History YMMV / GodsOfEgypt

* {{Narm}}: Any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy. Not to mention: it's Geoffrey Rush in flowing robes and a giant, golden headdress, still occasionally channeling being a pirate and using jarringly vulgar language (Though it could be argued this also goes a great way towards portraying Ra as actually being a ''[[DownToEarth down-to-earth]]'' rather than aloof, distant and overly pompous sun god).

* FridgeBrilliance: At first glance, it appears that Set [[YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion answered his own question]] the moment he asked what Osiris has accomplished in a 1000 years of peace. He also conveniently ignores the utopia built in Ancient Egypt. A poor choice of words? Not really from his perspective. Set is the god of ''deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners''. The cites of Ancient Egypt has none, if not little of those shown onscreen under Osiris' rule, which made Set's domains practically irrelevant. No wonder Set didn't count what Osiris did as accomplishments.

* {{Narm}}: Any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy. Not to mention: it's Geoffrey Rush in flowing robes and a giant, golden headdress.

* FridgeBrilliance: At first glance, it appears that Set answered his own question the moment he asked what Osiris has accomplished in a 1000 years of peace. He also conveniently ignores the utopia built in Ancient Egypt. An unintentional moment of YouAnsweredYourOwnQuestion? Not really from his perspective. Set is the god of ''deserts, storms, disorder, violence, and foreigners''. Ancient Egypt has none of those shown onscreen under Osiris' rule, which made Set's domains practically irrelevant. No wonder Set didn't count what Osiris did as accomplishments.

* UnfortunateImplications: The movie received a [[http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2015/11/30/gods-egypt-director-apologizes-whitewashed-cast/76565502/ strong]] [[http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/11/27/exclusive-lionsgate-responds-to-gods-of-egypt-whitewashing-controversy/#70f2063231f4 backlash]] for its [[RaceLift whitewashing]] of almost all of the cast except for one guy [[spoiler:who is immediately killed off]]. The biggest "unfortunate" part comes from how all but one of the superpowered, explicitly greater-than-human gods are white, whereas the Egyptians they rule and are worshiped by... aren't.[[note]] Unless they're a main character, in which case they're white too.[[/note]] The studio itself eventually apologized for this before the movie came out.

** Creator/ChadwickBoseman as Thoth. That was just a couple of months before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' introduced him in his now-iconic role of ComicBook/BlackPanther.

* {{Narm}}: Any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy. Not to mention: it's Creator/GeoffreyRush in flowing robes and a giant, golden headdress.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/ChadwickBoseman as Thoth. That was just a couple of months before ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' introduced him in his now-iconic role of ComicBook/BlackPanther.

* FoeYay: Set with Nephthys, his ex-wife, and Hathor, who he forces to be his queen.
* HamAndCheese: Creator/ChadwickBoseman seems to be the only one in the cast treating the movie as the SaturdayMorningCartoon that it is.

* ClicheStorm: WebVideo/BlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Disney/TheLionKing Lion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition]]. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point.

* {{Narm}}: Systematic narm! [[SoBadItsGood The entire movie]] is littered with it. Some examples include:
** Any scene where Bek is in danger is made hard to take seriously due to Creator/BrentonThwaites' [[DullSurprise hilariously unconvincing]] screaming.
** Similarly, any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy. Not to mention: it's Creator/GeoffreyRush in flowing robes and a giant, golden headdress.
** Some of the action sequences are ruined by the random use of the 360-degree spinning camera, Creator/GerardButler ChewingTheScenery as Set and occasionally [[SpecialEffectFailure obvious greenscreen]].

* SpecialEffectFailure: There are parts where the use of greenscreen is obvious. Apart from that, the special effects aren't necessarily ''bad.'' They are just ''very obviously'' special effects, reminding one of a high quality video game.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Most of the CGI looks fake and makes you wonder where all that money went. Also, there are parts where the use of greenscreen is obvious.

** Similarly, any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's odd grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy. Not to mention: it's Creator/GeoffreyRush in flowing robes and a giant, golden headdress.

** Similarly, any possible epicness to be had from Ra's fight with Apophis is undermined by Creator/GeoffreyRush's odd grunting noises whenever Ra fires off a blast of solar energy.

* ClicheStorm: WebVidoe/BlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Disney/TheLionKing Lion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition]]. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point.

* ClicheStorm: TheBlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Disney/TheLionKing Lion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition]]. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point.

* ClicheStorm: TheBlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Disney/TheLionKing Lion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition]]. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point. Don't believe me, [[ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFx3jafU6AI&list=PLsBWxeH18UvGKlhIkjyz7mPqf_15fYt1J&index=102 just watch!]]

* ClicheStorm: TheBlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Film/TheLionKing Lion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition]]. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point. Don't believe me, [[ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFx3jafU6AI&list=PLsBWxeH18UvGKlhIkjyz7mPqf_15fYt1J&index=102 just watch!]]

* ClicheStorm: TheBlackCriticGuy calls this movie, in his own words "Video-Game [[Film/TheLionKingLion King]] Hakuna [[AtomicFBomb Ma-FUCK You edition. He even calls the characters in the movie Mufasa, Simba and Scar, to prove the point.Don't believe me, [[ [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFx3jafU6AI&list=PLsBWxeH18UvGKlhIkjyz7mPqf_15fYt1J&index=102 just watch!]]

* SoBadItsGood: Some, such as Creator/ChrisStuckmann, see the film as this due to its many [[{{Narm}} unintentionally hilarious moments]], but he still found it to be one of the worst of the year, since the entertainment was all unintentional.

* InternetBackdraft: The trailer instantly triggered a ton of complaints about the Egyptian gods and human leads being played by white people. It got so bad that the studio and director have apologized for it.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A big-budget Hollywood fantasy movie reimagining the Egyptian gods as warring quasi-futuristic technological deities? How could ''[[RuleOfCool that]]'' premise, under the direction of Creator/AlexProyas of all people, have turned out so '''dull'''?

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: A big-budget Hollywood fantasy movie, reimagining the Egyptian gods as warring quasi-futuristic technological deities? How could ''[[RuleOfCool that]]'' premise have turned out so '''dull'''?

* {{Narm}}: Systematic narm! [[SoBadItsGood The entire movie]] is littered with it.

* SpecialEffectFailure: Most of the CGI looks fake and makes you wonder where all that money went.

* OvershadowedByControversy: Like ''Film/ExodusGodsAndKings'', which similarly bombed both financially and critically, the whitewashing is pretty much the only thing people are talking about.