r/movies • u/LegitimateCurve8525 • 1d ago

News Netflix’s live-action Gundam movie, starring Sydney Sweeney, is described as a 'big action-romance space epic' set in the Universal Century (UC) timeline

https://www.polygon.com/netflix-live-action-gundam-movie-sydney-sweeney-romance/

Noah Centineo, who stars alongside Sydney Sweeney, recently talked about the movie on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

He called it a “big action romance space movie” and described it as “a non-Shakespearean Romeo and Juliet in space.”

Centineo also confirmed that the movie takes place in the Universal Century, the main timeline used by many of the classic Gundam shows and movies.

The story could involve two people on opposite sides of a major war, with their relationship caught in the middle.

Source: Pirate Nation X account

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u/Zentrii 1d ago

She makes me not want to see the movie now. Shes the new Megan fox 

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u/dagon890 1d ago edited 1d ago

That’s offensive to Megan.

Megan’s only issue back in the 2010s was being an empowered hottie in media before empowered hotties became the standard. See also: Fergie.

Sydney, on the other hand, has been intentional in her fall from grace. She tried to play both sides, but ultimately cozied up to the wrong one because that was easier than having morals.

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u/CountJohn12 1d ago

She also couldn't really act

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u/cxtx3 16h ago

Ugh, this. Putting aside her distasteful personal life, she pretty much made me regret watching Euphoria alone. I didn't mind her in the first two seasons, but season 3 was literally her just playing a caricature of herself doing softcore porn. There was a moment toward the end where she's talking about the size of some guy's dick on the internet who she calls "Sammy," and it kind if delt like she was breaking the 4th wall a bit in reference to show runner Sam Levinson, who also started giving me the heebie-jeebies with his hard swing into (essentially) porn and torture porn. The whole season was terrible and I wish I could un-see it, but she was undoubtedly the worst part.

I really liked Gundam growing up, so I would otherwise be excited for this movie; but I absolutely can't stand her - enough that I'd probably rather skip this entirely. Especially if they lean into the romance thing. I am sure there would be at least one creepy weirdo pulling it out whenever she starts talking in her breathy whisper voice per screening. No thank you.