Well I was very sceptical about this but then I read a review that made it sound enormously enjoyable, viz:
... in the film, directed by the agreeably bonkers Alex Proyas, the god Set (Gerard Butler) rides a chariot pulled by giant green flying beetles, making the case that the movie is more than aware of its own absurdity.
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where else could you see Geoffrey Rush, playing the almighty Ra, grow to 50 feet and drag the sun to the other side of a flat earth while shooting solar beams at an advancing chaos serpent bent on consuming him? That alone may not be worth the price of admission, but Gods of Egypt seeks to justify itself by aiming for that kind of theatricality every five minutes.
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The gods are not only tall and beautiful—they also bleed molten gold, and can transform at will into what can only be described as … animal robots. To do battle, Horus sprouts metal wings and turns into a giant robo-falcon, like some ancient Transformer.
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Butler is playing an Egyptian god who takes the form of a giant canine, but he sticks pretty firmly to his natural Scottish accent, perhaps realizing that the film is too far gone to worry about minor details like that.
And so on.
I'm pleased to report that (a) there can be no doubt that the movie is aware of its own absurdity (as evidence, take, in addition to all of the above, the smarmy opening narration, Chadwick Boseman's remarkably camp turn as the God of Wisdom, the way the Sphinx goes, quote, "Oh bother" before disintegrating after its riddle is guessed) and (b) contrary to all the terrible reviews, actually it really is plenty fun to watch in a 'brainless adventure' kind of way. Also notable: the way the gods are all just kind of twice or maybe three times the size of humans but otherwise completely regular-looking and to scale except when winged, in metallic animal form, etc, etc; Jaime Lannister (see previous); the inordinate amount of cleavage; very fake looking special effects.
... in the film, directed by the agreeably bonkers Alex Proyas, the god Set (Gerard Butler) rides a chariot pulled by giant green flying beetles, making the case that the movie is more than aware of its own absurdity.
...
where else could you see Geoffrey Rush, playing the almighty Ra, grow to 50 feet and drag the sun to the other side of a flat earth while shooting solar beams at an advancing chaos serpent bent on consuming him? That alone may not be worth the price of admission, but Gods of Egypt seeks to justify itself by aiming for that kind of theatricality every five minutes.
...
The gods are not only tall and beautiful—they also bleed molten gold, and can transform at will into what can only be described as … animal robots. To do battle, Horus sprouts metal wings and turns into a giant robo-falcon, like some ancient Transformer.
...
Butler is playing an Egyptian god who takes the form of a giant canine, but he sticks pretty firmly to his natural Scottish accent, perhaps realizing that the film is too far gone to worry about minor details like that.
And so on.
I'm pleased to report that (a) there can be no doubt that the movie is aware of its own absurdity (as evidence, take, in addition to all of the above, the smarmy opening narration, Chadwick Boseman's remarkably camp turn as the God of Wisdom, the way the Sphinx goes, quote, "Oh bother" before disintegrating after its riddle is guessed) and (b) contrary to all the terrible reviews, actually it really is plenty fun to watch in a 'brainless adventure' kind of way. Also notable: the way the gods are all just kind of twice or maybe three times the size of humans but otherwise completely regular-looking and to scale except when winged, in metallic animal form, etc, etc; Jaime Lannister (see previous); the inordinate amount of cleavage; very fake looking special effects.
