Review of Gods of Egypt (2016) by Samichsupernova — 01 Mar 2016

I don't see why there's so much hate for this movie. It was clearly meant to be little more than a green-screen action spectacle, but this one leans heavily on its mythological elements, which some will enjoy more than others. The action ranges from so-so (obviously green-screen pyramid fight scene) to cool (magical babes riding giant flame-throwing cobras) to incredible (anything with Ra and the hell monster).

I'm guessing that a lot of the negativity is a result of the writing. It's true, the dialogue is lacking and there are several cheesy lines, but the benefit of the fast-paced script is that it conveys the solid world-building clearly. The story moves at a good pace, and the characters are likable and act in ways that make sense. None of the main characters do anything stupid, and the villain doesn't make dumb decisions. So that's already an improvement over most films of this genre.

I want to believe in this world and I would like to see sequels with these characters but unfortunately due to this film having an estimated disappointing performance, that doesn't seem to be likely.

The only things worth complaining about are a lack of a memorable script and the very green-screen look, which is a result of everything being shot and lit a little too perfectly and being comped into backgrounds that can resemble a very well-rendered PS4 game. I am a big fan of director Alex Proyas' "The Crow" and "Dark City". This is not his best work but I definitely think it's being overly thrashed. If you enjoyed "Prince of Persia" and "Clash of the Titans", you'll probably enjoy this, too.