![]() ![]() What I couldn’t understand was why the blue-themed Crane Group was exclusive to just women. The Chinese army is shown to be well-disciplined (and extremely color coordinated). It is through them the audience gets to know about the Taotie species attacking the Great Wall of China once every sixty years. William (Matt Damon) and Pero (Pedro Pascal) are shown as outsiders who come to China for black powder. ![]() I get that Matt Damon was cast to appeal to a broader audience (sigh!) but I don’t think it was a case of extreme whitewashing, especially not on the level of Gods of Egypt and Exodus: Gods and Kings. Other than Matt Damon, Willem Dafoe, and Pedro Pascal, the entire film has actors of Chinese heritage in important military positions. He does help a lot but the actual movie makes more sense than what the trailer might imply, especially about the film being white-male-centric. Even the trailer made the movie come across as a story that had Matt Damon helping the Chinese army survive a monster attack. The Great Wall entered my radar when accusations of whitewashing surfaced online. ![]() This post contains spoilers for The Great Wall. The Great Wall has its faults but if one can look past them and appreciate the movie on a surface level it is a very enjoyable film. ![]()
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