Dungeons & Problematic Favs

Me, a serious arts critic: This movie looks ridiculous, and cheesy.

Me, a serious lesbian: Wait, it has Michelle Rodriguez in it? In body armor? Where’s my wallet?

Honestly, sometimes it’s that simple. I think, perhaps, the reason this looks a tad cheesy is because it’s so brightly lit. We’ve been conditioned to think fantasy franchises need to be Dark And Broody and VERY DARK just physically, as in where is the light switch dark. Remember the Battle of Winterfell? Game of Thrones was a chief proponent of making things so dark you don’t know what the hell is happening.

Truly, I hope this movie is the fun kind of ridiculous, cheesy overtones and all. If you’re going to create elaborate, mystical other worlds — for goodness sake light them so we can see them. Also, admittedly, casting Michelle helps.