Review of Dark Phoenix (2019) by Inopinatus — 05 Jun 2019
They took a truly cosmic scale character and made a deeply mundane film out of it. Why would you do that? There's no epic character arc here, just a series of firework shows interspersed with overwrought agonising.
It's so earthbound in perspective that even the cardboard baddie aliens were made to look entirely human. A few sparkly effects later, some more maudlin introspection and then we wrap up leaving everyone wondering what the point was.
A gross injustice to the source material. Super disappointing.
This review of Dark Phoenix (2019) was written by Inopinatus on 05 Jun 2019.
Dark Phoenix has generally received positive reviews.
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