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Gods of Egypt director has meltdown on Facebook, critics are "deranged idiots"

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NotTheGuyYouKill

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Vigilant Walrus said:
I hate Robin Hood. I hate it so fucking much. If I had thread posting privileges I would ask the Mods to allow for a LTTP OT about how much this movie fucking sucks.
Robin Hood is the most used franchise in all of cinema. Since the early days of cinema, there has been made over a 100 different versions of Robin Hood. The story is universal, timeless, and Ridley Scott made the biggest offensive movie of his career (haven't seen Exodus, but it is hard to imagine it being worse than Robin Hood).

Robin Hood, is a weak timid shit film. It has some of the most nonsensical progression of events I have ever seen.

For some reason, that has nothing to do with the story or any central characters, the film starts out with Lionheart and his men attacking a castle. Unable to penetrate the fortress, the camera cuts to the men to the wall unable to dissuade the invaders. Then it cuts to a chef inside the walls, being annoyed by the fighting outside. He smirks, he and leaves. The camera tracks him going up to the top of the walls. For no reason, he picks up a crossbow, and randomly shoots into the mass crowd of invaders and hits Richard Lionheart.

It is the dumbest plot device tool I have ever seen. And I am including that porno movie where the plummer holds the ceiling from collapsing during an earthquake, followed by the crazy lady who lives in the house, pulling down his pants and such him off, as he stands there, holding up the roof of the house with his hands... during an earthquake.


And about Robin Hood. Was even more condemnable is this: http://www.vulture.com/2010/05/robin_hood_script_russell_crow.html


From the sounds of it, they had the most interesting twist on one of the most classic stories in the history of all literature; And they fucked it up completely.

Almost 7 million dollars was the total cost for one of the worst scripts I have ever seen. Robin Hood is nonsensical, and you can feel that 5 screenwriters have been through it.
It's the most technically well made, and yet pointless movie ever. It's so shockingly badly made.


I thought Prometheus was really interesting. I think the characters didn't deliver, but it was a solid movie none the less. I felt American Gangster was a really fun movie. I think Black Hawk Down, to this day, is still one of the best war movies ever made. And obviously, Kingdom of Heaven DC is almost a masterpiece.

But Robin Hood. It's almost difficult to comprehend. It's hard to not flinch when thinking about it. The budget of that film. How can someone like Ridley Scott, read that script,- and not understand that it is the worst piece of shit ever? It is complete garbage. Disconnected scenes. It's like 5 different films stitched together. There is barely a narrative thread.
And the film ends with the biggest most pointless battle in cinema history with Maximum 2.0 riding screaming into battle while giving a speech to peasants about taxes. Fuck robin hood.

You say there are films worse than Robin Hood? In this genre?

The 13th Legion was a masterpiece compared to this. 300 was a film for the ages next to Robin Hood.
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The whole thing with Robin Hood was so asinine, considering the original idea was way better than any of the shit that came after was
 
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MetroidPrimeRib

Banned
He has just a tiny bit of a point presented in a terrible way, but this is always the most common defense when someone's baby bombs or is panned. In Gods of Egypt case it always looked terrible, reviews wouldn't change shit.
 
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MattKeil

BIGTIME TV MOGUL #2
Vigilant Walrus said:
Epics are hard. Ridley Scott revived the genre with Gladiator. A genre that had been dead since Cleopatra and Spartacus. That never happens.
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Happens pretty often. Pirates of the Caribbean revived the pirate action genre after it had been stone dead for years. Lord of the Rings revived the high fantasy genre after decades of failed attempts. And like Gladiator, that revival was followed by a string of terrible "me-too" cash-in attempts that didn't understand why the revival film worked and the genre settled back into its grave until the next better idea comes along.

And I will watch that shitty Robin Hood movie twice before I sit through the putrid (though pretty to look at) slop that is Prometheus again.
 
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BlackGoku03

Member
Vigilant Walrus said:
I hate Robin Hood. I hate it so fucking much. If I had thread posting privileges I would ask the Mods to allow for a LTTP OT about how much this movie fucking sucks.
Robin Hood is the most used franchise in all of cinema. Since the early days of cinema, there has been made over a 100 different versions of Robin Hood. The story is universal, timeless, and Ridley Scott made the biggest offensive movie of his career (haven't seen Exodus, but it is hard to imagine it being worse than Robin Hood).

Robin Hood, is a weak timid shit film. It has some of the most nonsensical progression of events I have ever seen.

For some reason, that has nothing to do with the story or any central characters, the film starts out with Lionheart and his men attacking a castle. Unable to penetrate the fortress, the camera cuts to the men to the wall unable to dissuade the invaders. Then it cuts to a chef inside the walls, being annoyed by the fighting outside. He smirks, he and leaves. The camera tracks him going up to the top of the walls. For no reason, he picks up a crossbow, and randomly shoots into the mass crowd of invaders and hits Richard Lionheart.

It is the dumbest plot device tool I have ever seen. And I am including that porno movie where the plummer holds the ceiling from collapsing during an earthquake, followed by the crazy lady who lives in the house, pulling down his pants and such him off, as he stands there, holding up the roof of the house with his hands... during an earthquake.


And about Robin Hood. Was even more condemnable is this: http://www.vulture.com/2010/05/robin_hood_script_russell_crow.html


From the sounds of it, they had the most interesting twist on one of the most classic stories in the history of all literature; And they fucked it up completely.

Almost 7 million dollars was the total cost for one of the worst scripts I have ever seen. Robin Hood is nonsensical, and you can feel that 5 screenwriters have been through it.
It's the most technically well made, and yet pointless movie ever. It's so shockingly badly made.


I thought Prometheus was really interesting. I think the characters didn't deliver, but it was a solid movie none the less. I felt American Gangster was a really fun movie. I think Black Hawk Down, to this day, is still one of the best war movies ever made. And obviously, Kingdom of Heaven DC is almost a masterpiece.

But Robin Hood. It's almost difficult to comprehend. It's hard to not flinch when thinking about it. The budget of that film. How can someone like Ridley Scott, read that script,- and not understand that it is the worst piece of shit ever? It is complete garbage. Disconnected scenes. It's like 5 different films stitched together. There is barely a narrative thread.
And the film ends with the biggest most pointless battle in cinema history with Maximum 2.0 riding screaming into battle while giving a speech to peasants about taxes. Fuck robin hood.

You say there are films worse than Robin Hood? In this genre?

The 13th Legion was a masterpiece compared to this. 300 was a film for the ages next to Robin Hood.
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Immortals was a failure? I liked it and it made its money back... Mostly. Looks great on blu!
 
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starchild excalibur

Member
Eh... I doubt this was the case with this film, but I do sometimes wonder whether critical consensus in the case of some films is largely influenced by peers, colleagues, and larger expectations about how the film will be generally received. I think this is especially the case when it comes to remakes of films, where - most reviewers - will never review the film on its own merit but what it inevitably did worse than the original film.

I wouldn't be surprised if reviewers like those were the original reason why the 1980s version of The Thing came out to largely negative reviews.
 
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CosmicGroinPull

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Sibersk Esto said:
Don't forget this gem of a reply chain
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Wow, lol. I like this Daniel guy.
 
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Acorn

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"Don't appreciate my shit movie? Clearly you're deranged. "

The is the only sort of insight into the human race this esteemed director can provide.

Up there with "no, u are! "
 
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duckroll

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JC Lately said:
Wait.

This was an actual clip in the actual movie? Not a behind-the-scenes early take or something? I haven seen over a acting that bad since the first Potter movie, and I can forgive that since they were child actors at the time.

But this? Man...
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The actual scene in the film is much longer and even more embarrassing. :(
 
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starchild excalibur

Member
Count Dookkake said:
One of two examples I provided earlier in the thread to support this concept. Good to see some confirmation.
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To be honest, when a movie gets scorned this badly I usually have a perverse desire to watch it more than I would if it just got mediocre reviews.

...That didn't desire didn't pay off with Jupiter Ascending. That was... truly a pretty bad film. :\

This though... I'm curious! Not full price curious, but $6 Sundays curious.
 
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RoyaleDuke

Banned
No, your movie is shit dude just accept it man.

Then maybe one day you can move past it and direct something good or not I don't know.

He has like a microscopic piece of a point, but his movie was shit which nullifies everything he just said.
 
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kswiston

Member
I'm sure it sucks to see your film get demolished in reviews and at the box office, but he's in the sort of industry that you need a thicker skin to remain in.
 
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Nappuccino

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I want to know what happened to him after he made Dark City.

like, how do you go from Dark City to something MST3K probably won't even touch.
 
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3N16MA

Banned
Gods of Egypt was an epic film and the most fun I have had a the theater since Fantastic Four. Everyone talking shit about it will look like fools once is starts racking up awards during award season.

Best CG since Avatar. Butler's best performance since Movie 43.
 
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Oblivion

Fetishing muscular manly men in skintight hosery
After checking out that "I outnumber you" clip, it seems like Whitewashing is the least of this movie's problems.
 
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geomon

Member
I will always thank Proyas for The Crow and Dark City but man, he has been making shit ever since and there's no excuse for this steaming turd of a movie.
 
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hoos30

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The whitewashing is a symptom of bad decision making. If a director can't get the basics of the cast right, hundreds of other incorrect decisions were probably made as well.
 
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Forsaken82

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shortsFortallPeople said:
Proyas is just paying his dues for years of getting passes on his films. Dude has been overrated his whole career.
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I wouldn't call him overrated at all... The Crow and Dark City are well above average films and deserve the praise they get. with that said, Knowing and Garage days are underwhelming (and rated as such). The only movie that MAYBE can be considered overrated on his resume is iRobot, and personally I really enjoy that movie (and that is coming from a fan of Asimov's work)

Personally, I didn't need critics complaining about white washing to know that this movie would be critically panned. The trailer did that just fine. It's like they wanted to make Clash of the Titans meets The 10 Commandments with none of the things that make those films so watchable. Like Knowing, its a blackmark on his resume, which is a shame because people will remember this movie more than they do The Crow and Dark City (both criminally underperforming films)
 
cj_iwakura

cj_iwakura

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duckroll said:
Lol wut. That makes no sense. Proyas hasn't made a movie people really cared about in almost two decades. He has only directed 7 movies in his entire career. What a strange comparison...
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Well, two of those movies are my favorites ever. I can forgive a lot. :p
 
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bishoptl

Banstick Emeritus
Parch said:
The "whitewash" complaints shouldn't matter because there's nothing historical about this movie. It's pure fantasy with flying gods and weird monsters with an egyptian theme, but it might as well take place on an alien planet.
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Nope
 
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erlim

yes, that talented of a member
Is this movie worth gifting to a friend as a funny gag when it comes out on DVD?
 
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Timedog

good credit (by proxy)
The only persons opinion that I'll respect is someone who LOVES David Lynch's Dune. Can anyone who loves Dune tell me their opinion.
 
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Rudimental

Member
JC Lately said:
Wait.

This was an actual clip in the actual movie? Not a behind-the-scenes early take or something? I haven seen over acting that bad since the first Potter movie, and I can forgive that since they were child actors at the time.

But this? Man...
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I was all ready to be, like, you're overreacting.

At the first line I burst into laughter out loud and scared the cat.
 
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B33

Banned
If you're going to make entertainment, you should be prepared to accept criticism for it. Conversely, if you critique things, you should be open to criticism, even from the artists behind the entertainment.

I haven't seen GODS OF EGYPT and can't comment on its quality, although I expected it to be panned after seeing the trailer.

Proyas comes off as embittered by the film's controversy and negative critical reaction. It's a shame that PARADISE LOST was canned and we got GODS OF EGYPT instead.
 
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EatinOlives

Member
Proyas is fucking kidding himself if he thinks the movie was eviscerated at the box office because of the whitewashing issue. The backlash would've had to have been ten times bigger than it was, but above all, you'd have a bunch of butthurt diet racists tripping over themselves to make contrarian Twitter hashtags and staging counter-protests where they buy all the tickets in their theater in solidarity. You can't have the ying without the yang. We would know, we would fucking know, if a huge blockbuster movie was going to bomb at the box office due to a racial issue.

The movie itself just sucked ass. The whitewashing was only the cherry on top.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
He should team up with Josh Trank to write a book on how to ruin your career as a director.
 
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