​In the year 2026, it’s extremely easy to divide people. The mere mention of politics can strain longstanding relationships, and social media can spread hate faster than ever. Because of the 24-hour news cycle and the omnipresence of technology, it seems as though it’s always been like this — but it hasn’t. These problems have exploded over the past decade. I only need to point to one man to illustrate this point: director Alex Proyas, who released his movie Gods of Egypt exactly 10 years ago, and managed to unite everyone in saying what a heaping piece of shit this movie is.

The $140 million action-fantasy Gods of Egypt was meant to be a special-effects-heavy sword-and-sandals spectacle like 300 and Clash of the Titans. It takes place in ancient Egypt, in a reality where the gods lived among humanity. The movie begins with the planned coronation of Horus, god of the air (Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) as king of Egypt. But Horus’ jealous uncle Set, god of the desert (Gerard Butler), interrupts the ceremony, kills Horus’ father Osiris, god of the afterlife (Bryan Brown), and steals Horus’ eyes.

A year later, with Egyptians living under Set’s oppressive rule, a thief named Bek (Brenton Thwaites) and his girlfriend Zaya (Courtney Eaton) steal one of Horus’ eyes from Set’s vault, but Zaya is killed in the process. From there, Horus and Bek team up to get Horus’ other eye back, with the god offering to resurrect Zaya in exchange for Bek’s help. Along the way, they have to face all kinds of monsters and other Egyptian gods to achieve those goals, and to restore Egypt to its former glory, from before Set took over.

Notice anything wrong with all this yet? If you........

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