At the beginning I feel confused, I never consider myself an expert on anything but I try my best to enjoy this one and let me tell you that I did enjoy it, as always sci fi involve robots, AI and a disrupted future but the premise of this movie is a little bit different let me give you context, we got humans fighting against AI robots after some nuclear incident in Los Angeles and John David Washington plays this soldier named Joshua who's supposed to hunt down this secret weapon that turns out to be a little kid, classic stuff right there but the execution is what makes this thing special, like the visuals are absolutely insane and the world building feels so real that you forget you are watching a movie sometimes. The movie shows a future Asian setting where humans and AI live peacefully but everything can´t be always good because there is a country that is already trying to erase all the AI from the planet and that country is United States, yeah!!, at that point you start questioning well who are the real bad guys here and that makes this movie more interesting because it's not just about robots versus humans, it's about what makes us human in the first place.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11858890/
- Platform: Disney+
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When I saw this movie I was glad for the work made by the director Gareth Edwards, you can see the heart he put in this movie and how he achieved to give us a good movie even though he didn't have those huge budged as other franchises. Some scenes look very real even though you know its not, makes it feel natural plus the CGI into it, the way Edwards present the robots is way closer to humans, contradictory but necessary and the relationship between humans and the AI, all working together without feel it was force, also you can notice the influence from some movies like Blade Runner, District 9 and even the anime Akira, all those vibes you can see them mixed and working in a way that the Edwards took the best parts of each one and didn´t made a copy, you notice that that influence made him create his own story and is unique, after watching the movie I ask myself from where he got all this inspiration and yes in fact he did from Akira and some others similar, good things are worth imitating. The center of the story is Joshua and the AI kid named Alfie, Joshua needed Alfie to find his wife and in that journey the create a bond that never will be broken. John David Washington plays Joshua in this movie and the son of the goat Denzel Washington is making his own path and here he did a great job. Madeleine Yuna Voyles plays Alfie, this kid is surprisingly good too, the supporting cast including Gemma Chan and Allison Janney give an extra impulse to the story, Gemma Chan plays Maya, Joshua´s wife who has an importance in all this war and Allison Janney plays Colonel Howell a cold military leader who sees AI as nothing more than machines to be turned off, she is basically the embodiment of American military thinking in this world and she is terrifying in the best way possible
Is true that when you have passion and give your 100% everything can result in something positive and this movie is the case. The Creator didn´t have a big budget, well talking about the amount of money that a movie can waste in the production because shit at the end millions are millions but this wasn´t so expensive in contrast with Marvel or DC Movies, that´s why this movie is impressive, starting with the cinematography that is gorgeous and Edwards shot most of this on locations that gives this authentic feel that you just can't get with green screen environments, the contrast between the robots and the Asia landscape was a touch to this movie that make you think, this could be our future?, just imagine see a robot stand in the middle of a rice plantation or in beautiful mountains. The design of the robots was something that I never see before and I do appreciate that they really though in the way the robots should look and don´t copy something from other movies. Something else that I like was the main ship of America called U.S.S. Nomad, the design really make me remember the scene of Independence Day not for the design because are totally different, is for it massive destruction.
Probably you could think that the topics in discussion in this movie is something to talk about only in the future but that future is right now because what is discuss is if in certain point the machines are getting more humans and if they have a soul, I know that we don´t have robots walking side by side with us in our daily life but is something that could happen and here is where the director make his statement about prejudice and fear about the unknown and present two different societies, one who accept and work with the AI, taking advantage of their capacity and strength with no fear and peace but on the other hand we have America with the idea that AI is useless, only want to destroy humanity and must be destroy and the military force is the muscle that is working and hunting all the robots despite not posing a threat. The movie doesn't always hit every thematic note perfectly, some ideas feel a bit underdeveloped and could have used more screen time but overall it succeeds in making you think about these issues without being preachy about it.
I have to admit the movie is not perfect, especially getting close to the end where things get pretty complicated, feels kind of abrupt and could have used a few more minutes to really stick the landing but despite these issues I found myself really enjoying this movie. All the action scenes have good choreography, the different scenarios work perfectly and the connection created between Joshua and Alfie is the core of this movie because that AI was created under the image of her mother who was Maya, Joshua Wife. This is the kind of sci fi movies that reminds you that is not a dead genre, a movie I would probably watch again no doubt eventually when I remember it, in a way a very similar movie to Elysium (2013) another sci fi movie that I like very much. The end in someway gets you because Alfie raise as the principal AI because of her power but you can see the pain she is carrying for the lost of a beloved one, yeah probably true that she is an Ai but what about other robots, I wonder if we get to that point humans would be the ones to turn robots sentimental or will they ever simulate feelings?. The Creator is definitely a good time watch, it's got heart, awesome visuals and something meaningful to say about the world we are living in right now, makes you to think if this future arrived will there be a war or we could really live in peace with the AI?, well that is something that is only in our imagination right know but what I do know is that you need to watch this movie because deserve your time.
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