Mortal Engines movie December 2018

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Saw it yesterday and enjoyed it. Loved the idea of mobile cities in the future and the steampunk aspect of the tech. The actor from Lord of the Rings (name escapes me) was excellent and the young actors who played the hero and heroine were quite good too.

Good pacing and plenty of action!

 

It stiffed.

‘Mortal Engines’ to Lose More Than $100 Million at Box Office

 

Hugo Weaving is the actor. I don’t get this movie at all, and the trailers for it certainly don’t help as they are incomprehensible. I’m not sure if I’ll go see it, but I won’t be surprised if it loses a ton of money.

John K.

 

I feel the same. I really like a good science fiction movie. If written well the opportunities are almost endless.
When I saw the first trailer I had thoughts. The second time my thoughts were confirmed.
Since that time the only things I seem able to imagine when seeing the trailer is a mix of:
Monty Python - The Crimson Permanent Assurance. Mad Max - Fury Road, and The Lord of the Rings (you pick your version)

I want it to be good, but I'm hard pressed to find a reason for it to be anything really.

 

I don't think I could suspend my disbelief for this one.

 

The movie's crashed... it's now a monster crash...

‘Mortal Engines’ Box Office Disaster Could Lose Universal $150 Million

 

As someone said, the trailers were incomprehensible. This is why stars are worth their money, if Christian Bale or Amy Adams had shown their pretty faces, you'd naturally be more interested. I don't think you can depend on Hugo Weaving to carry a movie.

 

The script is very poorly written. The characters are walking clichés and i never cared for them because the film never take the time to deepen their personnality or to bond with them. It's one action scene after the other. I think that they crammed together too much things in 2 hours. It could have been so much better with at least an additional 30 minutes.

 

At least you saw the film before you posted your review - that makes two of us!

 

I must add that i've read the books before watching the film, and i really enjoyed them, that's why i had high expectations about the movie.

 

Final take: $15.9 Domestic + $67.2 Foreign = $83.1 million

Yikes!!! crash and burn

 

I didn't a real point for making this movie in first place..