A hark back to movies from a few decades ago!!

Rating: 8/10 (14 March 2017)

Most movies today completely rewrite history. Both in terms of events and behaviours of characters. A great example of this is Rose in Titanic who sprouts off a love of Freud and Picasso. This movie harks back a few decades and does an extremely good job at portraying the genders from the 70s in an honest and realistic fashion. This will most probably infuriate sexist people like feminists as it contradicts almost everything they say. In particular, I enjoyed the sass of the female photographer (you know, when women were supposedly obedient little zombies, which they -never- have been..)
The movie is a combination of old school war movie and action flick. I'm not a big fan of most war movies, however, they played this one well. You get some semblance of testosterone but it's fairly tame compared to movies like Apocalypse Now.
What this movie does that's unique is that there are male characters with a spine (very rare in movies today - see the new Star Wars movies as an example of modern propaganda). They don't behave in a particularly sexist or idiotic fashion (again, rare for today's standards, but was very common to see decent male characters up until a few years ago. Now "revisionism" is the norm thanks to feminism).
The special effects are very well done. The scale of the digital effects is impressive. It is reminiscent of films like BFG and Hugo. It gives you a great appreciation for just how big some of these creatures are.
The acting on the whole is solid. In fact, i'm hard pressed to think of a character who is a let down. The weakest of the characters is probably Jing Tian who feels out of place.
if you're looking for something very fresh (and retro) from Hollywood (especially if you're sick of EVERY movie having an over- aggressive female lead and all-male idiot cast) then this is the movie for you. If you're a feminist, I strongly suggest you avoid this one as you will be highly offended that all males aren't weak, sexist idiots.
I'd most probably suggest the movie as being suitable for 12 years and over. There is some violence and plenty of scenes to get the adrenaline flowing.
Well done Hollywood. This shows that you can make a movie without extreme sexism, even if it's only occasionally.
+Sexism Free, Realistic Portrayal of genders from the 70s, Very good digital effects
-Nothing exceptional other than its lack of sexism (which is rare)