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    This movie got so close to being something amazing, the story was just too weak to get it there. It's visually stunning, and has amazing sound design to go with it. Gareth Edwards started his career in VFX, and I often notice that when a movie with a modest budget has outstanding effects work, it has a VFX veteran like Gareth Edwards at the helm (see the Maze Runner trilogy by Wes Ball or the works of Neill Blomkamp). With his first movie Monsters he was able to surpass the effects quality of most $200 million films on just a $500,000 budget, so with The Creator he was able to attain absolutely state of the art visual effects with his $80 million budget. The presentation in this film is just incredible, and that kind of makes it hurt that it doesn't have a strong story to bring this movie to perfection.

    I recommend seeing this movie as a visual treat. It's very imaginative, it's a great time, it just feels like the film tries to promise that it can be something more. I expected writing more on par with Blade Runner than with Chappie.
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      Editing … None of his movies are particularly well written, but the two he wrote himself are particularly weak. He clearly has loads of talent so he should stick to what he's good at. If he collabs with the right creative he could bring us a true classic.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I definitely find his original films to be much more interesting than his franchise films. I think Monsters is still his best work. Kind of a shame he's doing a franchise pic next, but maybe he'll be able to fund another original film after.
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      Editing … He shoulda just written this movie in favor of the right side of the war :)
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      Editing … I wish there were more movies like this, that do a lot more with way less, but in recent years those often do pretty bad at the box office. With that said, it is a great looking film, but not a great film; the story was pretty bland.
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