 I'm gonna be honest with you. I love me a good post apocalyptic movie I don't know why but just something at bottom does something for me. But how did this one turn out? Let's see My name is Brandi Keith Avery and this is just my opinion Hey, what's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning into my opinion slash review for mortal engines I really do appreciate it. I remember when this teaser trailer for this film came out about a year ago I was like, whoa, wow also said why they marketed this so early, but you know, hey, that is what I said But what this is about mortal engines It is based on a novel by Philip Reeve where it's a post apocalyptic world where the world is destroyed man has destroyed everything like they always do and Cities are not cities that used to be you got cities on sea You have cities in the air and then you have cities on land that actually can move on wheels And if you've never read the book or seen the trailer if I try to describe this So you might be like, you know what the hell like cities on wheels No, there really are cities on wheels in this movie and this cities are huge And that's one of the best things I like about this movie is just the scale and they did a great job there Christian Rivers is director of this film. This is actually his first When you look at his filmography, this is actually his one of like his first real Four feature he did a couple of short films But this is first fully feature and I will say that he did a great job With setting up the scale, I mean, we know how big human beings are human beings human beings are and then the way that they use They the way that they use that Standing next to a fixture or the tracks that made the wheels move not the wheels move But the cities move throughout the land in the film. It was great. It was pretty birth taking I don't know how they did it There was a few scenes where the green screen a blue screen wasn't the crispest But it isn't anything that I want to gripe about too much But you know the scale is something that did blow me away also just the design of the film and the color palette I did love the cinematography. I did love the The design of some of the creatures which I don't want to spoil here I may not I like their characters or per se, but you know their design is something that I really did appreciate Also like how this film takes place like a thousand years in the future Or maybe a little bit longer than we are now and I like the perspective of how they perceive the world from back in the Past how they perceive today's world. It was hilarious It put it put a lot of things in perspective Some people may call it a little preachy I don't think so but there was not to America and pop culture and things that we know today As far as technologies concerned to how you know a lot of us are obsessed with cell phones and devices and Tablets and things like that. They had these little jabs and things like that You know about the positive things that we do in society today But also the negative things and you know how we can learn on those now This is also still a reflection of man in general because even though when the world is destroyed You still have these stupid people that are just willfully dense and you can't convince them of anything They still you know want to maintain superiority supremacy over others You know they think that they're better than you because of this because of that I mean, it's just ridiculous. There was and this is film kind of an allegory in the sense To the white supremacist audiology to where you know, we're better than you no matter what and we're gonna dominate you and no matter what and I'll let you know That was one of the main villains motivations in this film and they gave him a Sub motivation as well. So he has some layers to him and I'm talking about Hugo weaving So that was great too and I did love his character He was one of my favorite in this movie. This is because he was just so sick, you know And just disturbed for all the other characters in this family were okay. They really just didn't do anything for me I mean, they wasn't bad, but I can't say that I'm in love With the main actor and her name is a Hera Hilmer she played Hester Shaw. I can't say that I'm in love with her I can't say that you know Robert she shan who played Tom Nits worthy I can't say that, you know, he was a favorite character of mine One of the gripes that I have in this movie is the film was two hours and eight minutes long And I wasn't sitting there just saying to myself, okay, man, this is a long film When is it gonna end? I want to go home but there was a sequel there was a character that they introduced in this film by the name was Shriek and I either wanted more from that character more of his best to it, but or nothing at all I feel that they could have either cut that out of the film completely and they would have saved time at least a good 20 minutes or They should have gave us more. I was disappointed with the way they introduced I mean, I like the way they introduced this character, but the ending, you know, I was just kind of sending myself Okay, what was the point of that? You know, I'm just a little annoyed the action sequences in this film was great With the different cities trying to compete with themselves. It was something I've never seen before cities battling cities I mean, how do you do that? You know one person on the attack one person in the defense things like that scavenging, you know You know dog chases and things it was I don't know It was it was an experience that I've never seen before Something that you would want to see on the big screen It is something that I would recommend just a while ago I talked about that there was some characters in this film that I was not in love with there were a group of characters Towards the end which I don't know that I can't remember the name of the group But I did like them. They were a powerful unit. They worked as one. They were just on cold no matter what I mean, they knew what to do without even having to say it to each other and I I do like that It can become a little frustrating because the more I think about it the more I think about how the plot kind of falls apart Towards the end. I mean you have this film where visually you're doing things that have never been done before I have these wide shots these these giant sets these giant cities moving on wheels flying in the air But then when it comes down to my guffin You're just saying yourself as an audience member you had this device this whole time and you didn't notice it I mean in this post apocalyptic world where it's thousand years in the future 15 years in the future Raw technology has been destroyed But you find this one piece right here that solves everything it's just a little hard to believe I still enjoyed the film But at the same time while you're concentrating on all these big epic scenes But not paying attention to the little things Like I said, it can be frustrating So if I were to rate modal engines out of a one out of ten I'm still gonna give it a pass and grade because I enjoyed it But you know, I'm not going to of course rave on it I'm gonna give it a six point five out of ten Yes a six point five out of ten because that is just my opinion for motor engines Have you seen motor engines or do you want to see it? Have I turned you on? Have I turned you off? Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know down in the comment section below Let's get this conversation going to keep it flowing if you liked this video Go ahead and give me the thumbs up if you don't that's fine, but you can still subscribe to my channel You can also look me up on social media Facebook Instagram and Twitter all that good stuff It's right there at the bottom of your screen and I made it very easy by providing links to all that down in the description box below But guys, I just want to thank you again for tuning into my opinion slash review for modal engines And I saw this is produced by Peter Jackson who did loaded rings and he did the screenplay so forgive me for leaving it out before you go Don't forget to always chase your dreams because I'm chasing my my name is Brandi Keith Avery and that's just my opinion peace