“It really hit me”: Sofia Boutella opens up about criticism of Rebel Moon

“It really hit me”: Sofia Boutella opens up about criticism of Rebel Moon



Rebel Moon: Zack Snyder makes his Star Wars

After working for eight years at Warner Bros. to create the DC Extended Universe (which ended in failure Justice League), Zack Snyder has navigated towards other horizons, and found refuge on Netflix in 2021, with the zombie film The army of the dead. After having achieved enormous success on the platform, Netflix has once again given him free rein for his other project, Rebel moon, an ambitious one space opera divided into two chapters, which Zack Snyder has had in mind for two decades. The first part, called Son of firearrived on screens in December 2023.

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The plot of the film takes place in a distant universe, where colonies at the edge of space find themselves threatened by a ruthless galactic tyrant. Faced with oppression and imminent danger, a young woman with a mysterious past (played by Sofia Boutella) is chosen. lead a delegation across the galaxy to recruit allies from various worlds and cultures. Together, they form a ragtag coalition that hopes to overthrow the despot and restore peace to the galaxy.

Upon his exit, Rebel moon met with catastrophic initial reviews and word of mouth didn’t live up to the event. Even today this first part shows only 21% positive reviews Rotten tomatoes by the press, and just 58% positive opinions from spectators.

Sofia Boutella “struck” by these criticisms

Three months after the release ofSon of fireand a month before the arrival of the second part, The Slasherexpected on April 19th on Netflix, which Sofia Boutella spoke about negative reviews done against Rebel moon.

In an interview given to Vulturethe interpreter of Kora shared his feelings regarding the harsh reception the film received when it was released on Netflix last year:

I thought I was fully equipped to handle these successes, but then I read the criticism directed at “Rebel Moon” and it really hit me,” Boutella said about the extremely negative reviews before adding:

I’ll be completely frank. Reading these negative reviews affected me deeply, not because of the perception they might have given of me, because I was lucky enough to receive positive feedback on my performance. What really struck me was seeing the hard work and passion of the entire team behind ‘Rebel Moon’ being criticized in this way. I feel like I carry the weight of these criticisms not just for myself, but for everyone who puts their heart and soul into this project. It’s this solidarity with the team that makes the reception of the film so personal for me.

I was truly touched to see everyone who put so much heart, tears and sweat into this project,“continuous.”It’s hard to see anything torn down like this. I’m proud to have been part of this, and if there isn’t another “Rebel Moon”, it will be a very important part of my life that I will always defend.

Based on these recent statements, it seems that other films Rebel moon were considered by Zack Snyder. But the bad ones combined returns for a follow-up successThe army of the dead it could hinder his plans.

Source: Cine Serie

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