Rarely have the lesser gods of Hollywood produced a decent (believable) movie about Ancient Egypt – and this one seems to be no different. In the words of Cecil B. DeMille: "Creativity is a drug I cannot live without." Problem: One needs to take the right drug, or all mayhem breaks loose.
The following is an amusing partial Review by MANOHLA DARGIS as
featured in the New York Times Section of the Egypt Monitor:
Bosomy
damsels and brawny slabs; cheering digital crowds; a lachrymose sphinx; a
bedazzled Geoffrey Rush; a galactic cruise ship; an Egyptian god played by
the Dane Nikolaj Coster-Waldau; the sword-and-sandals enabler Gerard Butler; a smoky monster that from one angle looks like a
fanged doughnut and from another an alarmingly enraged anus — “Gods of Egypt”
attests that they do make them like they used to, or at least like the King of
the Bs, Roger
Corman, once did, except with far more money.
If “Gods of Egypt” were any
worse, it might be a masterpiece.
A glowing threat in “Gods of Egypt.” Credit Lionsgate
It
is instead a demented entertainment, an embarrassment of kitsch riches that, in
between inspiring giggles and snorts, incites you to consider imponderables
like, who greenlighted this, and why? Is there really still a market for
would-be spectaculars with cartoonish effects and self-parodying dialogue
delivered with “Downton Abbey” drawls?
How does a cast like this take shape?
Did Mr. Rush sign on first and the others follow like lemmings? And how did Mr.
Butler, with his furred musculature and marble-mouthed Scottish accent, become
a standard-bearer for midlevel exploitation cinema?
Perhaps, before you head to the movies, you may want to read the entire Review here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/26/movies/gods-of-egypt-review.html
I just happen to have one for you:
