Review of Chappie (2015) by Vrildox — 09 Mar 2015
I've been shocked by reviews before, but I have never been more blown away than by the critical response of Chappie. This movie is damn near perfect. I think it might be the South African sensibility of the whole movie.
This is one of the most fundamentally sound films I've seen in a very long time. It's an action-comedy love letter to the musical duo Die Antwoord. I'm a Die Antwoord fan but even if I wasn't I would understand what Blomkamp was trying to do.
This was like a modern day Yellow Submarine with more movie than music and Die Antwoord doesn't suck at acting like the Beatles did. Ninja and Yolandi were actually very solid actors for this being their first film.
The rest of the cast crushed it because they're all incredibly talented especially Patel. I hear a lot about Jackman's two dimensional villain and how bad it was, but that's what kind of movie this is.
It's a serious movie that never takes itself too seriously. I swear to Science that film critics these days are so far up their own a***s that they wouldn't know a good movie if it puked in their face.
Chappie is a solid flick and deserves praise. I think Die Antwoord should be praised for how solid they were in this movie.
This review of Chappie (2015) was written by Vrildox on 09 Mar 2015.
Chappie has generally received mixed reviews.
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