I didn't care much for the film, which is really disappointing because I want it to succeed and hope it does. It's obvious that the score, the visuals, the sound effects, and the world building are all incredible. However, my issue was the characters. I didn't care for John David Washington's character nor his wife. I felt nothing for their relationship because there was no chemistry. The child in the film I thought was a standout, and she'll get many roles in the future. Unfortunately, I didn't believe in Washington's and the child's bond. It didn't feel deserved just sort of happens. I much prefer Godzilla and Rogue One than The Creator.

Am I the only one that thought The Creator was a bag of clichés with a poor script? Yes, it looked great, but a decent movie needs more than that. Have we really reached a point in cinema where a movie is good just because it's not a sequel or a reboot? It used to take more than that... As for the review, great job as always Adam!

Honestly, the movie for me was a letdown, it felt like someone threw in some popular sci-fi plots (Ghost in the Shell, Animatrix, a bit of AI the movie, etc. you get a clear sense of these) into an AI generator and this is what came out. They didn't build anything new just copy paste. The movie lacks some logical narrative sense, which is the mistake an AI would make. The visuals are stunning, but at the same time, it looks like someone downloaded them off Pinterest and uploaded it to an AI to create the scenes for the movie based on the AI movie script, to the point that if I go on Pinterest I am almost certain I can find the almost identical elements. So overall disappointed ☹

I was in jail when I saw previews and it was the first thing I did when I got out. So good

“It was a coding error”,,,that was the moment I realized this movie was made by chat gpt. Don’t even get me started on the the inspection scene of the secret weapon or the B movie feeling one liners/ Segway’s

I loved how your self made Star Wars soundtrack keeps on going in the background, while you explain your awesome lightsaber attack moves.

I was bored to tears watching this movie.

I almost did what you described to an a-hole in the theatre once, glad I decided not to but thank you for verbalizing what I was thinking 😂

😂 I live for these reviews and your rants

Adam I love your camera work. The zooms and spinning, all of it. You are a genuinely funny guy.

I have many questions, let's start with this one: Why do the machines create perfect faces on the robots but do not finish the job like the do in Terminator movies or AI!? I think that's stupid, do they ever explain it?

The way you filmed your rant was hilarious, great work man !!

Visually the movie was gorgeous and the explosions were absolutely beautiful. The music was perfect. I think the dialogue could have been a tad better with scenes being a little too vague for my liking but overall not a bad watch. I’d give it a 7.3 out of 10

One of the few times I went to a theater this year and actually thought the movie should've been longer. Could've really benefitted from a longer setup with his wife's character and a little more added onto the ending. Solid film but ultimately felt a little hollow emotionally for me, which is a problem because the movie's climax relies heavily on emotion and I just didn't feel it

It's good but they got onto the military space station very easy ... barely an inconvenience

At least you’re honest and hilarious 😂❤🎉

I thought it was an enjoyable film. Potential Oscar nomination for best visuals. I liked how they designed NOMAD. Some questions I asked like if the government banned AI then why were they still using AI?

“Solid”?! It was predictable and boring

What a great second act Adam!! 😂👍🏻🥂

If there is an open theater and someone sits near me I IMMEDIATELY move so they know what they did was dumb.

The soundeffects... you're truly a master at it

Definitely one I want to watch. Might go see it in 2 weeks (next week is Thanksgiving in Canada) when I have some spare time

Haven’t watched video yet. But from the title I’m sensing a rant. So I gotta get my popcorn first lol

Dude, when someone sits near me in an empty theater I just move somewhere else. LOL. Unless they're a hot female which of course never happens. Like on an air flight. I never get the hot female - it's always the sweaty, "big-boned", shoulda-bought-two-seats male. 🤣

The trailers for this movie were awful haha. I didn't want to see it because they were so "GLOWING REVIEW PLASTERED ON THE SCREEN" generic. So I'm glad you enjoyed it! I'm truly sorry about your theater experience, though. :/ That shit fucking sucks. Probably why I'm gonna wait to watch this at home.

This movie would have been better had it been a straightforward protagonist vs bad guys and AI. I left the theater not feeling anything. Felt like a waste of time.

A movie about "good" AI brought to you by the same people who spent months striking to prevent AI encroachment. 🤔

10:05 Adam, that was the most epic personal performance of John Williams' 'Duel of the Fates' ever and with no orchestra to back you up. Bravo! :)

The script is really insulting to my brain

I appreciate this, and have felt this 100%. I haven't seen The Joker, because someone in the theatre ruined it for me and I was so mad the whole time.

This has been Adam's Terminator Salvation 'just checking the lights' moment.

I was blown away by the stupidity of this movie. So AI nukes us, fine whatever. Then we build this giant space laser that roams around the sky blowing up stuff, yet "New Asia" doesn't seem to care. Our hero, if you can even call him that, doesn't want to save mankind but gets interested when he might be able to save his girlfriend. Uh, ok. Then this all-important "save the world" mission to destroy the AI superweapon is given to a handful of wildly unlikeable morons to get the job done. Surprise, they fail. Then we have to watch another hour or so of our "hero" trying to find a girl nobody cares about. I walked out before I'm sure a thrilling ending was thrown in our face. God, help us. No wonder this director was "assisted" in completing Rogue One. With great improvement, Gareth Edwards could become useless.

The sound track, awards are coming.

Really enjoyed The Creator myself! Run time was smooth and edited well to keep it not so draggy. Beautifully created world and story was unexpectedly emotional to me.

This movie reminded me of an American Dad episode. Tearjerker. Just watch that to understand what he made. Lol

I could not get past the fact that the AI is so advanced and put so much effort into making human faces hyper realistic but, somehow forgot to make their entire GOD DAMN HEADS also realist. I guess they ran out of skin? PS. That rant was hilarious.

I thought this was great! It was really interesting seeing how this movie is sort of a compare/contrast between the fictional perspectives of AI/advanced robotics from the West (United States) and the East (I'm gonna use Japan as an example based on what I've seen from certain anime shows and movies)

At the Vue cinema in UK before the film starts an actor voice comes on to a blacked out screen so the cinema is in darkness and says "OI...weren't expecting that were you". If you have never heard it before it scares the pants of you. He then goes on to tell you to turn your phone's off and to stop talking and relax. It seem to work very well because it shames people straight away as you see phone screens switch off in the darkness and there is total silence.

I still have no desire to see this movie, but Adam should get to make the next Star Wars. That was hilarious. The amount of bad behavior at movie theaters is just ridiculous. The Celebration Cinema near me had such a problem with awful children that they refuse to have kids unchaperoned after 5pm. Why is it so hard for people to behave in a movie theater? Some of my fondest memories as a kid are of being dropped off at various theaters, enjoying the arcade games, and then sitting down for my hundredth viewing of The Matrix or LOTR or Star Wars. Hell, Spider-Man, X-Men, Saw...that list is humongous, and now people are so shitty at theaters that you can't even drop off your kids. Next time, get loud, Adam. I either tell people to turn it off, or i get management to kick their ass out. Management won't give them a refund either, so it doubly ruins their time. They just paid 20 to 30 bucks between a ticket and concessions, and now that monetary excursion feels like a fine.

The subtle opening and title, then the review being over half way... I knew we were in for a treat! This is really what caused the Joker to snap. Thanks Adam, always a great time!

I'm excited for this movie! You are really, really hilarious!!

We want to see this as Dune is delayed. Need my sci fix

Great film. Just saw it. Also, the 2nd half of this review was the best. It was Adam’s manifesto video he’s sending to the local news outlets

Imma watch it again. So good in theaters. Saw it at a 1:15 show on Friday and was packed and ppl were so nice.

There was a lady who brought up her phone and was watching tik tok and I heard it:/ then she walked out…

my theater experiences are perpetually getting worse and worse lol. theres like 12 people max in the theater when im seeing saw X, loads of empty seats. 40 minutes in, some dude wanders in, comes up to me and says "bro not cool. ur in my seat." (and I look around to see an entirely empty theater. so I ignore him. he realizes hes in the wrong theater after a good 10 minutes of him confusedly wandering around, all to have a lady in front of me, begin to RUB A METAL SPOON ON HER TEETH. enough for at least 5 people to all at once tell her to have some respect. keep in mind, the theater staff forgot to turn up the volume when the movie started, so her shit was LOUD. (also we could barely hear the movie lol. fucking clown world we live in), and right after this other dude drunkingly came into the theater mid showing, couldn't stop wandering around spilling his food so he was kicked out. legit WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENIG. have people become completely MINDLESS. I could barely even focus on the film due to the zombie like confusion radiating throughout the theater. its as if everyone takes copious amounts of deliriant psychedelics before finding themselves suddenly and mysteriously at the theater. its as if souls in hell, confused and baffled, end up phase shifting into the seats of the theater and thats who normaly fills the seats

First trailer in a while that got me excited to see a movie.

I definately needed that 2nd half of the video today😂😂😂

This film is the Sci Fi version of swiss cheese.

It's begging for a director's cut and probably needs a good 30 minutes more to flesh out some of those scenes. This was a very scene dense movie, which was why the pace felt so rushed.

Great review man

The "35 Five Dollar Popcorn-Soda Combo" line cracked me up. 😂 It's funny cause it's true. LOL

Absolutely hilarious.. the way you added the editing and camera effects really pulled us all in the moment. I couldn't stop laughing this is why I come to this channel... with that being said that was actually me in the theatre with the phone. I purposely sat next to you and kept pulling it out hoping that later you would add it to your channel content! It worked Muhahah! Jk.. Great video though buddy hah.

This movie was so mediocre I had to start rewatching Severance just to wash my brain with some actual good writing.

Adam finally snapped 😂 😂 😂

I don't think even a million dollars or his dream girl could satisfy this guy. what a sad individual

10:25 Although lobbing off that cell phone guy's body parts piece by piece with a Sith Lord's lightsaber would be fun, I wouldn't have minded just frying him in the coldness of space with a good old TIE fighter from behind, babyyyyyyyyyyy! ;)

I always, if possible, politely walk over to whomever is misbehaving and politely ask if he/she/they wouldn't mind check their phone outside simply pointing out that I paid good money to go see the movie and if they are not interested they can simply leave. If shit still goes on I have no problem walk out and talk to someone working on the premise (never had too). Most ppl get the first message. Also, usually there are other ppl that might be annoyed and will chip in after you broke the ice.....

Generally, I liked it. Thought it looked beautiful although the character building was limited and rushed and I didn't really care about any of the human roles because of that. There's just so many questions I have for sci-fi designers though. In one scene an AI robot (full robot not human face robot) holds up a retro looking Walkie Talkie to communicate with another human soldier. Would this basic communication feature not just be built into the robot? I overthink these films too much but overall I thought it was a decent watch.

If AI directed and created this movie it would be heralded as the coming of the next era

great review Adam! and I stand with you and your frustration (since it's ours too) and hereby declare that once we get A.I. up and running in their own little bodies we need them to be programmed to go out and destroy all smart phones for their trial run you know before becoming sentient and destroying humanity altogether - that way we would get a least one year of sweet sweet peace...maybe more, maybe not but peace none the less where the only annoyances were what they should be: people opening loud potato chip & candy bags and forgetting to use the bathroom before sitting down - oh and babies crying (SERIOUSLY....QUIT BRINGING YOUR DAMN BABIES TO THE THEATER!!!) 😉

Lmao yeh had same experience; people talkin thru it, giving there own commentary. Every time an aí dies ‘oh no, how sad’ right next to me

I throw popcorn at people on their phones

Was the guy the *_"USUAL SUSPECT"_* like the people that like to do commentary at the theater?

Handful of scenes where they could’ve done something else with the plot. The whole Drew side quest, holy fshit..

How did people like this movie?!?! Is writing really so unimportant!?!! Special effects A+, story D-. Such a wasted opportunity. So dumb. We were laughing so hard at these idiots building fake tension by making terrible decisions one after another. So bad.

I love sci-fi & I had a nerdgasm with all the robots and the ending had me tearing up 💯

Adam I feel your pain I hate when rude ass people are in a dark theater mindlessly scrolling on their phone like it's from the comfort of their couch. For some individuals it's become an involuntary reflex. They can't even help themselves they need the worry stone touch of the swipe rectangle. I will not suffer such idiocy. I will always say something to them and quickly. The Fathom event release of Extended Edition Return of the King I had a night bright clown in front of me. FRODO AND SAMWISE ARE ON THE QUEST TO DESTROY TEH RING YOU ARENT GOING TO RUIN THIS FOR ME ASSHOLE. I owned his ass the 3rd time in so many minutes that blue light emitted from his palm. He got all man baby pissy and wanted to talk shit while everyone around us in a busy theater finally mustered the courage to stand as one like Maximus and his gladiators in the arena and shush his ass. Dejected dummy took his TracFone to the back of the auditorium 🤣 Almost 3 and half hours later I see dude in the lobby and we lock gazes again. He flinched first and bowed out, not even getting his to go popcorn or mountain dew refill.

The first thing to be clear on - there is not one AI anywhere in this movie. There are at best golems, human-shaped, inexplicably human-like people who happen to be metal. And who exist to be the downtrodden innocents in a movie that takes absolutely malicious delight in portraying the military as cruel-slapstick incompetents. This movie has exactly zero to tell you about our potential relationship with actual AI in the real world. All while piling together a mound of racist stereotypes about Southeast Asia and calling it "New Asia" because the writers just can't be bothered to know anything about the actual cultures. While the visuals are at least interesting, the sound design is terrible - the director has no faith in the performances of his actors and instead horsewhips the audience with musical sound cues for what 'the feels' are supposed to be. Be certain to enjoy the heavenly orchestral strains rising as the US military members die by the thousands in the final reel. It's really more like some sort of revenge film from a doddering old hippy still really mad about the Vietnam War. Up to and including the hyper-futuristic VTOL jets making unmistakable 1970's helicopter noises.

Paper-thin characters who you care for the same at the end as you did in the beginning: not at all. The plot is lame, the acting is lame, everything that was done in this movie has been done better in the films it was walking in the shadows of. I was sad, because it's nice to see original stories, and some of the effects were impressive. But overall, a real bummer.

John David Washington was absolutely terrible but the little girl who played the robot was brilliant!

The Creator is a good watch. Just don't go in expecting Dune or Bladerunner. Think Pacific Rim and you will be ok.

Wrote by - Chat gpt😂AI

After the disaster of Star Wars by Disney, I thought that making images of people going about their daily lives with humanoid robots as seen in The Creator could restore that charm to Star Wars. After seeing those images in this film, I am convinced.

Agree with you on the movie except I didn't like it so much that I would want more of Gareth Edwards, I think he has done way too many things in one films already and may be can take a short break. On the rant part, I am so there with you man. I go to most films alone and this constantly happens with me, people being douchbags, I don't know if it's an age thing but I am seeing it worsen by the day. Now I almost spend 1-2 days contemplating whether I should even bother going for a really worth watching indie/horror/scifi film for the fear of the whole experience being ruined by some 'oh I am so in love' teeny couple or 'hey I can Google anything that comes up in the movie thanks to this tech called a smartphone'. Now a days what I do is take a ticket right in the 1st 3 rows from screen, and mostly it works, if no idiot decides to annoy me by coming and sitting in the same freaking row. For The Creator, I took a ticket for 2nd row but it was getting tough to watch the IMAX screen so I looked at the back and moved to the 5th row , and it was a great viewing experience as mostly there were no d-bags in the general audience. The last time I totally lost it in a theater was in Insidious Red Door where this look at us we are so cool and funny group of 2 guys and 1 girl kept chattering, and I shouted at them. But strangely they made me the butt of their jokes for rest of the movies and continued to giggle and whisper.

This is peak Olinger

Finally, he actually has a good take!

Awards are coming.

I saw the movie Friday and enjoyed it. Only a couple of other people in the theater with us. But seriously - if someone is a jackass in the theater, you go tell the employees and get them to kick him out. If your theater won't do that, find another one.

If I'm going to be honest this movie sucked. The acting was crap and the story sucked. However I just got through watching Saw X and it was awesome. I liked that it was prequel and made me want to go back and watch the other Saw movies.

I would go to a theater if I wasn't laid up by Long Covid because it is a unique experience. Costs may be worth it sometimes.

The occasional violent rants have me dying laughing every time 😂

Really great original scifi movie that isnt from the MCU. Love the women/mother symbolisms like the floating nuking UTERUS in the sky.

Atleast they finally gave us something new...kind of...

Love Sci-Fi - Creator was good, not great. Trailer gave away best parts. Story was kinda sub-par - but promising re: effects and overall AI movies to come. Prometheus remains the cream of the crop.

Everything was great except for John David Washington, He was awful. The plot progression could’ve been better it was lacking in cohesiveness but the visuals and the acting aside from the lead was great. The world building was amazing. It would’ve been better if they casted anyone else as the lead. This was literally one of the worst lead performances I’ve ever scene aside from maybe Captain Marvel.

I could only tolerate around 20 minutes of it before quitting haha

This film got me too man, I hope it succeed at the b.o. The world building in this movie is so satisfying. My best Imax experience till now. Hope to see more films like this in the future. Kudos to the entire team of The Creator and additional regards to the creator of this film Gareth Edwards. For creating such a masterpiece of a cinema.

I quite enjoyed this movie. It does kinda feel a bit rushed to the end, and I feel like it could've done one or two things differently and maybe added another 5 minutes to flesh the characters out a bit more, but all in all, I thought it was solid and well worth the view in theater if you're looking for a fun and interesting sci-fi adventure that isn't just another adaptation. Sure it hses tropes from other popular scifi stories, but what matters is that it does them well and approaches them from its own perspective, so I don't agree with the people who say that this is a mark against it. Blade Runner and The Creator are basically asking the same questions about what makes us human, but while Blade Runner explores ideas about the integral importance of memory and self-awareness, The Creator answers this with love of family and community, thereby adding to that conversation instead of simply being derivative. The fact this movie looks as good as it does with a sub-$100 million budget just goes to show how wasteful and frivolous these studios are with their over-inflated budgets while making these giant blockbusters. The worldbuilding is excellent, and I would totally watch more stuff in this world. JDW is a serviceable protagonist, and the fact that his core value of love for his family is what ultimately drove all of his decisions and how or why he evolved in his thinking about the AI question. The kid (sorry, I forget her name) was excellent, and tbh, amything with Ken Watanabe always gets extra brownie points. I think The Critical Drinker perfectly summarized this film, "flawed brilliance," akd no matter its flaws, I can always appreciate and respect something that has the ambition and gets the opportunity to swing for the fences.

Sadly , this film will fall victim to the era we are in . We are in the era of the death of theaters , if only it came out 5 years ago .

The music was perfect, you didn't mention that. I did like your rant though bc I hate people as well.

It looks like The Creator is going to bomb hard as its projected to only make 30 Million worldwide. I think I may catch it at the Cinema this week. I like Garreth Edwards work and I can't get enough of Sci Fi. With this beautiful big screen OLED I have at home I just may wait for it to come out on streaming.

Clunky. So.e ban representation of passing time. And how did the trillion dollar weapon station not have any point defence, allowing a space jumbo jet to just saunter up and Dock with ut?

Gareth is the best director in Hollywood just my opinion.

Unfortunately the phone guy is one reason why I rarely go to the movies any more here in the UK. Few people have the consideration that they had back in the 1940s (how many times have you seen a 40s 50s film with a scene where someone coughs or talks and the whole audience hiss and glare at them). I cannot get engrossed in a film if half the audience is running off to buy drinks or popcorn, making chomping noises as they gradually get to the bottom of the ginormous popcorn carton, checking their phones every few seconds or chatting amongst themselves. I mean, why pay good money to see a film if you can't be bothered to give it your full attention? It is just plain rude and inconsiderate. Seriously, at one screening a couple of years back I nearly got up and punched someone. Instead I just glared at them and told them to shut the f--k up.

Great film. I loved it. As for the guy with the phone, WHY GO TO THE MOVIES????

Yeah, i can't stand the folks with the 📲 cellphone as soon as it goes dark, Adam. Go home, don't go to the theater with us. Do you have an emergency? Leave, Get out of here, phone guy sucks!

The Creator was fantastic. This review was great. But the rant…was epic.

This movie just hit different when you're from SEA. I heard Thai, Vietnamese, and Cambodian spoken among others. Just replace the L.A nuke with 9/11 and A.I/Robot with communist or insurgent then you have all the wars that the U.S have started after WWII combined like in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Just replace the U.S army bombing foreign villages to bits and executing helpless robots with people and you've got yourself a historical documentary.

the crappy Radiohead track insert took me out of the movie I was following. it was visually interesting but as I could see al the usual tropes being played out I switched off not long after the sloppy montage.