of some rigid acting and dialogue in some parts by some of the actors. Scoring is fine and the plots are as usual: slightly better in concept than execution. But without Joko, who would be so brave and competent enough to pull this off in Indonesia? All in all, I'm satisfied and not feeling a little bit of regret spending my time finishing this series off in one go

7.5/10.

It seems like I suffer from what I call "Post-Dune Effect", in which every sci-fi/space opera I watch or gonna watch after I watched both part 1 and part 2 of Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune becomes kind of generic, and this movie is no exception, tho I admit I kinda enjoy the action scenes in both part 1 and part two of the Rebel Moon franchise. Like there's no difference between this series and the entire Riddick franchise aesthetically (except maybe for the amount of slow motion lol, and more modern CGI too), whereas Villeneuve's Dune creates its own style with some "Lawrence of Arabia" polishing. There is almost no stake at all, thanks to the plot armor that amplifies the fighting prowess of the good guys (even though most of them are not built for that) while at the same time, dumbs down the supposedly well trained bad guys (tch, classic). Snyder is said to have a plan for at least 6 movies of this series, but the overall first two movies are enough for me to move on and demand Denis Villeneuve to give me Dune Messiah already.

7.5/10.

Probably not the best Joko has produced as some have pointed out, but it's the most enjoyable to me so far. Pacing's good, not too fast, not too slow. The story's pretty understandable too, well at least 80% of it without the help of forum and discussion. Open to different interpretations? Yep, it's not Joko if it's not. Funny thing is, the movie doesn't feel like religious to me (from one particular religion) if you think it through, as it has a universal message of humans in the face of death as they lie dying rather than it is about people finding out one particular religion is right, or in other words: More psychological than religious, more human than supernatural, a spiritual journey and reflection about the end we're all gonna face one day, even for those who don't believe.

8.5/10.