The Creator is either the worst good movie of 2023 or the best bad movie.
It's like great software that's operating on janky hardware. But it failed to lift itself above “average” in large part due to ham-fisted dialogue that’s written to spell out the motivations of otherwise hazy characters as they make their way through a pretty enigmatic fictional world.
The finer details though, the actual Sci-Fi concepts behind the world of The Creator and the robots that occupy it, unfortunately, not as strong.
The real shame of The Creator is that a lot of the best stuff in it is lifted from far superior works of fiction. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a few intriguing original concepts in The Creator but most of them are unfortunately only touched on momentarily, primarily used as plot devices, and then left vaguely defined only to never be revisited.
This movie is rife with nebulous concepts that could benefit from just a little bit of context or at least some explanation.
It’s what makes The Creator such a frustrating movie. It sails on the creative winds of the great sci-fi that’s preceded it while attempting to introduce mind-bending concepts of its own to the genre.
But unlike those sci-fi classics that inspired The Creator, this movie’s original ideas are nothing but illusions that fade the moment you approach them with even simple intellectual curiosity.
As much as I wish The Creator was a cleaver new entry in Sci-Fi, it’s not. Its derivative. Don’t get me wrong, I actually kind of like this movie. There’s some good stuff going on it. A fascinating setting, meaningful themes, an entertaining plot. But it’s burdened with an overabundance of bland characters, writing that’s as clunky as some of the robots featured in it, and inconsistent stakes that consistently undermine the sense of danger in key moments.
It’s not a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination, especially if you’re just looking for something to satisfy a Sci-Fi craving but chances are you’re not going to remember it a week later either. Which is why I recommend catching it for free eventually when it’s available. It’s average and flawed but at least it’s not another reboot, sequel, or “product based” movie THAT the studios are churning out like chicken nuggets these days.
17 ноя 2023
