The Creator Movie Review: A New Sci-Fi Classic?

It's pretty rare these days that we get bold, original sci-fi fare. The fact that Gareth Edwards was able to get The Creator made on a grand scale - by Disney no less (through 20th Century Studios) - is something to celebrate. While it's not quite the sci-fi masterpiece some have hailed it as following the early screenings, it's still one of the better science-fiction movies to come along in the last few years and should elevate Edwards' status as one of the best genre directors in the biz.
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[@amandarose4469]

Gareth Edwards is a damn fine film maker, his real skill is in FX, bringing in a great look at a good budget. From Monsters to Rogue One he makes what he has work well.

[@robertdouble559]

"making it work" for Rogue One? Are you serious? He had 300 million to work with for Rogue One! I'm a big Edwards fan, but hey, he's not exactly been strapped for cash on anything he's done past Monsters.

[@RenoLancaster]

Two words: 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 #𝐫𝐚𝐩! I don't leave movie reviews, but to save you the money and time and the Brain-poking here it is: Exclude the graphics, the fight scenes and the acting, and you have a cartoon suited for 5 year-olds. I am not spoiling the movie it was spoiled from the get go. 1) So the western world is on a campaign to eradicate AI, machinery with capacity to behave like humans, because of an atomic detonation that wiped of the great Los Angeles area, which was not the AI's fault per se, since it was "A HUMAN CODE ERROR" in the first place, even though such a human code error could easily take place either accidently or on purpose INVOLVING THE USE OF AI! 2) The military is portrayed as the bad actor for going after the AI, is it though? Or is the military as an industry and mechanism shown to work for the good of humanity as far as the plot of this flick goes? 3) Humans in the Far East area, where the plot takes place are protected by AI to a point of altruism and self sacrifice, whereas westerners don't hesitate to kill humans, adults and children, indiscriminately since they are holed up with their AI buddies? 4) The "hero" of the movie after his warning shot to the knee of his fellow American comrade, executes him point blank to save a robot with the face of a child, goes to extreme lengths to sabotage the mission and sacrifices his own life after wasting time and effort to hijack a plane and reach the multi-billion dollar ship that hovers over the earth and discovers and destroys the AI! Think of Tic Toc and the American patriotic advertisement and you get the picture. Would the acceptance for the AI propaganda work, even if you don't have the brain of a 5 year old? Apparently so for a recent commentator in the New York times who stated in THE TITLE: ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫’ 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: 𝐎𝐫 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀.𝐈." Well friend, you need to watch the "𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫" series a few more times. Now that there was indeed a more realistic movie about how the whole AI Fiasco will turn out. Personally, I couldn't wait for "Dune" to end being that I wasn't watching it alone. The Graphics of "the Creator" will keep things from going absolutely boring till your stomach turns; it may have been the bouncing seat, but for me, Mel Gibson's "The Million Dollar Hotel" is not the worst movie I have ever seen any more.

[@artlesscalamity]

Yes, but he’s not a very good writer. Creator basically just rehashed the Rogue One plot, with added (kind of weird) AI propaganda. He needs to pair up with a real writer.

[@OnlyAnOpinion20]

Hopefully we get a 3+ hours directors cut!

[@cram2979]

I don't want to hear nothing about "hollywood doesn't make original movies" when movies like this bomb

[@funkrobot9762]

“Hollywood doesn’t promote movies like this” is more accurate. Or “general audiences are too dumb to consume original projects”

[@filamentio]

If i watch this movie and it is good, i will take my part an rewatch the shit out of it in cinemas. Im doing my part 😂

[@robertdouble559]

News flash, it's far from original. It's decent movie, but it's pretty much a Blomkamp/Cameron mashup. With some of his own rogue One stuff reheated. Worth seeing, but a classic? No way.

[@funkrobot9762]

@@robertdouble559 news flash, there is no original art. Everyone steals from everybody. Cameron did it, blomkamp did it. That’s how art is made. It’s called inspiration.

[@Butt--Head]

Blade Runner 2049 all over again & you could throw in Edge Of Tomorrow as well & it just sucks man. It's usually the ones like us that loves everything to do with cinema that ends up getting the short end of the stick

[@edvaira6891]

Gareth Edwards got this made because he was able to get it made for $80 million when it looks like $200 million! Studios don’t know what to do with “small” movies like this so you can get away with FASCINATING MATERIAL! The Matrix was kinda similar!

[@Allangulon]

Much like District 9.

[@stdamonsbeard]

I think because he knows how to use CGI right. His first film Monsters was made for peanuts. And he did all the CGI himself.

[@dsfs17987]

isn't it obvious that they are simply skimming those "big budget" movies? every single cgi company complains of how little they get payed, yet those big budget movie producers claim huge budgets because a lot of it goes to cgi, which is a contradiction, so most likely vast majority of that extra cost goes to middle men who keep greasing the execs in parent company to keep ballooning those budgets, corruption 101

[@mttylerdurden9]

​@@dsfs17987pretty sure huge chunks of those budgets go to A list actors like Robert Downey JR or Leonardo DiCaprio.

[@dsfs17987]

@@mttylerdurden9 plenty of inexplicably expensive movies out there even without Alisters and quite mediocre cgi

[@gbrogo7139]

Joblo try not to spoil new movies in their “non spoiler reviews” challenge: (Impossible)

[@marcusbrewer7775]

I had to stop watching. Kind of mad at myself for even watching to begin with.

[@alexr7647]

Yeah I stopped at 2 min cause like, why would you drop a plot point that big? Lol

[@allendean9807]

I’ll watch it simply due to the location filming. I’m so burned out on mostly CG environments. The volume is fine, but at times, it comes across as too small. Too noticeable…

[@puppy14]

Watched it last night during its special release. Best movie I’ve seen in years, and best sci-fi in a while. Going to see it again next week, whatever I can to support this flick, plus it’s freaking awesome.

[@journeymann]

It was a good film. Sort of. But we have seen elements of this story done elsewhere & better before. It was mostly predictable but it hit all the marks well enough. The stand out is the young actress playing Alphie. It just felt rushed. Id like to see an extended version.

[@jackruby1566]

John's gonna be a Megastar after this

[@ConnorMcCartney95]

You would think Tenet would have been it.

[@andrewmorton7482]

Just come in from watching it. Is it perfect? No. Is it a great movie. Yes. Does it have plot holes? Yes. Did I care? No. This is proper science fiction. It takes an issue in science and technology that is current and real and runs with it but never loses its sense of humanity. The visuals are stunning but never replace the small scale details that clutch at the heart..

[@artlesscalamity]

“Never loses sense of humanity” - except this movie seems to actively hate humanity and treats AI as morally superior. Which is a pretty weird and possibly dangerous concept, bordering on propaganda.

[@MyCatInABox]

Ive been waiting to hear more about this movie ever since thescreen shots started showing up on the internet

[@rogersims5085]

Saw it today and I absolutely loved it.

[@mchirag]

good review, agree with a lot of it but I really think the characters got away with a lot just for the sake of the plot. Still, one of the few original IPs of this year and it was gorgeously executed

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

I'm really hoping the advent t of AI will prevent mediocre scripts from going into production.

[@artlesscalamity]

There’s a conspiracy theory that the Creator script was actually generated by AI, since it’s such an obvious mash-up of preexisting movies, and has so much forced sentimentality and ham-fisted moralism in the script. I don’t really believe that, but I kind of feel like this is exactly the kind of writing you’d get if you told generative AI to write a movie that combined Bladerunner, Logan, Rogue One and Ex Machina - and threw in some pro-AI propaganda to tie it together.

[@ilikecows69]

The creator is the best movie I have watched in past days

[@Jaysin412]

This actually looks amazing. Definitely happy for some new and original movies

[@tribeofwolves]

Wait, John Washington’s character losing an arm and a leg reminds me of Denzel Washington’s character in Virtuosity

[@sethbrundels]

is this a secret Terminator sequel

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

Do you ask impossible, rhetorical questions much in daily life, too?

[@calamityyy]

Guys this movie has Radiohead in it, when Everything In It's Right Place was playing it gave me chills it was that good. But the rest of the movie honestly disappointed me a bit.

[@TA-cb1cn]

I loved that part too !!

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

I get to work anti-piracy security for this film tonight (09.26.23). Can't wait.

[@tylerskeen8091]

Just saw this & walked out of the theatre, never since watching T2 Judgement day have I Been this SCI-Fi happy. This will be a epic true cult classic in no time, Hans Zimmer on the score & Greig Fraser’s Cinematography with Gareth’s directing really crafted a unforgettable & timely masterpiece.

[@vickywilliams3648]

The Creator though looks Amazing fair play..

[@vickywilliams3648]

Logan's Run is a special one right there!

[@frankb821]

Is it me, or does that kid look just like the kid from "The Golden Child?"

[@TrueLegateDamar]

My dear sweet brother Numsie!

[@frankb821]

haha yes!@@TrueLegateDamar

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

just you! makes no difference what a kid looks like, or resemblance.

[@varianbohling251]

Highly recommend in an MCX theater. Sound is sick.

[@christopherbryant-stitt3094]

My wife hates the movies and sci-fi, but I can tell she begrudgingly REALLY enjoyed the movie. Actually all the other reviews I have seen were very bad, naive, bad assumptions about the actors, and slightly prejudice towards Washington. Thanks for the honest review

[@josemoreno8865]

Dude you spoiled the movie in this review

[@ShanGamer1981]

I have elysium vibes

[@MissElora]

Your KZbin channel is absolutely amazing! The content you create is both entertaining and informative,The production quality, creativity, and passion you put into your videos are evident in every frame. keeping me hooked with every video. Keep up the fantastic work, you're doing a fantastic job! 😊👍

[@tonyparkin3379]

Bigger films are used to launder money which is why they say they cost $300 million.

[@chuckkiephan6880]

A bit like Terminator and 3 other si-fi movies put together

[@jerryschramm4399]

If this film doesn't do well, blame the advertising. There have been multiple ads on TV, and none of them are enough to compel me to see the movie. It's all, BOOM! and BANG! But there is no sense of what the movie is about, other than a lot of action scenes. War between humans and AI? Like in the Terminator movies? Fine. Then give the audience a hint that is what the movie is about.

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

Trailers make the film look terrible 99% of the time... I never expect trailers to make me want to see a film anymore.

[@tkskagen]

WTF HAPPENED to the film "Logans Run" from the 1970s... Timed, yes... But I am still waiting for an "Updated" re-release/version of this exellent film for my personal DVD collection! Is there a possibility that someone out there could produce a script with a "good" director to update this excellent film? Only time will tell... Have any of your viewers/subscribers watched this film, let me know please!

[@vickywilliams3648]

❤ Classic, timeless in a sense, film.

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

That film could be done with a very small budget, indie style. Any big production and it becomes hard to keep the money people from messing it up. The original is good, maybe it does not need a remake?

[@samirhasanovic2773]

The movie is masterpiece

[@Rahsaun77]

What kind of old school SUV/truck were they in? It was badass

[@Dr_1212]

🤔

[@tbcrulezz]

I didnt expected to see such a good movie, and alphie , the girl her first role, damn she has talent...A big F U to all marvel movies, and crappy SF movies and only 80 millions in budget...for such a great visual experience, and not just visual

[@eddiegee2940]

One of the reasons is $80 million budget is Gareth Edwards used a Sony camera from BestBuy. Sony FX30!

[@AX-sq5vm]

Written by AI

[@kenjiwhe]

I was blown away by this movie, instant classic. So don't mind the IMDB reviews, just judge for yourself...

[@varianbohling251]

I thought the 3rd act fell apart a bit, too long. John David Washington may have been a miscast for this one, just felt off. Production design is really good. 7/10

[@mazze84]

This was fantastic!

[@rufarojunior]

The creator is awesome and underrated

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

It is not out yet. How many positive ratings could it have gotten already?

[@Erik_m509]

Seeing it this weekend

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

We've been waiting with bated breath on when you would be seeing The Creator.

[@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat]

I already know I'm gonna despise the whole thesis that "robots are human too, so be humane and let them reign" crap. But I also already know I'm gonna love the visual aesthetic.

[@artlesscalamity]

Yep that sums it up. The movie looks amazing but the writing sucks and the “message” is basically that we should embrace our AI overlords as morally superior.

[@dessiebullock6009]

Great review as always ❤

[@tony202931]

Looks good.. reminds me of elysium

[@VincentScales]

I thought it was very good as well and gave it 7 out of 10!

[@BigBeeBeeSting]

You saw a reference to 2001?

[@simonwoodthrillerwriter]

The Creator looks stunning and even more so with the "low" budget. The only misgivings I have is the aesthetic/architecture looks very Star Wars and lacks it own look and the lack of originality of the story. Still going to see it.

[@bobmcdade5217]

With the best will in the world, Washington is a decent actor but is not a leading man. Tenet needed a star to hold the nonsense together but it suffered because he just hasn't got what it takes.

[@i_hate_google_]

Honestly the film for me was a late down, it felt like someone chocked in some popular sci-fi / AI plots (Ghost in the shell, Animatrix, a bit of AI, you get a clear sense of these) into an AI and this is what came out, they didn't build anything new on these just copy paste. The movie is lacking some logical narrative sense which is the mistake an AI would make this days as they lack that. The visuals are stunning, but at the same time it looks like someone downloaded off Pinterest some art work and uploaded it to an AI to create the scenes for the movie based on the AI movie script, to the point that if I would go on Pinterest I am almost certain I can find the almost identical elements. SO over all disappointed ☹

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

*let down?? Do you complain much in daily life, too?

[@i_hate_google_]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 ?

[@DisrUptuSVerRB]

plot is so dumb. marvel disney have ruined cinema

[@kindking8009]

“He gave Nolan what Nolan wanted?” Reviewing the wrong film?

[@NaturallyBornBad]

It was new beautiful and stupid Could’ve been better but it will be a classic

[@thedudeabides3138]

Good review. Thank you.

[@FuglyStick]

He made the best Star Wars film in the entire franchise - the ENTIRE franchise - so I am confident that any of his work in the genre compares favorably to the majority of his peers. He's better than Nolan , he's in the tier with prime Ridley Scott and Villeneuve.

[@funkrobot9762]

Empire was better

[@FuglyStick]

@@funkrobot9762 Nope

[@Hedgehobbit]

I'm a bit skeptical as the movie looks like one of those style over substance sci-fi movies, like District 9, where the premise falls apart if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. It does look very stylish though.

[@evansamekudzi5612]

Some characters look like those from Adam by UNITY

[@Hugh_Seaton]

Saw the movie. It was a blend of the Star Wars Rogue One story again, combined with a critique of America's post 9/11 invasion of Iraq. Doesn't make it a bad movie, but it is not a real exploration of AI or the dangers of AI. "AI/Robots" are essentially another human ethnic group, with the same thinking and motivations as humans, which makes them an allegory not a real exploration of how robots/AI might interact with humanity.

[@davidandrews5262]

But whats the underlying message?

[@FlyingShadow11]

movie was very anime sci fi

[@Victory-in-YAHSHUA]

Could you make a video of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective versus When Nature Calls?

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

Both are masterpieces of cinema! Why the comparison?

[@funkrobot9762]

@@0ooTheMAXXoo0I wouldn’t go that far lol

[@Victory-in-YAHSHUA]

@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 I don't believe both are masterpieces, but he is the only youtuber who compares movie sequels their originals. Batman vs Batman Returns, Spider-Man vs Spider-Man 2 ect. Plus the comparisons are fun to watch.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

Does he have to do everything?

[@Victory-in-YAHSHUA]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 No, but they are entertaining and I want to know which film he thinks is better.

[@hiddentruth1982]

it's rare these days there's a new movie that isn't a remake.

[@JoBloOriginals]

Indeed, or a sequel

[@JohnnyNiteTrain]

@@JoBloOriginalsor prequel, spin-off, reboot, adaptation, or my favorite, “inspired by…” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@room007]

It's neither bold nor particularily original. It tackles some big themes, and doesn't do much with them. There's a great amount of things happening for plot reasons, some painfully missjudged attempts at humor and forgetable characters. Ai and synthetic life is represented in a very rudimentary fashion. It really bothers me that ai life is just people made out of machine and computer parts, with all the inherent traits and limitations of regular humans. There's so much that just doesn't click that I can't go through without spoiling the damn thing. Visually, it is quite obviously inspired by japanese animation, good japanese animation, nothing to complain about there. It's a good looking action flick it you don't think abou it too much, but it hints at trying to be a hard sci fi epic, adn it just doesn't have the philosophical chops for that.

[@jurgenmathiae6682]

Seen the movie and it is good indeed very good agreed amazing but classic time will show.

[@mattdestroyed]

Looks great, but the story is incoherent.

[@vikingchad44]

Yes, I'll take a mildly flawed great science fiction original over another remake, reboot or creatively bankrupt franchise movie any day. Looks great. And made for only $80M. Edwards knows how to shoot a great looking movie without hemorrhaging money. The Northman cost $90M (good movie but how did they spend that much? I was shocked. It'll never recover its money and killed any notion of Independent minded art films with big budgets ever getting traction). The Marvels $275M (It'll suck and fail). Dial of Destiny $300M (Jesus christ just stop). Very excited for The Creator.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

re: " Jesus Christ just stop...". 1. Do you often write to Jesus Christ via KZbin? 2. Ever get a response?

[@vikingchad44]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 Since you asked. 1. I was using “jesus christ” as an exclamation, which was obvious. 2. No. Hail Satan

[@SimonLeicester]

Just watched it. Apart from the odd impressive set piece I wasn't really engaged and found it slightly disappointing. Bit of a convoluted mess to be honest. Saw several people leave the screening as well. Very District 9 in style without the humour or impact. A shame, as I loved Gareth's Godzilla and Rogue One

[@ilikecows69]

Felt very fast pace

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

re: "to be honest". 1. Are you not honest all the time? 2. Or only when using that meaningless, wimp phrase.

[@SimonLeicester]

@@warriormanmaxx8991are you a warrior every day or just on a Tuesday.

[@SimonLeicester]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 How sad are you!

[@Joydeep2000]

Wow thanks for ruining the plot 🙄

[@just_some_random_guy]

Huh, it's amazing what a capable director can do with a modest budget. It's almost like Disney should stop hiring people based on their skin color or what's between their legs and hire them based on their expertise to deliver a quality product. But, who am I kidding, that's just good business sense, not modern day social justice fist-pumping.

[@nataliep6385]

Pretty sure the movie is well made graphically, but overall the acting and writing sucks ass but the movie itself is gonna sell really good because of graphics and the fact that it is about AI... :)

[@montalvojr]

Was this really that original. I don't think it was that great other than the visuals

[@limitlessguy4932]

Really rubbish movie. Like a b or c movie. Main character and other characters had bad acting and it was a really boring movie and no good storyline

[@skywalkies77]

Mannn I loved this movie.

[@354Entertainment]

Hans Zimmer Score 🤢🤮

[@ingahan5820]

Whats that supposed to mean?

[@354Entertainment]

@@ingahan5820 Hans Zimmer is overrated as hell!"

[@victorandersen5446]

Hardly, the photo is great like in all of Edwards work. But the storyline is basically every scifi cliche ever tied together. And Denzels son has a few more miles to go before he even comes close to his old man. To bad had really high hopes for this one since Edwards is one of the best sci fi directors

[@godric234]

Garbage 😂

[@eme.261]

You're garbage? OK... Strange that you felt the need to share that.

[@godric234]

@@eme.261 😂😅😂🤣

[@VideoHeadMan]

This film had as many plot holes as it did good performances. Not good.

[@djvoid1]

The real twist should have been that the script was written by ChatGPT because that's what it felt like. Absolutely brain-dead, terribly scripted, emotionally barren, hacky sci-fi, despite the amazing visuals

[@ThroatSore]

Clunky story flow?

[@atticradio]

I was put off watching this when I discovered that the explosion used the real life beirut explosion with some added CGI - why would they do that?

[@audioauracle-dsyswpwanl-]

Because the jesuits that unfortunately control the news, media & movies, wars etc are definitely a satanic death cult of factions coming together, jesuit network *Beirut...* They compare the explosion 💥 to Hiroshima & at that time it was the *75th Hiroshima Anniversary,* *Beirut = 75* *Hiroshima bomb = 75* #gematria

[@Dr_Raja_King_Quotes_lectures]

Boring

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

Pass. Definitely sounds like something I don't care about.

[@adampatino5372]

The BEST thing I can say about John David.... he ain't no Denzel. *droppin 🎤 like they 💣 *

[@enriquerodriguez6465]

Good movie better than anything Disney marvel Lucasfilm has produced in years no woke garbage work's amazing and really entertaining

[@jadapandy]

Most definitely seeing this Friday in Imax!