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SPOILERS - Power Rangers Movie Reviews
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03-24-2017, 10:50 PM
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IXRollOutIX
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This movie made my mom cry. A lot. I think that says a lot about some of the touching characters scenes that really took me by surprise. All of the rangers were well done in my opinion, and most importantly of all, they legitimately felt like real
teenagers
to me. The petty issues they had, or they way they dealt with the more serious ones. The way they played, teased, and joked around with each other, and the rashness of some of their decisions. I found it all pretty relatable. Their chemistry was great too, I thought.
This movie did a lot of things I wasn't expecting, and I loved that. It played with cliched expectations at least twice.
When their van is being chased by the quarry security vehicles towards an oncoming train, and
you just know
they're gonna make it in the knick of time and cut off their pursuers? NOPE. They get hit by the damn train in such a brutal way that the entire audience didn't even know how to respond.
When Rita supposedly drowns Billy, and after a beat of suspense
you just know
that he's going to cough up water and everyone will laugh and cry tears of joy? NOPE. "Guys, he's dead!" He straight up dies for real.
Whoa, what?
I mean - I put the whole "Zordon gives up his 1-Up to save the kid" thing together pretty quickly - but even then, I was not expecting that kind of scary and very real heaviness from this movie.
I'll say that the mecha action definitely left a little to be desired on a lot of levels. It was fine; definitely passable for the Ranger's first outing as a team in their Zords, but it still had me wanting a little more. The robots themselves didn't feel heavy enough. Their punches, and blasts, and rams didn't carry enough weight to them for me. I guess what I'm saying is that they didn't seem
powerful
enough. Honestly, when I heard that the Megazord combination was fairly under-glorified, I was super bummed out. That said, personally, I didn't have much of a problem with the sequence for what it was. What I AM bummed about is that instead of giving the Megazord an actual power sword, they just use the Pterodactyl wings as dual blades. I was hoping for something similar to Daizyujin's signature attack for finishing off Goldar, but maybe they'll give us something like that in the sequel.
Definitely hoping we also get weapons for the other rangers and an actual morphing sequence (using the buckles;
away
from the Morphing Grid room) in the sequel as well. I friggin' loved it when the Power Rangers theme started playing (complete with lyrics no less!
) as the Zords rolled into battle, but I really do wish that the song kept going on for longer. I feel like they cut the theme short right before "Mighty Morphin Power Raaangeeers!" is said - perhaps to distance this movie series from specifically the "Mighty Morphin" TV series in the long run, or something like that. But if that really is the reason for this decision, it's certainly a mixed message all things considered. Not sure. Oh yeah, also? I loved when the soundtrack would go completely TRON every once in a while. The techno beats really worked for me.
Definitely worth seeing though. It's good fun and has a surprising amount of genuine emotion and heart.
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Watty
"he's so cool" could work as a nod to Zyuranger.
I thought the same thing, yeah.
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