Universal's Mortal Engines
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I think it looks visually stunning and I know for a fact they haven't spoiled anything in this trailer.
The book is set in a post-apocalyptic world, ravaged by a "Sixty Minute War", which caused massive geological upheaval. To escape the earthquakes, volcanoes, and other instabilities, a Nomad leader called Nikola Quercus (known as god Nicholas Quirke by the time of the book) installed huge engines and wheels on London, and enabled it to dismantle (or eat) other cities for resources. The technology rapidly spread, and evolved into what is known as "Municipal Darwinism". Although the planet has since become stable, Municipal Darwinism has spread to most of the world except for Asia and parts of Africa. Much technological and scientific knowledge was lost during the war. Because scientific progress has almost completely halted, "Old Tech" is highly prized and recovered by scavengers and archaeologists. Europe, some of Asia, North Africa, Antarctica, and the Arctic are dominated by Traction Cities, whereas North America was so ravaged by the war that it is often identified as "the dead continent", and the rest of the world is the stronghold of the Anti-Traction League, which seeks to keep cities from moving and thus stop the intense consumption of the planet's remaining resources.
Thousands of years after a cataclysmic event, humans try to survive on a planet where gigantic moving cities ruthlessly prey upon smaller traction towns. When Londoner Tom Natsworthy encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw, he soon finds himself forging an unlikely alliance that changes the course of the future.
The book is full of twists as no one actually is a good person in the story and things you expect to happen happen unexpectedly.
Thousands of years after a cataclysmic event, humans try to survive on a planet where gigantic moving cities ruthlessly prey upon smaller traction towns. When Londoner Tom Natsworthy encounters the dangerous fugitive Hester Shaw, he soon finds himself forging an unlikely alliance that changes the course of the future.
The book is full of twists as no one actually is a good person in the story and things you expect to happen happen unexpectedly.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/05/peter-jacksons-mortal-engines-looks-kind-of-amazing
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Yeah this is gonna bomb. Hard.
Even if it’s a good movie, the whole thing just seems mismarketed. A great ad campaign can make a movie a must-see.
Even if it’s a good movie, the whole thing just seems mismarketed. A great ad campaign can make a movie a must-see.
I hope Hollywood learns to make better trailers and advertising. The trailers from the 90s and early 00s were awesome!
Domestic in the US, I'm sure it will but this will do extremely well in South America and Asia. This style an story are what Chinese/Japanese/Koreans are really into.
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So this movie isn’t terrible! I liked it a lot, definitely would watch a sequel, the first 20 minutes suck you in to the story, the characters are likable and the visuals are amazing! People should definitely see this movie!
It was really good visually but i hated the dialogue of the film.
Why they decided it was a good idea to release it when Aquaman was coming out is enough of a head scratcher. But the same weekend as Aquaman, Bumblebee, Mary Poppins Returns AND multiple award contenders? They hung this film out to dry worse than when Disney opened the Winnie the Pooh animated film alongside Deathly Hallows Part 2.
Universal only financied 25% of the film so they aren't really losing that much from the film so they don't really mind in the long run
