A feast for the eyes... but an indigestion for the mind

Rating: 4/10 (6 January 2019)

With everything I had heard and previews I had seen of this movie beforehand, I was expecting something that was truly worth my time. But in the first thirty minutes, I knew this was to be a huge disappointment. As some reviewers explained before, the acting is soo cheesy and cocky that it takes away all the interest. Except from okay performances from Willem Dafoe and Dolph Lundgren (yes sadly...if Dolph is among the good performers of this movie, try to imagine the rest!) and a so-so presence from Jason Momoa the rest of the acting is really, really lame. Lines are delivered with a visibly forced attitude, body language is not congruent and exaggerated poses and looks that last too long made me want to stop watching. Even Nicole Kidman is not up to the task here or is playing way below her conventional high standards which made her such a famous and sought after actress. Amber Heard probably gives one of the worst perfomances I've seen on screen after Kristen Stewart in Twilight and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is for sure not helping either.
This being said, the movie is visually amazing even if many computerized graphics are way too obvious . But since when can a movie be qualified as excellent or get such high ratings simply based on this? If the visual cannot be supported with strong and believable acting, it is simply like a beautiful postcard with nothing written on it, so it becomes meaningless. And that is what this movie is for me.