When I watch movies like Great wall, I set out with an open mind to accept the content and art style for what it is. There are B-grade action flicks, with horrible looking CGI which I still ended up liking because they did have this "Story" to tell, a world which the director/screenplay/editor had spent considerable time to craft within the movie. Hence movies like these not necessarily need to have deep budgets but definitely provide an experience which is well worth the viewers time, to give something to ponder once the credits roll.
You have no clue on why Matt Damon and William Dafoe signed up for this movie because they don't qualify to play any notable roles in the movie. This movie justify a need to have a protagonist, even though to an extent the Chinese General - she does a decent job. A Protagonist is as good only as to his enemy or the thing he/she is fighting against, which the movie fails miserably here due to the lack of one. I watched this in IMAX 3D and it did have some close moments like monsters jumping to the screen but none shot in 3D.
The set pieces where beautiful and so is the panoramic shots achieved in certain areas of the movie(air balloons) but overall still couldn't aid in providing the much needed soul to this movie. Soundtrack and mixing was commendable but again lost in translation because of the quality of the movie.
One other flaw was the movie opens with a massive battle in the first 15 mins, and whatever came next became shallow. This was something the director could have revisited. Can recommend a watch only on some home video streaming service. Cheers guys!
You have no clue on why Matt Damon and William Dafoe signed up for this movie because they don't qualify to play any notable roles in the movie. This movie justify a need to have a protagonist, even though to an extent the Chinese General - she does a decent job. A Protagonist is as good only as to his enemy or the thing he/she is fighting against, which the movie fails miserably here due to the lack of one. I watched this in IMAX 3D and it did have some close moments like monsters jumping to the screen but none shot in 3D.
The set pieces where beautiful and so is the panoramic shots achieved in certain areas of the movie(air balloons) but overall still couldn't aid in providing the much needed soul to this movie. Soundtrack and mixing was commendable but again lost in translation because of the quality of the movie.
One other flaw was the movie opens with a massive battle in the first 15 mins, and whatever came next became shallow. This was something the director could have revisited. Can recommend a watch only on some home video streaming service. Cheers guys!