Greetings
fans of Marvel and fans of museum based IMAX! If you did not see the
first two episodes of the series on a museum screen, I actually will
kindly ask you to discontinue reading this review. Executive Producer
Roel Reine was kind enough to do an exclusive Inhuman's Interview on
Dan's Movie Report, rather than dropping the interview so early, I
have decided to wait for a bit in order for the series to be viewed
by more people on museum IMAX screens
Admittedly
not knowing much about the Inhumans, I treated my trip to the
mods.org museum as an excursion taking in the exhibits prior etc, they had a human body experiment complete with a Noomi Rapace like robotic surgery thingy hhhaha, sadly missing Noomi!...
Recently The Mods.org museum was outfitted with the 52,000 watt sound
system with 12 distinct channels and 114 speakers strategically
placed for immersive sound. The only one in the state of Florida, a
dual 4k 65mm laser iMAX projection system two projectors yields
quality so hard to believe, for example in a particular rain forest
style scene we see droplets of water, hairs underneath the droplets,
and the splitting of the hairs. Obviously a mall based IMAX, home TV,
or any other way of watching will be a huge letdown.
As for
the stand alone story, I enjoyed the development of the characters,
learned their back story, and by the end of it was immersed in the
concept. Roel is a master with the camera, using lush location, tight
shots, incredible action. Again though, Roel shot only the first two
episodes, and there in lies the problem. As a stand alone film, yes
the budget was far lower than Marvel movies or for that matter
probably the Netflix series. Roel, exceeded my expectation for the
series, with the look, feel, and sound of the film coupled with a
lengthy story, with copious dialogue.
The
big question lies will it work as a TV series, my guess is buried on
Friday nights, and running only Eight Episodes, sadly the is a very
high probability it will fail. The intellectual mindfulness, coupled
with the dialogue makes for better stand alone 100 minute films
rather than a series. The action of course is top notch with Vlad
Rimburg in fight choreo, coupled with the supercharged blast of
Serinda Swan as Medusa, let us just say she rolls heavy even when
ears lowered! Roel gets it when coming into the action with the
ladies, he lets them fight hard like the guys, case in point with
Scorpion king 3, Selina Lo and Krystal Vee, and Hard Target 2 with
sultry Ann Truong and a extra muscular Rhona Mitra! Just wait until
you see the sultry Sonya!
https://www.facebook.com/alohasonyabalmores/
she brings some real violence, to the cast!
Roel
is a master in action, but bases his action around the dialogue. The
King cannot speak as his last words killed his parents, yet those
around him try to push the narrative. All forms of human foibles are
explored. Actually due to the fact that he essentially produced and
directed the first two separately , and tied together as one film,
will be a big changed when the next person steps in. Never one to
spoil the story, I will let the viewer decided, if you can handle
intellectual films I would say that the lower budget did not matter
as much.
Hard
to put my finger on the grade for this probably a 6.5 out of 10, I
wish more money was spent. That said, the grade jumps up to a solid 7
in museum IMAX due the filming techniques and ideas, and enhanced
character development, with the high powered cameras showing emotion,
action and lush scenery up close.
Read the exclusive director interview with Roel @ https://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2017/09/director-roel-reine-exclusive-interview.html
Read the exclusive director interview with Roel @ https://dansmoviereport.blogspot.com/2017/09/director-roel-reine-exclusive-interview.html
