So I recently watched Passengers and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado.....
Two passengers are on a 120-year journey to another planet when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early. Jim (played by Chris Pratt) and Aurora (played by Jennifer Lawrence) are forced to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction as the ship teeters on the brink of collapse, with the lives of thousands of passengers in jeopardy.
This film is just an absolute disaster. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are both really great actors and are very well known by the general movie going audience, so putting them in a film together is a brilliant idea to help sell tickets and to be honest they are the only really good thing about the film. They have tremendous chemistry together and who knows, maybe Chris Pratt replaces Bradley Cooper as Lawrence's go to co-star. Other than their performances, this film is just a steaming pile of garbage. The story while interesting just isn't executed well at all and it falls back to director Morten Tyldum who is a phenomenal director, but it feels as if he bit a little more off than he could chew and this was too big of a film for him. The script for this particular film had been floating around the Black List (which is a great place to read scripts that could be potential films) and if you read the script while it was on the site, you knew about the major twist that happens and when it happens (which is towards the end of the film) and that particular twist was placed in the first 30 minutes of this film and it actually ruins it. You're not given anytime to really grow with these characters and connect with them enough to fully appreciate it and plus after it's revealed it almost seemingly ignores it and moves on to the next segment of the film. The visuals are nice both inside and outside of the ship and they can keep your interest for a little bit, but you can't fully appreciate it because it just keeps cutting back to the main characters talking about the most random things that never lead to anywhere and end awkwardly mainly because they went on for too long. Overall this film is just a massive disappointment with some great performances and great visuals, but the poor execution in storytelling just dooms the film from the start and you don't gain any interest in what is happening. I give Passengers a 3 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Passengers, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
Two passengers are on a 120-year journey to another planet when their hibernation pods wake them 90 years too early. Jim (played by Chris Pratt) and Aurora (played by Jennifer Lawrence) are forced to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction as the ship teeters on the brink of collapse, with the lives of thousands of passengers in jeopardy.
This film is just an absolute disaster. Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are both really great actors and are very well known by the general movie going audience, so putting them in a film together is a brilliant idea to help sell tickets and to be honest they are the only really good thing about the film. They have tremendous chemistry together and who knows, maybe Chris Pratt replaces Bradley Cooper as Lawrence's go to co-star. Other than their performances, this film is just a steaming pile of garbage. The story while interesting just isn't executed well at all and it falls back to director Morten Tyldum who is a phenomenal director, but it feels as if he bit a little more off than he could chew and this was too big of a film for him. The script for this particular film had been floating around the Black List (which is a great place to read scripts that could be potential films) and if you read the script while it was on the site, you knew about the major twist that happens and when it happens (which is towards the end of the film) and that particular twist was placed in the first 30 minutes of this film and it actually ruins it. You're not given anytime to really grow with these characters and connect with them enough to fully appreciate it and plus after it's revealed it almost seemingly ignores it and moves on to the next segment of the film. The visuals are nice both inside and outside of the ship and they can keep your interest for a little bit, but you can't fully appreciate it because it just keeps cutting back to the main characters talking about the most random things that never lead to anywhere and end awkwardly mainly because they went on for too long. Overall this film is just a massive disappointment with some great performances and great visuals, but the poor execution in storytelling just dooms the film from the start and you don't gain any interest in what is happening. I give Passengers a 3 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Passengers, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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