It took me until about halfway through this movie that I realised its purpose as a parody of the heroic pulp archetype. This redeemed it a little for me but couldn’t save it too much. I thought TAOBBAT8thD was very imaginative and it was arguably a fun time in moments. The special effects were really great for its time and rivalled Star Wars. But being a riff off of cheap masculine action heroes, the movie makes great efforts to be completely shallow and prioritise action, again — it works in some places, and doesn’t in lots of others. Overall I was bored with an emerging headache.
It took me until about halfway through this movie that I realised its purpose as a parody of the heroic pulp archetype. This redeemed it a little for me but couldn’t save it too much. I thought TAOBBAT8thD was very imaginative and it was arguably a fun time in moments. The special effects were really great for its time and rivalled Star Wars. But being a riff off of cheap masculine action heroes, the movie makes great efforts to be completely shallow and prioritise action, again — it works in some places, and doesn’t in lots of others. Overall I was bored with an emerging headache.
