Review of The Great Wall (2016) by Dawdlingpoet — 28 Nov 2021
This film features some impressive special effects and cinematography/aerial photography. If anything, the use of special effects may be seen by some to be a little over the top perhaps. It does look visually quite impressive, although I didn't feel that the plot had been fully 'fleshed out' as it were.
A bit more context would have been nice. I thought it was interesting how the Chinese and the Westerners spoke to and treated each other. There were times when I felt it was perhaps a little forced but overall its certainly a fairly entertaining watch, if not an overly engaging one.
I also felt a little frustrated at the scenes in which there's a dense fog, blocking our view of the impressive landscape. You could literally say it seemed a bit directionless then. Its the sort of film that I wouldn't recommend you pay to see as such but there are worse films around and the special effects aren't bad, so overall its no more than an alright sort of film and as such I wouldn't actively recommend it, no.
This review of The Great Wall (2016) was written by Dawdlingpoet on 28 Nov 2021.
The Great Wall has generally received mixed reviews.
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