I recently saw 'Passengers' and liked it enough as it was, but thought it just wasn't quite there. There will be some spoiler alerts here so if you haven't seen it yet and are planning to, read no further.
I liked the idea of people traveling to a new life on a faraway planet, a journey that would take more than 100 years and thus, all the passengers would be in sleep mode in individual pods to be awakened shortly before arriving at the new world. I also liked the idea of a malfunction, causing one of the passengers to wake up 90 years too early.
What I wished they would have done: Instead of showing the male passenger waking up early, I wish they would have shown it from the Jennifer Lawrence character's perspective. We see her wake up first, going through the ship and thinking she is the only one awake. Eventually she and we see the other awakened passenger for the first time. He explains to her that he was also awakened too soon and has been alone for over a year. They get to know each other and become close, just like the original story, so she and we do not know that it was he who awakened her.
We don't find out until the Lawrence Fishburn character shows up and figures out that one pod was deliberately tampered with. The betrayal hits us the same time it hits the Jennifer Lawrence character.
Doing it this way, they can also have the male character killed off as he was forced to hold the bay door open to keep the ship from being destroyed. Now Jennifer Lawrence is alone and goes through the same lonesomeness the man went through, and with it, a better understanding. They could then show her in the cargo area where the pods are kept as she looks at one particular man. She just stares at him for a long time, as if she were thinking of awakening him. Then they could show the outside of the ship as it travels through space before the ending credits play, leaving us to wonder if she did or didn't awaken him.
For a more sinister version: We see the Jennifer Lawrence character wake up first just like the other scenario I described. After she and we figure out that the man was the one responsible for awakening her, she becomes angry and distant. After a period of time, the anger fades and now she just wants to understand why he did it. She asks the android bartender who explains how hard the man struggled with himself and fought hard not to do it, but eventually, the lonesomeness was too much for him to take. The Jennifer Lawrence character says... "And that's when he woke me up?"... The android responds... "That's when he woke Laura up." (Jennifer) "Laura?" (Android) "She was the first." (Jennifer) "So, where is she? What happened to her?" (Android) "We never talked about that. Same with the others."
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I recently saw 'Passengers' and liked it enough as it was, but thought it just wasn't quite there. There will be some spoiler alerts here so if you haven't seen it yet and are planning to, read no further.
I liked the idea of people traveling to a new life on a faraway planet, a journey that would take more than 100 years and thus, all the passengers would be in sleep mode in individual pods to be awakened shortly before arriving at the new world. I also liked the idea of a malfunction, causing one of the passengers to wake up 90 years too early.
What I wished they would have done: Instead of showing the male passenger waking up early, I wish they would have shown it from the Jennifer Lawrence character's perspective. We see her wake up first, going through the ship and thinking she is the only one awake. Eventually she and we see the other awakened passenger for the first time. He explains to her that he was also awakened too soon and has been alone for over a year. They get to know each other and become close, just like the original story, so she and we do not know that it was he who awakened her.
We don't find out until the Lawrence Fishburn character shows up and figures out that one pod was deliberately tampered with. The betrayal hits us the same time it hits the Jennifer Lawrence character.
Doing it this way, they can also have the male character killed off as he was forced to hold the bay door open to keep the ship from being destroyed. Now Jennifer Lawrence is alone and goes through the same lonesomeness the man went through, and with it, a better understanding. They could then show her in the cargo area where the pods are kept as she looks at one particular man. She just stares at him for a long time, as if she were thinking of awakening him. Then they could show the outside of the ship as it travels through space before the ending credits play, leaving us to wonder if she did or didn't awaken him.
For a more sinister version: We see the Jennifer Lawrence character wake up first just like the other scenario I described. After she and we figure out that the man was the one responsible for awakening her, she becomes angry and distant. After a period of time, the anger fades and now she just wants to understand why he did it. She asks the android bartender who explains how hard the man struggled with himself and fought hard not to do it, but eventually, the lonesomeness was too much for him to take. The Jennifer Lawrence character says... "And that's when he woke me up?"... The android responds... "That's when he woke Laura up." (Jennifer) "Laura?" (Android) "She was the first." (Jennifer) "So, where is she? What happened to her?" (Android) "We never talked about that. Same with the others."
So you want a horror movie and not a struggle-together type movie?
Well I thoroughly enjoyed Passengers. One of my favorites in that arena.
A movie I think they could have done better . . . umm. Every Highlander Movie made after the 1st one. Though Endgame is pretty strong so maybe that can be left alone. They're redoing the franchise from the bottom up so I'm excited. And now as punishment for trashing my favorite E franchise, I must go watch The Source which I wish I could say I despise but, really, I don't.
Suicide Squad . . . I was one of the ones that was really excited for it, but the movie was so poorly written and edited in some ways that the "Twist" reveal ultimately created confusion. I had no fucking clue what was going on after a certain point and I've never cared to re-watch it to try to decipher things, either.
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Every X-Men movie ever made....
I completely agree. They aren't my first choice to watch.
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Dunkirk. It was okay but fell way short of great, not even very good, just a mediocre okay.
The Thing (2011)
There are spoilers for this and the 1982 version, so if you're planning on watching either, read no further.
First of all, making the 2011 version a prequel to the 1982 film, instead of just a remake, was a good idea. What happened at the Norwegian outpost? There were some good moments in this film that captured the "who is and who isn't human" moments of the first film.
Unfortunately, the film loses its' way and just starts to go more for shock sequences that had its' moments, but couldn't carry the film. It seemed like whoever made this film, didn't watch or pay close attention, to the 1982 version. Examples: In the 1982 version, we hear these lines... "It must be alone and in close proximity to it's victim."... meaning the takeover wasn't immediate. It needed time to absorb and shape its' cells to perfectly imitate the victim... "It will fight if it has too, but it's vulnerable out in the open."... meaning just that. Openly attacking would reveal its' secret, so it attacks in a stealth manner, catching the victim unaware, with no one around to witness it or kill it.
In the 2011 version, the thing attacks anytime, anyplace and moves so quickly, it doesn't have to catch the victim off guard. It didn't have to hide in an imitation. It could have just split up into several smaller versions of itself and just attack everyone.
Anyone who saw the 1982 version would know that the dog becomes infected. In the 2011 film, the dog is killed immediately and doesn't reappear until near the end of the movie. They shouldn't have done that.
What I would have done: Shortly after getting a sample from the frozen thing, some of the crew notice the dog acting strangely. He won't come back in, preferring to stay outside and no amount of coaxing from several of the crew convinces him to come in from the cold. When they get close to him, he runs away. One member leaves some food and lights a fire so the dog won't starve or freeze.
At some point, they figure out that someone was attacked and the amount of blood that was left, means whoever was attacked, couldn't have survived and yet all the crew members are accounted for (just like in the 2011 film). And worse, they find out someone had chopped out the frozen thing in the room where it was being stored and now it's missing. Who was responsible? And why would he do that? It was supposed to remain as it was.
Through a series of events, they find out who and after burning it to death, the crew members look to each other with suspicion. So perfect was the imitation, how could they know who was who? One of the members says... "The dog knew."... He explains the imitation crew member was always with them when they tried to coax the dog back in. Maybe the dog could sense he wasn't human. (This could explain why the dog attacked the other dogs in the 1982 film when he was put in the pen)
They go out to try to coax the dog back in and this time, he comes willingly. He acts like a normal dog now and isn't trying to run from anyone. So now they think everyone is still human. That changes when the man who originally left food out for the dog, goes to get the bowl which is empty from outside and sees a very odd looking trail that leads from the compound to the bowl and back to the compound and right outside of the office of the infected crew member.
There are spoilers for this and the 1982 version, so if you're planning on watching either, read no further.
First of all, making the 2011 version a prequel to the 1982 film, instead of just a remake, was a good idea. What happened at the Norwegian outpost? There were some good moments in this film that captured the "who is and who isn't human" moments of the first film.
Unfortunately, the film loses its' way and just starts to go more for shock sequences that had its' moments, but couldn't carry the film. It seemed like whoever made this film, didn't watch or pay close attention, to the 1982 version. Examples: In the 1982 version, we hear these lines... "It must be alone and in close proximity to it's victim."... meaning the takeover wasn't immediate. It needed time to absorb and shape its' cells to perfectly imitate the victim... "It will fight if it has too, but it's vulnerable out in the open."... meaning just that. Openly attacking would reveal its' secret, so it attacks in a stealth manner, catching the victim unaware, with no one around to witness it or kill it.
In the 2011 version, the thing attacks anytime, anyplace and moves so quickly, it doesn't have to catch the victim off guard. It didn't have to hide in an imitation. It could have just split up into several smaller versions of itself and just attack everyone.
Anyone who saw the 1982 version would know that the dog becomes infected. In the 2011 film, the dog is killed immediately and doesn't reappear until near the end of the movie. They shouldn't have done that.
What I would have done: Shortly after getting a sample from the frozen thing, some of the crew notice the dog acting strangely. He won't come back in, preferring to stay outside and no amount of coaxing from several of the crew convinces him to come in from the cold. When they get close to him, he runs away. One member leaves some food and lights a fire so the dog won't starve or freeze.
At some point, they figure out that someone was attacked and the amount of blood that was left, means whoever was attacked, couldn't have survived and yet all the crew members are accounted for (just like in the 2011 film). And worse, they find out someone had chopped out the frozen thing in the room where it was being stored and now it's missing. Who was responsible? And why would he do that? It was supposed to remain as it was.
Through a series of events, they find out who and after burning it to death, the crew members look to each other with suspicion. So perfect was the imitation, how could they know who was who? One of the members says... "The dog knew."... He explains the imitation crew member was always with them when they tried to coax the dog back in. Maybe the dog could sense he wasn't human. (This could explain why the dog attacked the other dogs in the 1982 film when he was put in the pen)
They go out to try to coax the dog back in and this time, he comes willingly. He acts like a normal dog now and isn't trying to run from anyone. So now they think everyone is still human. That changes when the man who originally left food out for the dog, goes to get the bowl which is empty from outside and sees a very odd looking trail that leads from the compound to the bowl and back to the compound and right outside of the office of the infected crew member.
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Nocturnal Animals, so disappointed by it.
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Sleepless In Seattle
I know this film was popular, but honestly, I didn't care for it. I thought they tried too hard for those 'awe' moments, to the point where it looked forced. Even so, it was a watchable film with the predicted happy ending.
What I would have done: Meg Ryan's fiance catches on that she has been communicating with another man. So he sets a trap, pretending to be her and arranging for an earlier meeting than was originally planned. When he gets to the Empire State building rooftop, he starts asking several men that he encounters if they are looking for Annie. After asking one more man, he hears a little boys voice say, "I'm looking for Annie." He turns around and when he sees the boy, he has this shocked look on his face as he says to himself, "My God, what kind of perv is she?"
What he doesn't know is the Tom Hanks character just got off the elevator and sees the fiance with his son. Tom taps him on the shoulder and when the man turns around, he sees Tom with this angry look on his face as Tom says, "So, you're Annie." Before he can answer, Tom beats the living crap out of him, thinking the man was a who tricked his son into meeting him. After beating the man to a pulp, Tom and his son return to the elevator. After getting in he turns around, facing the viewer as he beams a satisfied smile to the viewers as we hear Jimmy Durante sing, "Make someone happy... Just make one someone happy... And you will be happy too."
I know this film was popular, but honestly, I didn't care for it. I thought they tried too hard for those 'awe' moments, to the point where it looked forced. Even so, it was a watchable film with the predicted happy ending.
What I would have done: Meg Ryan's fiance catches on that she has been communicating with another man. So he sets a trap, pretending to be her and arranging for an earlier meeting than was originally planned. When he gets to the Empire State building rooftop, he starts asking several men that he encounters if they are looking for Annie. After asking one more man, he hears a little boys voice say, "I'm looking for Annie." He turns around and when he sees the boy, he has this shocked look on his face as he says to himself, "My God, what kind of perv is she?"
What he doesn't know is the Tom Hanks character just got off the elevator and sees the fiance with his son. Tom taps him on the shoulder and when the man turns around, he sees Tom with this angry look on his face as Tom says, "So, you're Annie." Before he can answer, Tom beats the living crap out of him, thinking the man was a who tricked his son into meeting him. After beating the man to a pulp, Tom and his son return to the elevator. After getting in he turns around, facing the viewer as he beams a satisfied smile to the viewers as we hear Jimmy Durante sing, "Make someone happy... Just make one someone happy... And you will be happy too."
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This goes back a few years, but 'Starship Troopers' was a huge disappointment that savaged Heinlein's novel into something akin to a poorly done comic book adaptation. While some of the themes Heinlein presented in the novel are out of step today, it could have inspired a taut science fiction adventure movie along the lines of an 'Aliens' or 'Independence Day.'
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