Review of The Wandering Earth (2019) by O_Rety — 15 Jan 2021
Good CGI and outstanding art and set design. Yet, plot is full of mcguffins, convenient deus ex machinas, cheap emotional twists/hooks, comic-relief side-kicks and any other formulaic scheme from the fimmaker's playbook.
A both heartwarming and dazzling fairy tale for the masses. Too light on the palate for a real hard SF fan and hard to follow for a westerner due to Chinese-assumed knowledge that feels like plot holes and all the similar faces that you'll have hard time to tell apart.
This review of The Wandering Earth (2019) was written by O_Rety on 15 January 2021.
The Wandering Earth has generally received mixed reviews.
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