A beautiful movie that fails to leave that big of an impact

Rating: 6/10 (7 May 2019)

I remember vividly seeing this film and how blown away I was at the visuals. This is, without a doubt, one of the best looking films ever made, and I can't be proud of the work done here enough. The performances, too, are all fantastic, as everyone did really good in their role, and thanks to the great direction, this film does a good job in having a solid foundation. While all of this sounds well and good, the problems, unfortunately, rear their ugly head in, as the story, despite it being ambitious, becomes somewhat bland and predictable. I mean, once the story sets itself up, it's hard not to predict how the rest of the film may turn out. And for as well this film was directed, the film forgets to add reasons to really care for the characters, as thanks to the meh story, I can't really think of a single character besides the main ones, and this is even after watching it a few times. I just thought the story, as a whole, was boring, and a boring story makes it a guarantee that the characters in the said story won't stand out. All in all, this movie, at the end of the day, is just okay. It's beautiful and breathtaking in it's presentation and film making, sure, but the story telling and forgettable characters makes this film kind of dull. I enjoyed my time with it for the most part, but I hope for the sequel to be better, because this film, in retrospect, really isn't that great at the end of the day. Overall, this is a beautiful movie that fails to leave that big of an impact, because even for as well made as it is, is there really a point to watch this when there are other beautiful films that have better stories? Again, this film isn't bad. It's just not anything essential, unless you want to look at beautiful CGI that, to this films credit, still holds up pretty well.