Grail W

A few months ago i was browsing through the internet, and came across the first trailer released for the Creator, and to say it took my breath away. The visuals plus the directing were simply stunning. Then the few glimpses into the story throughout the trailer were engaging, and made me wonder what interesting directions, as well as themes that would be explored within the film. Afterwards i quit following further news on the movie to avoid spoiling it, and patiently awaited it's release in theaters for the best possible experience. Then there it was October 2nd. I was outside the theater divided between feelings of excitement, and optimism. Then i was there, at the seat. Seeing what i have so long waited for with my own two eyes. The intro immediately hooked me in. The same beautiful visuals, and what looks like the start of a grand yet still personal story.... Then it goes past the 10-15 minute mark. Which then the story quickly devolves into a shallow conflict. Between the Americans. Who are almost universally all dirty, robot hating, almost orc like, capitalist pigs. Against the pan asian coalition. which are always 100% totally good, only want equal peace between humans, and robots, that you should completely trust in with no further questioning. While alphie. Despite being initially the most interesting character. Eventually get's relegated to simply being the "chosen one"... While i did not have these feeling's while initially viewing the movie. I can not help, but be amused now about both the scene where the u.s guy put's the dog hostage. Which is over the top, and bordering on being outright cartoonish, or the unintentional irony of the propaganda alphie watches. Being, as black, and white as the conflict it's portrays. On a more serious note. There the is the confusing nature of how the other robot's are depicted in the film. We have this scene of these cop robots getting dismembered by explosion. Then it's shown they are still alive, and it's portrayed, as being slapstick comedy. Then the same thing happens to this other robot later in the film, but yet she's dead, and it's shown, as this gruesome horrific death we are supposed to feel sad for. Aside from it looking like the filmmaker keeps forgetting he's writing robots, and not humans that are into cyberpunk cosplay. It also does come across, as being incredibly messed up considering the whole "robot's are people too" message. For a final summary of the Creator. It's probably has one of the biggest divides between quality of the art-direction, vs quality of writing-world building. As sad, as it is to say. I can only really recommend to simply watch the movie for it's visuals alone.