Gods of Egypt (2016) (1 Viewer)

Looks one hell of a steaming turd if you ask me.

I was about to say this looks like a terrible mashup. Probably good on bluray though

A steaming turd will still be a steaming turd on Blu-ray.

But not a streaming turd!

It will be plenty cooled down by then, and I can just fast forward to the scenes that make my home theater sound good.. plus, at this point, buying movies on BD is SOO much cheaper than going to a theater it isn't even funny.

I finally got around to watching the trailer. Wow, really? This film looks to be the very epitome of the term "CGI crapfest", and really bad CGI at that. I lost count of the cliches but hey, it's got Gerard Butler and that Jaime Lannister dude in it! Woo-hoo! It'll probably make a half a billion dollars.

I'll probably see it because I usually find Alex Proyas movies to at least be interesting - but this may be more of a rental than a "rush out to see it in 3D for $20 a ticket" title.

Hard to believe that this is the same guy who directed The Crow and Dark City.

Saw the trailer tonight with Mocking Jay Part II.. and I realized exactly why something seemed very wrong about this trailer.. and now that it hit me, I can't stop thinking about it. Hard pass.

mattCR said:

Saw the trailer tonight with Mocking Jay Part II.. and I realized exactly why something seemed very wrong about this trailer.. and now that it hit me, I can't stop thinking about it. Hard pass.

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You can't just throw that out there without mentioning what it was you saw

I was sitting in the theater, eating candy, getting ready for the film and they run some trailers. A few good ones, several meh. But when the Gods of Egypt trailer started, I paid more attention than the youtube bit because I had nothing else to do... and it dawned on me: if this is ancient egypt, then why is the entire speaking cast white? Did the Vikings suddenly invade Egypt? Then I thought: Ok, maybe just the Gods.. which would be problematic, and realize nope, it's the other characters too.. every character that spoke in the trailer in fact it seemed, and when they showed battle scenes of lined up troops, they were lily white too.


This makes no sense. Now, when I think about it all I think is: this whole concept makes no sense at all... it isn't just the CGI, it's that, at the core, this is a really poorly assembled cast. And I can't believe the director/producer didn't think for a second: "you know, isn't this odd.."

mattCR said:

...if this is ancient egypt, then why is the entire speaking cast white? Did the Vikings suddenly invade Egypt? Then I thought: Ok, maybe just the Gods.. which would be problematic, and realize nope, it's the other characters too.. every character that spoke in the trailer in fact it seemed, and when they showed battle scenes of lined up troops, they were lily white too.


This makes no sense.

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Not that you're wrong but it makes financial sense since Hollywood knows that white audiences basically refuse to see movies with predominantly black casts.

TravisR said:

Not that you're wrong but it makes financial sense since Hollywood knows that white audiences basically refuse to see movies with predominantly black casts.

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Well, then, I'll put my money where my mouth is.. though I should point out: NWA this year made pretty good at the box office.. more importantly, if we just say "that's what the audience accepts" it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. I'll vote with my dollars, because it is one of those small things that really, really annoys me.


Now, this isn't quite as offensive as I found Johnny Depp in Lone Ranger (which mindboggles me) but it is just unnecessary. And, frankly, if the idea is "the audience won't show up".. well, it isn't as though either of the principle actors in this film are the guys who carry a blockbuster.

mattCR said:

NWA this year made pretty good at the box office.. more importantly, if we just say "that's what the audience accepts" it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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I can't argue with that and I'm not defending Hollywood for not putting black people in these roles or the white audiences who don't see movies with black casts. I'm just pointing out why they went with a white cast. Straight Outta Compton is certainly an exception to the rule most likely because it was about guys like Dr. Dre and Ice Cube who have crossed over via rap and have a white audience. I most likely won't be seeing this movie either. Not because of race but because it looks terrible.

Oh I won't go because it's terrible. Just saying the casting is another thing they got wrong amongst many

TravisR said:

Not that you're wrong but it makes financial sense since Hollywood knows that white audiences basically refuse to see movies with predominantly black casts.

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Egyptians aren't black.

Aaron Silverman said:

Egyptians aren't black.

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I'm sure I'm not the only one who didn't know that but I'll own my ignorance. The point stands though- if there's someone darker than them then white audiences tend not to go.

Aaron Silverman said:

Egyptians aren't black.

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To be clear, that wasn't my point as much as they weren't blonde haired Europeans either.

(Also, depending on the historical period of reference and what someone considers by the phrase, as anyone non-white to some audience members etc)

dpippel said:

Hard to believe that this is the same guy who directed The Crow and Dark City.

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...and yet I can believe the guy who made I, Robot directed this. >_<