Being a movie buff, I often choose to reserve judgment when it comes to shitty movies. But after watching Power Rangers I have been compelled to blurt out. It’s a preposterous drag you don’t want to be a part of. After watching this movie, heck even while watching it, I couldn’t help but think, can a movie be so boring, monotonous, stupid, and pointless, and stupid. Did I say stupid?
Direction of Power Rangers
Dean Israelite who has come of age (I presume) did an alright job with Project Almanac in 2015. It was a fine project given how everything was shot on a camcorder, plus it had a nice sci-fi story to tell which made for a one quick okayish watch. I mean at least the editing was good there, and the story was quite thoughtful.
Contradicting everything that movie was, is this dud of a film named Power Rangers. It has one of the worst editing that you are possibly going to find in a movie. You can’t wait for their conversations to get over, because they are so vacuous and dim-witted that it hurts your ears listening to them. Yeah, that being said the screenplay is inane too.
Good Things to Spot
If you have been a fan of Power Rangers growing up, then characters like Rita Repulsa, Zordon etc. might light you up for a bit. You might remember their names and it might fill you up with nostalgia. Apart from that, the character of Jason (Red) is played with the right attitude by Dacre Montgomery. He is a rising star and you can tell that with the way he acts. It’s just that he wasn’t given the right words in his mouth. Ooh! and he almost looks like Zac Efron. Strange huh!
Another good thing to remember is its dope visuals. It’s above average and you can sense it has been born in this era. At least the guys behind visual effects worked really hard in making things look promising.
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Limited Action
Action is so little that you might end up being sober if you turn the movie into a drinking game for action. Hey! You wait enough and you might end up dozing off. I am surprised at their conversations that end up being so cliched, sometimes so daft to sound and surprisingly the movie is full of it.
It is as if even the director got tired of making the movie and dozed off while they were talking amongst each other. It stays very much detached with the ‘real’ world at every juncture. Even their powers haven’t been shown properly. Even Morphing has never sounded so idiotic.
This isn’t how I imagined our Rangers to work out. Well, it’s a proven fact – trailers sell lies.
The Final Verdict
It is in everyone’s best interest to simply avoid the movie. If you are still bold enough, and a big fan of the Saban franchise, or can do with average mammoth action, you will be satisfied after watching this. But if you are even remotely related to the real world, and have a knack for watching good movies, you are definitely not going to like it.
You can watch the trailer of Power Rangers here:
Power Rangers
Pros
- Visuals are cool
Cons
- Pathetic Pace
- Pointless Drag of a Plot
- Poor Direction
- Shoddy Build Up
- Limited Action
Comments
You must be the only one that thinks this. Your just writing this now weeks after its been out.
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No I am grateful that I am not the only one. And in my country this movie released this very week, so….