THE CREATOR Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT**

[@magical2022]

I love usually when Joseph doesn't like a movie he says I'm sorry I but I didn't like this movie I love how polite Joseph is

[@erikchristensen822]

I was laughing so much during one of the "heartbreaking" scenes. People were turning their heads looking annoyed

[@christinelewpew2332]

roomba in the sky 😂

[@mtotheatothedoubled]

"Do androids dream of conventional sheep" 😂🤣

[@addictstatic]

Sounds like a science fiction themed movie with trail mix plot points, a greatest hits in the genre.

[@robertdouble559]

Very much

[@mmorgan1980]

I'm really not a John David Washington fan. I thought his performance in Amsterdam was painful. How he doesn't come up more when people are complaining about "nepo babies" is beyond me.

[@brbaic9364]

Every single performance in Amsterdam was bad, because it was a bad script, director, and writers. He's been solid in just about everything else he's done.

[@mmorgan1980]

@@brbaic9364 He was the worst performance in the movie for me. The only other thing I've seen him in is Tenet, and I didn't like him in that either.

[@kevinlove1530]

I thought his performance in this movie was excruciatingly awful! It was some of the worst acting I’ve ever seen.

[@NelsonSwampWorldTour]

"Solid?" You must have a low bar for acting chops. I LOVE this dude's dad, but Denzel can't (or couldn't in his younger days) even consistently get the lead role in top-tier multimillion dollar blockbusters like John David does. JDW never climbed up the ladder doing bit parts until his big break. He fell out of the NFL and right into TOP BILLING for a Christopher Fucking Nolan picture???? HOW??? What acting chops has this guy shown? Name one performance of his where you walked out blown away by his screen presence. Sorry to rant, but this dude is a prime nepo baby.

[@Bryan-qd6pc]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way about John David Washington. A discarded plank of wood at The Home Depot has more acting range than that dude. Also Joseph comparing Alphie to the camera took me out!

[@rjl310]

He has no charisma.

[@metatron5199]

Yup, and the funny thing is I want to like him but for whatever the reasons he just ends up not moving me when I watch his performance…

[@jcarter5521]

Nepotism isn’t always bad. People can’t help how they are brought into the world. In fact nepotism is often harder to achieve accolades because of your folk. The caveat is showing up and showing out when given the opportunity and Washington isn’t a bad actor, but have yet to see great from him and agree there has not been much range with him or any deviation rather it was Ballers the TV show it tenet, he seems to play the same character personality

[@Wellington-nl7vm]

100%. He's not a leading man

[@kevinlove1530]

I agree he was beyond awful. It was cringe

[@TechnicJunglist]

I really wanted this to be good but it ended up being convoluted and clearly done before. I need to rewatch A.I. which has one of my favorite scifi quotes, "They made us too smart, too quick and too many. We are suffering for the mistakes they made because when the end comes, all that will be left is us. That's why they hate us."

[@js7dragon]

Also, I would like a side series from this channel called, "We Need to Talk About..."

[@jay-dubb.dubb.68]

Very that... a spin off talk show!!!

[@kcslam]

Saw it last night, and you two are spot on! Loved the review!

[@jay-dubb.dubb.68]

Only about 9 minutes in, and I am wondering if Joseph's shirt choice was a "subliminal message" 😅🤣😂

[@nuffsaidny]

lol @ “for why not because” 😂

[@CrashBanz3]

Was waiting all week for this review!!!

[@FancyAlly]

I’m glad I watched your review because so many others are overhyping this film

[@scothatfield]

Popping in to like the vid & show love for you guys. I'll come back and watch this after I've seen this one. For some reason it's one of a few I want to go in completely cold on. Appreciate you both amd thank you for sharing your wonderful videos with us!

[@EverythingAnimePodcast]

Joseph’s reactions to Nicks pull quotes lol I love it so genuine but you know they love each other and they define you have fun when they laugh together

[@NYT_KNG]

that beautiful gowns was a Aretha quote 😂

[@bobbryant8588]

To me the relationship between Alfie and Joshua was so heartfelt and real. These two made it a four star film!!

[@Animaxx010]

All the scene where the AI were getting killed and their peaceful village was getting destroyed. I felt like it’s suppose to have an emotional impact on us, but for some reason I was just meh the whole time. The movie was long, but it didn’t develop that bond for us at all.

[@jucxox]

Thank you for this review cuz I was like am I the only one not drinking the koolaide??? It was so bad.

[@audreyquinn73]

My favourite part of every review: Joseph: "A better stiry world be..." I think Nick and Joseph should co-write a screenplay. You two have a grasp on how modern cinema is more about spectacle than story. ❤

[@JohannyRafaela]

This movie didn’t look interesting to me, I’m sorry to Denzel’s son but he keeps getting these movies that look awful. His dad needs to teach him how to pick a good script lol.

[@mweeming]

When was the last time he picked a good script?

[@Lonelyeco]

This film was actually a good script. This wasn't a popcorn glitz film. So folks who like popcorn films wouldn't care for it. I totally understood what was going on. Everything doesn't have a happy ending and so many people look for that nowadays.

[@los-one]

This was one of the most believable looking sci-fi movies in a very long time. The script was fine. But if Marvel is watching, they need these people to do all the rest of whatever they got left in their roster. It cost half as much and looked ten times better.

[@jay-dubb.dubb.68]

I loved your Allison Janning commentary starting around 17:10 😅🤣😂 "Not this senior citizen ass lady!" 👏Where👏are👏the👏good👏writers👏?!? U2 should start your own script company called "The Better Story Would Have Been... Productions." Between the two of you, you could craft and sell a top-notch script over the course of a weekend!! You could make some extra money while giving the people better content! 😍

[@monicagray2907]

I had so many "why" and "how" questions after watching🤦🏽‍♀️. When I, Robot meets the Golden Child mash up with a lot of....I don't even know. They didn't sell me on the story.

[@LEOIAMLEOONYOUTUBE]

I have low expectations for this, but, I'm excited to see it in 4dx! The movie looks like you told ChatGBT to write you a matrix movie with a little bit of ex machina in there and make it look like star wars. So I'm reasonably excited. Thanks for the review!

[@nancykerrigan]

Ironically the director put a small part of his script to chatgpt and asked what will happen next and one of the options waa close to what he wrote so he had to sort of redo the script. 😅 in still interested in seeing it. Somewhat.

[@ghostxflowers]

im with Joseph on this one i also was confused with this movie too.

[@jacobstaten2366]

So we should rent this (for free from the library) so we can fast-forward to the CGI eye candy.

[@Tee_God]

Great gowns....beautiful gowns 🤐😅😂

[@hotcheetosgirl08]

17:18 not this senior citizen … lady! 😂😂😂

[@5504berry]

The movie made no sense! They didn't have satellites, Bluetooth, wifi. Lidar, GPS? AI can't tract an army? A bomb goes off on the ship where he was trapped but he didn't die until he found his copy wife?

[@datgrrl_official]

An AI version of "Book of Eli" but Denzel was busy...no where near as rewatchable as "Book of Eli" for me, but that is only my opinion

[@heymistercarter.]

Gareth Edwards as a director has always fascinated me. He seems to use a lot of elements from smaller, arthouse-based films, yet applies them to bigger blockbuster films. Considering the man went from MONSTERS (a film with a budget of like $500K) to Godzilla 2014 in two films shows he has a lot of potential as a director. I mean, this is a man who gave us one of the Top 10 Best Movie Deaths of All Time in G14, yet still has a lot of smaller, intimate moments with the characters and themes. Come to think of it, his work (especially the little bits I've seen from this one) cause Edwards to kind of remind me of a cross between Alex Garland and Neill Blomkamp. I'm excited to check this one out, as I've heard good things so far!

[@tigerstorm]

So same as Taylor Swift for heartbreak songs😅

[@wanya_telborn]

I’m 45 and have bad knees no way that lady made it through that wreck 😅 She is old those old bones and joints hell naw 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤ Love y’all thanks for another great review

[@Hakman78]

The scene where they copied the dead guys brain reminded me of the game “Soma” where the person speaking in the new body is not the same man but a copy, bringing in questions of what it means to have a soul, but that scene was very short and not really crucial to the movie.

[@SSSS-wq4vn]

That lead is Denzel’s Washington Kid. Is he better then Jaidan Smith??? Just glad Denzel was not in it. I’m tried of A. I. Movies and Alien stuff. It’s not my thing at the moment.

[@gamerdrops]

Terrible bland characters, plot made very little sense, walked out after the tank battle scene

[@mpaso6634]

Same! I did not expect it to suck that bad 😅

[@Wellington-nl7vm]

Haha I loved this review. This movie is well done effect wise, but stupid as hell.

[@PapaWooody]

Ooops!!! Still time to fix the video title!!! The “Cretor” seems to be misspelled ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@fishjellyfilmreviews]

Thanks!

[@PapaWooody]

👍👍

[@wanya_telborn]

Saw it figured someone else would mention it 😊

[@wyattbreymeyer4033]

i will say the sound design, characters, images, cgi, where all amazing, it was definitely jumpy in all the narratives, could have been 3 movies instead of one

[@pfscpublic]

I was mystified by how the hole in the kid's head got larger as she grew up!

[@The11thPower]

I enjoyed it; great film overall

[@robertdouble559]

Very accurate review. An extremly flawed movie. Despite all of its issues I still enjoyed it more that you both. I had it at a 3.5. But the more i think about it, it's moved to a 3.0...will probably drop down to 2.5 by the end of the week.

[@Ryc105]

The more I think about it, the higher my score.. started at 3 moved up to 3.5

[@alwayswatching2295]

This had so much potential . I think it looked fantastic but the story was so shallow. It felt WAYY to long! The most interesting plot point was glossed over. They could’ve focused on the attack on LA and human error. The rumba machine was also interesting but it’s never really explained. They wanted so badly for us to be invested in Joshua and this women he loves but it was so forced. Making the weapon a kid really didn’t add the emotional depth they thought it would. Like I would understand if they suffered a miscarriage and then she made the AI but as you said it’s never explained. I feel like these movies that use AI don’t really understand it so the whole movie felt scattered.

[@aronj1072]

I thank y’all for this review. I saw this movie last week and would give it like a 7/10. I was confused as to way some reviewers were ranting and raving about this movie. To me the robots weren’t as advanced as I would think they would be. Like why wouldn’t they know all the humans moves before they attempt them? Another thing that bothered me was why didn’t the robots have a nonverbal way to communicate. Like the scene when the one robots speaks in a foreign language to the child that he was going to take care of the American and he hears it via the translator and kills the robot first. And yes they did a poor job on explaining how Mya creates the weapon, and what exactly her role was. Lots of holes in the plot.

[@derg6222]

that review was hilarious. yet i did enjoy the film even though the script was dumb as hell.

[@lookalivebrett]

I saw this movie today. It felt like it was written by AI, goodness. Gorgeous, though. I really only like the end of the film. That part at the end would've been a good Love, Death, and Robots episode.

[@phantomsnoutie]

this movie reminded me of the game Detroit: Become Human which many people don't like as well 😆

[@puspavelai8353]

Looking like viewer is to feel those emotions in a positive light - but instead, it's got an opposite effect. I had a 🙄and 😀with the way you two mentioned the 'corny and schmaltzy'... could be nominated for best visual effects though!

[@arielatomhc]

I couldn't understand if the girl was supposed to be his child. But I'm guessing it wasn't??

[@e3vL1]

For those who watched it already, I have a question: Spoilers: Why did alphie drag robot Maya to the garden area to put in flash drive and not in the Ai research center where she found it?

[@qshaundt4519]

She probably was trying to bring her but because she didn't wake up in time she had to leave

[@e3vL1]

@@qshaundt4519 makes sense but why not insert the flash drive first?

[@qshaundt4519]

@@e3vL1 she probably thought she had time or lost track of it when she realized he needed help

[@estherufomadu2474]

It’s also a ‘Garden of Eden’ reference. Remember in the car, alpha was listening to the radio and one of the stations was tuned to a radio host reading out Genesis 2:23 “and she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man”. The film is also broken into chapters that feel very reminiscent of genesis 1,2&3 and the order of creation, only in the film, steps 2&3 are swapped: creator, child, woman. Adam in the film would then be main character’s role and his wife gave birth to human (well in theory) and meta humans. Remember she was in a weird coma and protag was given instruction to help her get unstuck from her purgatory. She’s essentially “reborn” or “resurrected” or made anew kind of like eve in the garden

[@qshaundt4519]

@@haizee2330 I think they said nomad couldn't be remade so it would be harder for them to hunt the AI. The AI didn't care to end man kind, they just wanted to live. The humans were the paranoid ones who couldn't look past the the idea that maybe it was them who had it wrong so they wasted a lot of money on nomad which probably will fuck with their economy

[@kandilikr]

Just goes to show these writers should stop thinking too much about money and go to writing school

[@DarthBobCat]

Thanks for the thoughtful review. I figured that the AI did nuke LA, because why would Ken Watanabe's character be on a position to know? It's probably just AI propaganda.

[@ReyPooDoo]

The anti-chemistry between the main character and the actress playing his wife was crazy. How did the director not see it? The uncomfortable translated I could sense it. Very awkward and I agree that his performance was not very good, he seemed very out of place to me. It’s a visually pleasing movie but no brains. If America fell the rest of the world would be a utopia, is from the mind of someone historically ignorant.

[@1996vivian]

Can you both review the movie Braid (2018?). I d would really like your opinion of it. Thank you!

[@jimmyl324]

Good director for sure .

[@js7dragon]

The integral thing it lacks is a STAR. John David Washington is not a star. sorry.

[@jujutaylor2186]

A good movie can make a star

[@nancykerrigan]

Exactly what jujutaylor said. And define "star". Who would fit that in the current movie landscape where subject matter and director are the stars? Denzel and Will are too old for this. 😂

[@BookMaven9]

I’m tired of all the same stars. These days id rather have an actor than a star. That said, the movie looked better than it was.

[@veganpeace7890]

Wow, this sounds really, really complicated. What a disappointment, The trailer looked interesting and I love John David Washington!

[@dogface1911]

The unanswered plot points ruined this movie for me. There was so much I liked. And I was hyped going into it. I'm not mad. I'm disappointed. And why didn't bad guys use " standby" and then incinerate her? Or why not just drop all the bombs in the beginning? They pretty much know where all there bases are already. And does new Asia only have Buddhist and few guns? And where are the other militaries of the world? How did so many questions go unanswered? How did that happen?

[@remixisthis]

Well produced movie especially at it’s budget, but painfully bland I fell asleep 10 minutes in and woke up with 5 minutes left in the movie

[@mattdestroyer77]

This movie looked beautiful but it was way too hard to follow.

[@robertcarsten9478]

🌞’ing. When you 2 say it’s bad I believe. Sounds terrible. We’re on the verge of bunches of movies offering AI potential impacts on culture, manufacturing, procreation etc. Most will probably be 🤦🏻‍♂️. Please try to fit in 1975’s “Smile” sometime for the podcast’s secret movie. Remember it as very entertaining.

[@sangwooyi2683]

I really enjoyed this movie!

[@macebluemoon369]

I really wanted to watch this film. However after the explanation of the simplistic story I'm wondering now.

[@limitlessguy4932]

Rubbish movie. B or c style movie. Bad acting all around. Wrong choice for main character. Soo bored nearly walked out of cinema. Bad storyline and script

[@robertdouble559]

When Joshua whispers into Alffie's ear i tirned to my son (who l9ves 90s grunge) and said "needle drop music cue...L7 "pretend that were dead". So predictable. The rush to the end is simply laughable. Possibly the most unevenly paced sci-fi movie since David Lynch's Dune. Despite Dune's flaws, it'll stay in my heard longer than this vacuous piece of crap.

[@djoneforever]

I give it a C- 1. Too much fightings, blowing up stuffs, too much action. 2. Tried too hard to make it into a love story. 3. The world doesn't need anymore movies with black/ white dating an Asian woman.

[@LMason-qd7sq]

This is a Netflix film?! It looks amazing

[@jay-dubb.dubb.68]

It's coming to theaters

[@lilymack4028]

Whew! I thought my trouble following the story was that it was SO well-written. Maybe I wasn't smart enough to understand it? Turns out it was just a lousy movie. Whew!

[@mmmghool]

This movie was shiny turd with bits of every scifi ai vs human trope. So unnecessarily confusing. Lot of great visuals, but nothing really concrete being said by the actual story. The kid actor did a great job as well. Reminds me of Chappie, but Chappie made way more sense comparing the two. Thanks for the review

[@Joliepolieolie]

I’ve watched a lot of your videos in the last 2 days, and so many times I’m disagreeing with you two on some points. This is the first one where I agreed with every point so I was laughing through this whole video. 😂

[@rjl310]

Saw it this afternoon. Disappointing. I loved the art direction; the fx are gorgeous. That being said: I’ve seen every single story beat before and found it not the least bit engaging on any level, other than aesthetically. Also, the idea of Asia becoming a united, peace-loving collective - but America is a standalone imperial oppressor - is a tad insulting and colossally stupid.

[@rdaviii6902]

"I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer grey skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are grey," a 13-year-old Pakistani boy named Zubair told Congress on Tuesday. Zubair was 12 when he and his younger sister, Nabeela, were injured in a drone strike near North Waziristan last October. "When sky brightens, drones return and we live in fear," Zubair told Rep. Alan Grayson and others at the congressional briefing." - The Atlantic

[@moretwocome21]

NOW IM PUMPED TO WATCH THIS IF YOU GUYS HATED IT 😂😂😅

[@Ray03595]

Fellas, this was the worst sci-fi film I’ve seen in a long time. It’s so flat, so hollow, so ridiculous! Way too many easy plotholes, and I’m sorry to those who like him, but John David Washington is currently one of the worst lead actors in Hollywood. I don’t understand how he gets roles. If this movie had a better lead it would’ve gotten away with some of its plotholes, but his acting is so wooden I don’t care about his connection with Maya or the child.

[@rpols22]

I did think the main characters were good actors but the waffer thin screenplay and plot would kill the best actor. To be honest, I can describe this film as massively incredibly basic....

[@Technosquid]

This is one of the best films I saw all year. Another miss like your Asteroid City review.

[@latishariggins7170]

I liked it too

[@georgejamesducas9602]

Movie about a praying Buddhist diode, made ready for Mr Rogers.....what people will waste their time on...based on a true story in the future, it's a small ory about a traitor to humanity that falls in love with a hardrive.

[@bobbyr]

Yeah this movie was terrible, so sad. Such a waste of potential.

[@metatron5199]

So on point guy’s, I felt exactly the same way, there are just so many choices made in the movie that don’t add up as well as it completely falling emotionally flat. On top of the fact the story and pacing having no rise and fall, it’s just flat the entire way through. The only thing this movie had going for it is it is visually great but who really cares when everything else isn’t there to support it… great review! Cheers!

[@ricardodavila9000]

Bored by the first and second act of this cool looking movie. Third act was better when the action picked up. At one point the protagonist and child were on the run and we see their be on the lookout pictures posted all over the media and in giant time square like city screens. Then we see the pair walking around the crowed city and no one notices them. All asians look alike (think clones) then you have black man walking with asian child amongst all asians, and no one notices the peculiar pair on the run

[@AndreFarrar]

I didn't notice all of the lazy writing that was highlighted in this video when I watched The Creator yesterday. I just enjoyed the film and found it to be beautifully shot. Even John David Washington (whom I felt did not do a good job as the lead in "Tenet") pulled off a great and engaging role in this film. I do plan on seeing this again, but in IMAX (it has limited viewings in that format around here).

[@sailingsam3815]

Not a big fan of the movie...murky, confusing, some good visual and sound special effects.

[@BigBeeBeeSting]

Completely had the opposite response to this film. I loved it. It cost $80 mil and looks like a 150 mil production. The subtext of the film is what I found to be most interesting. How anti American it is and how the prejudice held towards asian people is baked into the script. It's this predudice that is the propelling theme of the movie. A very interesting effort and I look forward to see what Gareth Edwards does next. It's so hard to get movies made that are original and this film has made a very good effort to be that. Gareth should be allowed to do what he wants on the next one he does.

[@calvinogden9127]

Love you guys but this was a bad and pretty shallow take of this movie