I am still struggling to find the right words to describe this baffling and broken creation. It should have been amazing. Famous cast, tons of cash to pay for amazing effects etc. A highly rated director….
And yet it just feels so wrong. So…stunted in emotional reach, so disconnected from any relatable narrative, so self-aware but not in a good way, so…just a collection of images and words, like a perfume advert for superheroes that goes on a really long time and makes no sense at all.
It also felt almost like the team was just having fun with Marvel/Disney’s vast resources without the requirement that anything coherent or likeable came out the other side for the viewer. Almost like a bunch of screen tests among friends.
Still can’t exactly pin this down, but in short: it’s unwatchable.
PS one other thought was that Jolie’s powerful aura of madness that she always carries with her just freaked everyone out, crew and cast, and knocked everyone totally off their game? But who knows?