Review of Mortal Engines (2018) by Healingtoolbox — 25 Jan 2019

Like Fantastic Beasts 2: Gindelwald, here is another movie with AAA budget, direction, acting, effects and CONVICTION in each department. Both are AAA works of craft in feature film making. What did the USA critics think? They could not find a reason to take either film seriously and celebrate all the things working so well.

Both movies made multiple times more in foreign markets than in the USA. More serious fantasy film makers than David Yates and Peter Jackson almost don't exist. How their latest works of pop art are being denigrated makes me wonder more about what USA critics want in their movies.

Is it that both films fall short of perfection and therefore should be given low ratings? Is it how neither marketing campaign caught on and became click-bait ($$$ for social media corporations) with billions of Facebook likes to celebrate? I'm thinking more how serious fantasy film making is now only taken seriously outside Trump's USA.

Unless--the film has billions of likes and corporations can make money off social media around ads, features and trailers for the film. You may agree with me much weaker films with marketing campaigns which went more viral, often seem to get higher scores; and therefore, attendance.