Gods of Egypt 2016 by AverageMansReviews

Gods of Egypt 2016 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/slavery/animal cruelty/stabbing/cutting/transformation/disfigurement/self harm/burning/decapitation

It mostly look good, but, but: the storyline itself is the basic formula of  an adventure film title; basically Horus [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau] and this mortal Bek [Brenton Thwaites] make this equally beneficial deal to get something from one another Horus gets his eye back consequently restoring his powers fully, but so much more importantly seeking revenge for the deaf of his father Osiris [Bryan Brown] by his uncle/Osiris' brother Set [Gerard Butler] and Bek will get his girlfriend Zaya [Courtney Eaton] hopefully back before she fully crosses over.

No way should this film has been roughly 127 minutes long, they could have easily cut off a grand total of 25 minutes just to give this film a bit more/a lot more get up and go to it. But because this film is the way it is it gives the viewers plenty of time with these characters and performances and minus this very small selection characters/performers the rest of them follow their cliché character types with generic performances, including  what I said about the storyline format this quickly gets meh. The first one is Ra [Geoffrey Rush] his scenes or sequences are amazing; being wise when he speaks or his physical representation or his action, basically anything to do with this character gets a thumbs up. Likewise Thoth [Chadwick Boseman] brings a positive influence on to this film, yes there are other comedy bits and pieces in this film, but when he comes into the film later on he is just being this character as he is the Egyptian God of Wisdom so this entire representation character and performance is absolutely spot on and comically endearing. Now on to the voice work Anubis [voiced by Goran D. Kleut] and Head Judge [voiced by Bruce Spence] these two individually are excellent and the storyteller/narration by Older Bek [voiced by Lindsay Farris] is good as well.

Now don't get me wrong generally speaking the art like the landscapes and so on can also be seen as a positives as well, but having said that there are occasions that will bring you down to earth such as the slow motion in the action sequences, full disclosure of what I can remember this doesn't happen that often, but they still irritate me [Newsflash film industry it isn't 1999 any more and the only live action film that should be allowed to use it today is The Matrix franchise, this is speculation on my part, I don't know and I really don't care if it was for 3-D effects as you can see/hear all that does now is irritate me profusely.]

When we have Horus and Set in their animal forms [because of what happens in the film I am not going to be too specific about their animal type,.] On reflection they are okay when there is only one on screen at one specific time; But when you have them battling it looks ugly and a chaotic mess.

This film receives: 4/10, this film is mixed, like I have already indicated this film has consistently something to offer for one final example the serpents sequence involving Horus, Bek, Astarte [Yaya Deng,] Anat [Abbey Lee] and Hathor [Elodie Yung] trust me you won't be able to miss this sequence. But on the whole this film is really a mixed bag of take it or leave it.

No surprise here but this film has quite a few awards credited to its name; 14 [2 Winners and 12 Nominees] here are two positive awards; Winner; ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2017; ASCAP Award; Top Box Office Films; Marco Beltrami. Nominee; Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2017; FCCA Award; Best Music; Marco Beltrami. Now onto the negatives; Winner; All Def Movie Awards 2017; All Def Movie Award; Most Out of Place White Person in a Movie. Nominee; for an example Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2017; HFCS Award; Worst Picture.