Critics Don’t Like Rebel Moon
Rebel Moon, Zack Snyder’s would-be Star Wars that received an infinite-money budget from Netflix to be made, will be out very soon — and today was the day the embargo was lifted on reviews. And woof, they’re howling. Almost no one who pre-screened Snyder’s space epic seems to like it, with most citing derivative and tropey plot beats, wooden dialogue, and an overall sense of blandness to the presentation. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman says the movie steals not just from Star Wars but from every popular sci-fi and fantasy movie of the last fifty years, yet does nothing fresh or interesting with what it pilfered. He expressed doubt that the film would attract attention beyond Snyder’s usual fanbase. “Rebel Moon, while eminently watchable, is a movie built so entirely out of spare parts that it may, in the end, be for Snyder cultists only.” Gizmodo’s Germain Lussier was a bit kinder, but still couldn’t recommend it: “Rebel Moon has long speeches about loyalty, family, honor, purpose, all kinds of things. But