Overall, entertaining. If you are a Die Antwoord fan as I am, this is a must see.
Definitely had a District 9 look to it, like same camera and color correcting, etc. It's kind of a hot look, with maybe a touch of bleach bypass or something. I liked it but would like to see Bloomkamp do something else for a change.
Special FX were top notch. The robots just were robots on the screen. The CGI Was fantastic.
I thought for first time actors in a major motion picture Yolandi and Ninja did a good job, and interesting character for Hugh Jackman although it was hard to get past the mullet.
What was unexpected was the comedy aspect, or the kind of tongue in cheek approach to the script, but it was definitely a movie that did not take itself to seriously.
Spoiler alert:
Some pet peeves. WAY to much Die Antwoord. It was like Bloomkamp let them run riot over the movie just making a big Die Antwoord video. There was a Die Antwoord sound track, Die Antwoord art all over the background, and Ninja was wearing a Die Antwoord Tshirt, with "Die Antwoord" on it, and his own face on the front of the shirt. It would be like Beyonce playing a character in a movie, while wearing a Beyonce Tshirt with her face on it, just weird.
And minor but annoying plot holes: Chappie's battery is fused to his chassis so when the battery runs out he will die because you can't put in a new battery. Really? There is no way to figure out how to recharge a battery? Everyone knows you can recharge batteries, even the batteries that are not rechargeable can be recharged a few times, or you can just bypass that battery and hook up some direct power. So that was hard to believe.
Also, the designer of the robot could have just said, "Hey Chappie, take me to a hospital, I've been shot!" But they never think of that at all and he goes way to willingly into the other solution in my opinion.
So, kinda jerky with some hits and misses, but overall not boring and a fun movie to watch.
Definitely had a District 9 look to it, like same camera and color correcting, etc. It's kind of a hot look, with maybe a touch of bleach bypass or something. I liked it but would like to see Bloomkamp do something else for a change.
Special FX were top notch. The robots just were robots on the screen. The CGI Was fantastic.
I thought for first time actors in a major motion picture Yolandi and Ninja did a good job, and interesting character for Hugh Jackman although it was hard to get past the mullet.
What was unexpected was the comedy aspect, or the kind of tongue in cheek approach to the script, but it was definitely a movie that did not take itself to seriously.
Spoiler alert:
Some pet peeves. WAY to much Die Antwoord. It was like Bloomkamp let them run riot over the movie just making a big Die Antwoord video. There was a Die Antwoord sound track, Die Antwoord art all over the background, and Ninja was wearing a Die Antwoord Tshirt, with "Die Antwoord" on it, and his own face on the front of the shirt. It would be like Beyonce playing a character in a movie, while wearing a Beyonce Tshirt with her face on it, just weird.
And minor but annoying plot holes: Chappie's battery is fused to his chassis so when the battery runs out he will die because you can't put in a new battery. Really? There is no way to figure out how to recharge a battery? Everyone knows you can recharge batteries, even the batteries that are not rechargeable can be recharged a few times, or you can just bypass that battery and hook up some direct power. So that was hard to believe.
Also, the designer of the robot could have just said, "Hey Chappie, take me to a hospital, I've been shot!" But they never think of that at all and he goes way to willingly into the other solution in my opinion.
So, kinda jerky with some hits and misses, but overall not boring and a fun movie to watch.
