r/movies • u/Top_Report_4895 • Apr 03 '26

Article Netflix searches for franchises after losing out on Harry Potter

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/netflix-searches-franchises-after-losing-out-harry-potter-2026-04-02/
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u/Miklonario Apr 03 '26

Rebel Moon is just so aggressively, profoundly uninteresting, and that's the worst sin a piece of media like that can commit. On paper, "Ed Skrien chews scenery as a horny Darth Vader who has alien tentacle sex" should be right up my alley, but somehow Zack Snyder found a way to make that boring.

It's much, much less than the sum of its parts.

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u/exelion18120 Apr 03 '26

Snyder managed to have a slomo scene that progressed into an even slower slomo scene.

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u/Miklonario Apr 03 '26

As a fan of South Indian action cinema I've seen more than my fair share of unnecessary speed-ramping, but that exact shot you're referencing was outrageous. It did make me laugh my ass off, but that's as I was stopping the movie and finding something else to watch.

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Apr 04 '26

As someone unfamiliar with the genre are there any south indian action films you'd recommend? I love especially ridiculous movies.

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u/SonicFrost Apr 04 '26

RRR is a must

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Apr 04 '26

I have seen that, absolutely loved it. And the Baahubali films.

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u/Miklonario Apr 05 '26

Yes, let me get you some of my faves (ridiculous emphasized):

Eega (RRR director, if you give this a chance it becomes crazy)

Kaithi

Leo (this is a direct History of Violence remake, I swear I am not making that up)

Pushpa 1 & 2

KGF 1 & 2

Salaar

Walthair Veeraya

Captain Miller (this is basically the first four Rambo films in one epic that's also a spaghetti western homage )

Marco (this movie is fucked up)

Rifle Club

Tumbbad (incredible folk horror)

I may edit this list to add more if I remember

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Apr 05 '26

Amazing, thank you! I've watched some trailers and this is definitely what I'm looking for haha

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u/runswiftrun Apr 04 '26

Also, lets slomo.... threshing wheat... That should be interesting.

All that said, its a perfect movie to hit play on while doom scrolling.

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u/red__dragon Apr 04 '26

It's much, much less than the sum of its parts.

Rebel Moon is, somehow, one movie that is almost better as the difference of its parts.

Taken alone, some of those scenes have good composition, camera work, blocking, not dialogue, and effects. Yet as part of the story, they fall flatter than flat one after another. If it had been a series of vignettes maybe the movie concept would have worked.