Review of Gods of Egypt (2016) by Healingtoolbox — 18 Sep 2021

2021, watched it again a second time. I believe in decades to come, three movies:

- Jupiter Ascending (2015), - Gods of Egypt (2016), and.

- Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) are destined to be revered among the finest AAA VFX craftsmanship ever produced. Why? Because of:

- the unbridled exercise of imagination, - the scope of imagination, - the non-stop inventiveness,.

- the seamless excellence of the VFX craft; and, - the strengths of the narratives. The above all come together all too rarely. All have the good fortune to be ethnically diverse as well. It is true when Gods of Egypt came out, it coincided with the start of more public awareness and demand for films about Egypt should be cast with actual Egyptian actors, not Scotsmen. Why are these three so little known? By 2013 the Marvel cinematic universe was taking up the lion's share of oxygen in Hollywood and at the box-office These three movies were misguided attempts by other studios to see if they could compete effectively with Marvel. Alas, all three movies are really AAA 1980s-1990s-style blockbusters, with scripts resonant with the 1980s. They are fueled by spectacle. Marvel universe movies are not primarily fueled by spectacle. They are fueled by "unleashing the superhero within" the ordinary person, of both genders. This is the mythological logic, how Marvel movies became The New Gods of Hollywood and the popular imagination. Don't miss the Miles MoralesSpiderman video-game in the vein also; it's on Youtube. It's the high point of converging superheroes and ordinary people. It also has the most engaging deaf-mute character in a video game to date.