Gods of Egypt

So Friday, Swede came down and after a lunch at our local cantina, what do to?  Well, neither of us were up for anything resembling exercise, so that left either movies or a bookstore.  Personally I would have opted for books, I love books!

So sniffing around the internet, I found that the only thing we both had not seen is: The Gods of Egypt.  The remarks on the internet were so hilarious, we had to watch it!

Okay, just imagine Pirates of the Caribbean meets Galaxy Quest by way of the original Star Gate movie and add in a bevy of silicon beauties.  Yeah, quite the conglomeration of comparisons - then this is a movie which lost it's way early on and never did find an Eagle Scout to guide them back!

Obviously, someone thought this was going to be a blockbuster story and invested heavily in CGI special effects which were at times just a little too thin to make the movie believable.

Acting was completely stolen by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau - whom may have been the only actual actor in this movie!  Sure lots of cast but NO ONE coming through, which made his over the top performance not only noticeable but extremely funny!  A plethora of silicon bunnies were too obvious and just detracted from the story line.  Perhaps the director or producer realized they were in trouble?  May as well as fill the scenes with enhanced cleavage I guess ..... sigh ...

Nothing about the movie actually even close to historical or mythical accuracy.  As one reviewer commented, "If you want accuracy go see a National Geographic Special!"  LOL!

Well to be fair, they did get the concept of sand correct.

So, if you are looking for a movie that is so bad, it is good, this is the film!  But, to be fair, it does have a story-line, a romance aub-story, lots of action, mythical creatures, etc.  Claymation would have made this much more fun!  Ray Harryhausen where are you when you are needed!?!

But, be warned, as one of the other three viewers commented, as he walked past me, "What on Earth did I just view ....."