Review of Dominion

Dominion (2015)
5/10
Interesting, especially if you are a storyteller or budding filmmaker
14 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
This has an undeservedly low score. I think most people went into it with the wrong expectations. If you think this'll be comparable to the best Hollywood sci-fi then yes I do understand the 1's, but it was never meant to be that.

Most people who gives 1's complain it's too slow, well I appreciated the slow pace from a storytelling perspective. Not everything has to be fast paced and explosions.

The acting wasn't great, but mostly ok. The effects were sometimes quite ...well... laughable. The choices the characters made was smarter than most A-type sci-fi horrors, but there were some stupid choices as well. Maybe a bit too much information in a short time. It could have been better as a mini-series of sort as 2 full length films.

ENTERING SPOILER TERRITORY

Some people complain about the start didn't make sense when the full film was viewed, At first I agreed, but when I wnt back back and watched the beginning again, it totally made sense, though it was massively misleading.

EXITING SPOILER TERRITORY.

If you enjoy slow pace and a narrative over action you should watch it. However you should not go into it expecting something great, but as something than can be appreciated if you're the right kind of person for it. Film students for example I think can enjoy this. They won' be blown away, but htey can appreciate the effort.
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