I honestly would’ve preferred hearing Bill Hader say AYI AYI AYI, but instead, he’s that overhyped character that constantly tells the audience, "HEY WE GOT THAT SHIT THAT YOU REMEMBER!" He even looks at the audience and says, “HEY LOOK ITS THE POWER RANGERS!” Though he is speaking in Zordon, you know he's talking to the audience. Of course, this film does it from beginning to end but in this, we get that fan service in the form of Alpha 5. The most common thing I hate about reboots to franchises with a large geeky fanbase behind them is when the film does fan service. I don’t care that you have the badass voice Bryan Cranston giving the Rangers exposition explaining who she is, her name is still RITA REPULSA! I’m sorry, if you have a villain named Rita Repulsa there’s no fucking way you can categorize her as a threat. It wants us to take her seriously as a villain, but you can’t. They have Elizabeth Banks do scary faces while she’s mugging the camera as they play jump scare sound effects behind it. When we’re introduced to Rita Repulsa, for some reason the film tries way too hard to introduce her like a horror villain. The film has a thoroughly playful and silly tone, but once the characters try to get serious, you’re still trying to get yourself back together from laughing. THE BAD: One of the worst things about Power Rangers is that you don’t know whether to take it seriously or not. She plays it similarly to Helena Boham Carter as the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland in the vain of the over the top dialect and Hank Azaria as Gargamel in the live-action Smurfs movies in the vain of the liveliness humor. Even when Rita faces against the rangers, you sort of root for her because of how charismatic Banks' performance is. Every minute she’s onscreen, Banks constantly control the scene. You can feel Banks chew up the scenery in glory and joy. You can see she having the time of her life playing this over the top villain that harps back to the previous actresses who played her. I truly love Elizabeth Bank’s performance as Rita. Different colored kids.” The film thankfully wastes no time setting these kids up as Power Rangers for its thoroughly fast paced. Alpha 5 even says it perfectly in one scene. The film breaks down the medium of the average superhero which was always the nature of the Power Rangers themselves. He stands up for him, he’s patient with him, they have somewhat of a genuine bromance. They instantly become friends and Jason treats him like a regular guy. One of the things that I like about Jason Scott is his relationship with Billy. While everyone is going gaga over Trini being the first LGBT superhero here, we should be commending them for also including an autistic kid and depicting him as a standard character with humor and heart. He’s the Spud of the entire group minus the drugs. In here he’s the baby of the group who is pure of heart. In the 2015 indie comedy Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl he was the most breakout star who was unpredictably funny and enjoyable to watch. Out of all the Rangers, the one that stood out to me was Billy played by RJ Cyler. Some of the characters are underdeveloped more than others, but they all have that teenage spirit that you root for. The entire cast is fun to watch as they capture the true essence of being Power Rangers. It's like the recent Ninja Turtles where the filmmakers captured the true essence of the turtles proving that they are the stars of the film which relates to the Rangers in this film. It's not smart, but it is earned where it's played for humorous effect. When they set a joke or an element featured earlier in the film, they cleverly bring it back full circle. It's not that they’re original but they're genuinely humorous. For example, instead of having their own generic “finding your ability scene,” similar to Spiderman or the Fantastic Four, this film uniquely does it with three of the rangers. This is undeniably a “turn off your brain” type of film but it has a lot of its own clever moments. With this Power Rangers film, it's great to see something that started off silly maintain it’s silliness. THE GOOD: With every film adaptation of popular TV shows nowadays, Hollywood has the tendency to take something that was light-hearted and make it dark, brooding, or inappropriately crude. But to do so they will have to overcome their real-life issues and band together as the Power Rangers before it is too late. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover that they are the only ones who can save the planet. Saban's "Power Rangers" follows five ordinary high school kids who must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove – and the world – is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat.
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