Duncan Jones Will Follow Moon With Mute

[Hordakfan]

I really enjoyed Jones's films and this should be a nice follow up to that.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Still gonna watch it.

I might watch it... on mute.

 

[-JKR-]

I was worried because I hated Warcraft and saw that critics were shredding this to pieces.

The I watched it.

Critics have lost their minds.

 

[Deck Rickard]

So you liked it?

I haven’t been impressed with any of Jones’ films yet... Moon and Source Code were interesting but I didn’t love them. And Warcraft was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. So this potentially being bad doesn’t surprise me.

 

[Man in the Suit]

So you liked it?

I haven’t been impressed with any of Jones’ films yet... Moon and Source Code were interesting but I didn’t love them. And Warcraft was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. So this potentially being bad doesn’t surprise me.

That's how I feel. Moon was okay but that's because of Rockwell. Source Code is forgettable and the direction is generic. I didn't even bother with Warcraft.

 

[-JKR-]

So you liked it?

I haven’t been impressed with any of Jones’ films yet... Moon and Source Code were interesting but I didn’t love them. And Warcraft was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. So this potentially being bad doesn’t surprise me.

I really liked it, yeah. And the three lead actors are just incredible.

 

[scarlet-witch]

I loved Moon, it's easily one of my favorite Sci Fi movies. Source Code was just okay, and i never bothered with Warcraft. i'm just hoping this is more of the Moon side for him.

 

[-JKR-]

I loved Moon, it's easily one of my favorite Sci Fi movies. Source Code was just okay, and i never bothered with Warcraft. i'm just hoping this is more of the Moon side for him.

I liked both Moon and Source Code. This is pretty much its own beast. It's a weird little sci-fi neo-noir, but I really, really liked it and will definitely rewatch more than once.

 

[harlequinade]

MESS! After 25 minutes I was only watching to catch references to Moon. The only things i liked were: entertaining performance from Rudd, cinematography and Mansell's score which was far from his best. The protagonist was dull and so was his quest to find his lover, the plot with the surgeons didn't mix well with the rest of the movie at all.

Spoiler

The pedophilia subplot was so clumsily handled it was absolutely disgusting to behold and I have no idea why that was even in this movie. Why was it even set in this futuristic world? That brought nothing to the story.

That 10 second long cameo from Rockwell 1. featured better acting from him as multiple Sam Bells than whatever the hell Skarsgard was doing 2. made me wish they made that into feature film which would have been faaaaaar better than Mute.

 

[scarlet-witch]

WTF was that script? I didn't think it was possible for Jones to be so incoherent.

I don't think it's as bad as its 9% RT score but it's definitely nowhere near good.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

Yeah this was a mess. So incoherent and a certain subplot reveal was handled very poorly IMO. The best things about it were easily the visuals, the score and Paul Rudd's performance. Can't say I really felt anything for any of the characters either even Skarsgard who just makes funny facial expressions the whole time. I'm honestly not that familiar with Duncan Jones work either. I've only seen parts of Moon and Source Code, but I thought Warcraft was terrible and this wasn't that much better. I'm sure he's a talented dude, but he should probably just consider leaving these ambitious, big budget sci-fi/fantasy films alone. I recommend watching Altered Carbon if you want to see a much better version of something like this.

I'd give it a 5/10.

 

[jmc]

Got half way through before I tapped out. What the hell happened to Duncan Jones?

 

[Black Narcissus]

Got half way through before I tapped out. What the hell happened to Duncan Jones?

No more Kubrick/Tarkovsky films to simplify.

Yes, I'm glad ya'll liked Moon and all that, but let us be real now.

salt and pepper of 2001 and Solaris. lol

 

[Octoberist]

One appeal for me of Jones was that he was Bowie’s son.

I think the real sci-fi GOAT wasn’t going to be Jones or Bloomkamp. No...It was Alex Garland all the long.

 

[nite-owl]

One appeal for me of Jones was that he was Bowie’s son.

I think the real sci-fi GOAT wasn’t going to be Jones or Bloomkamp. No...It was Alex Garland all the long.

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[chamber-music]

I found the movie rather dull.

Spoiler

Seeing Rudd play a villain was somewhat interesting but beyond that I really didn't find the movie too engaging.

The characters and plot never really hooked me.

 

[redhawk23]

Simply a disaster of a film. I don't say that lightly.

For the first halfhour I merely found it bland and derivative, similar to Altered Carbon but goddamn does its plot barely exist...and then is just abandoned.

The Paul Rudd sections of the film are at first odd-- and then just nonsensical.
[BLACKOUT]Everything with the pedophile friend. We are already clearly shown that he is a pedophile. Then we are presented with a long sequence of Paul Rudd discovering this, then an even longer scene of him confronting a and threatening his friend. Then suddenly "Hey let's go to the mall, bro!" [/BLACKOUT]
I straight up felt like I had a stroke or something.

And then it just continued. I paused at some point just to see how much was left and was straight up shoecked that there was still 40 minutes left after 90 minutes. There was no narrative momentum. I could not tell where in the story I was supposed to be.

I tapped out at that point. I might try to finish it tomorrow.

 

[redhawk23]

No more Kubrick/Tarkovsky films to simplify.

Yes, I'm glad ya'll liked Moon and all that, but let us be real now.

salt and pepper of 2001 and Solaris. lol

Plot and character wise, Moon has damn near nothing to do with that of 2001. It's a clear influence but that's not really a fair assessment.

 

[jmc]

Simply a disaster of a film. I don't say that lightly.

For the first halfhour I merely found it bland and derivative, similar to Altered Carbon but goddamn does its plot barely exist...and then is just abandoned.

The Paul Rudd sections of the film are at first odd-- and then just nonsensical.
[BLACKOUT]Everything with the pedophile friend. We are already clearly shown that he is a pedophile. Then we are presented with a long sequence of Paul Rudd discovering this, then an even longer scene of him confronting a and threatening his friend. Then suddenly "Hey let's go to the mall, bro!" [/BLACKOUT]
I straight up felt like I had a stroke or something.

And then it just continued. I paused at some point just to see how much was left and was straight up shoecked that there was still 40 minutes left after 90 minutes. There was no narrative momentum. I could not tell where in the story I was supposed to be.

I tapped out at that point. I might try to finish it tomorrow.

I was shocked at how long this movie felt. I was 45 mins in a could have sworn twice as long had passed.

 

[moviedoors]

This was a complete misfire. At least The Cloverfield Paradox had a pulpy propulsive energy that got you thru all the nonsense. This was utterly inert, just a series of "and then, and then, and then" scenes that take forever to get to a completely unremarkable reveal.

Why was this even set in the future? It was all just window dressing.

Duck is one of the most obnoxious characters I've seen in a movie in sometime. Everything from the performance to his costuming to his ultimate place in the story was precious and gross.

 

[Black Narcissus]

So the only Netflix original flick that aint a mess is still Beast of No Nation.

 

[Greens]

So the only Netflix original flick that aint a mess is still Beast of No Nation.

Gotta defend Bright!

 

[Black Narcissus]

Praying for Scorsese.

 

[The Shape]

I must admit that I could not make it through this entire film. Turned it off roughly halfway through and still felt like I wasted too much time on it.

 

[TheVileOne]

IMHO, Bright was flawed, but I thought it was a fairly coherent story and narrative. This sounds like as big of a clumsy mess as Warcraft. To give you an example.

Spoiler

OK Garona. I have an idea. If you kill me...the human king of the Alliance, then you can create peace between the orcs and the humans! You can save us all! Yeah! That's it! You have to kill me!