Review of The Great Wall (2016) by Cloudie — 19 Feb 2017

In my opinion this was an amazing movie. It's exactly what I wanted to see when I first heard of this movie and saw the previews. The casting was great.

I am not sure why so many are having issue with the fantasy portion of the movie. If you read the description is literally says fantasy. An alternate scenario of why the Great Wall was built. The movie explains a story as to why monsters came about "lore" why Matt Damon characters showed up. Etc. Plot explained well. If you actually watched and paid attention to the movie you wouldn't be so confused as many are in most these comments. In my opinion most the bad reviews are based off reading the other bad reviews and trying to go with the crowd. I think the "professional" critics read the tabloids about Matt Damon's role being such an issue due to the remarks of the movie having a "white savior" and based there opinion biasedly off of that and not the actual film. The movie showed great detail on how I would assume Chinas military ran back then. Strict, focused, precise. The detail they put into making China, it's army, it's people, it's honor and the Great Wall look great, its really enjoyable to watch. I do not feel that Matt Damon's role washed any of that out. For many who say that this movie has a "white savior" if you watch the ending you can clearly see that it wasn't Matt Damon's character that saved them. (I won't spoil and say who) it was a team effort. I hope many more go this movie and enjoy it as much as I have. And I hope that this movie can get better scores like it deserves. It is beautiful work from such a great director and the casting was done very well. I am even happy that they added humour to such a action packed and thrilling movie. Really go watch this movie with an open mind.