Movies By Cho: Passengers
Now Showing: Passengers
Starring: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen
Scene after the Credits: No
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: Spiderman: Homecoming, Life
Bottom Line: Wow. Fantastic movie. Loved every minute.
Well, I finally got off my slacker butt and saw my first movie since August. (yes, August!) I've missed so many movies: Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, Hacksaw Ridge, Zootopia, etc. But this one was definitely a good choice to end the dry spell: PASSENGERS.
I loved this movie; every single minute of it. Sure, like most science-fiction tales, there's some fudging of science, and even outright ignoring of facts, but in this case they didn't distract me from the story being told. (if you've seen the trailer, then you know the ship loses gravity while J-Law's character is in the pool -- umm, despite what the movie shows, I believe she still could have swam out of the floating bubble of water, to poke her head into the open air. You swim by pushing against water, not gravity.) Minor detail. There's several like that, including the common trope where there's only ONE "Autodoc" medical pod, for a ship carrying 5,000+ people!
Trapped on a luxury spaceship traveling at half the speed of light, 30 years from Earth, and 90 years until you reach your destination. You're not a crew member; only a passenger, so you're locked out of the Bridge and other vital ship spaces. There's no way to go back into hibernation, what do you do?
This movie is basically just three people for most of the movie, Pratt, Lawrence, and robot-bartender Sheen. Pratt is in almost EVERY scene! That's got to be exhausting. Also, I'm curious how the casting process went for the 5 people who are last seen on camera: "You'll be on camera for 5 seconds, and NONE of you get a single line. Interested?"
The movie is rated PG-13 "for sexuality, nudity and action/peril." Nudity? I had to think about that for minute. I think of nudity as showing the groin or breasts. Apparently, showing a butt is nudity as well. Enjoy watching Pratt's butt as he walks down a hallway, mostly naked! (I seem to recall that he's wearing *something* but can't recall what. A towel? Just a shirt? Can't remember. (It's during a montage showing his first year, when he's basically given up, and said "fuck it" to social norms.)
Anyway, good movie. Loved it.
Starring: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen
Scene after the Credits: No
Would I see this again: Yes
Notable Previews: Spiderman: Homecoming, Life
Bottom Line: Wow. Fantastic movie. Loved every minute.
Well, I finally got off my slacker butt and saw my first movie since August. (yes, August!) I've missed so many movies: Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, Hacksaw Ridge, Zootopia, etc. But this one was definitely a good choice to end the dry spell: PASSENGERS.
I loved this movie; every single minute of it. Sure, like most science-fiction tales, there's some fudging of science, and even outright ignoring of facts, but in this case they didn't distract me from the story being told. (if you've seen the trailer, then you know the ship loses gravity while J-Law's character is in the pool -- umm, despite what the movie shows, I believe she still could have swam out of the floating bubble of water, to poke her head into the open air. You swim by pushing against water, not gravity.) Minor detail. There's several like that, including the common trope where there's only ONE "Autodoc" medical pod, for a ship carrying 5,000+ people!
Trapped on a luxury spaceship traveling at half the speed of light, 30 years from Earth, and 90 years until you reach your destination. You're not a crew member; only a passenger, so you're locked out of the Bridge and other vital ship spaces. There's no way to go back into hibernation, what do you do?
This movie is basically just three people for most of the movie, Pratt, Lawrence, and robot-bartender Sheen. Pratt is in almost EVERY scene! That's got to be exhausting. Also, I'm curious how the casting process went for the 5 people who are last seen on camera: "You'll be on camera for 5 seconds, and NONE of you get a single line. Interested?"
The movie is rated PG-13 "for sexuality, nudity and action/peril." Nudity? I had to think about that for minute. I think of nudity as showing the groin or breasts. Apparently, showing a butt is nudity as well. Enjoy watching Pratt's butt as he walks down a hallway, mostly naked! (I seem to recall that he's wearing *something* but can't recall what. A towel? Just a shirt? Can't remember. (It's during a montage showing his first year, when he's basically given up, and said "fuck it" to social norms.)
Anyway, good movie. Loved it.