A good idea unfulfilled. Spectacular visuals. Despite the creative brilliance of the Wachowskis, this script was overly ambitious. The casting was solid (almost) but the desire for epic portrayals (probably a directorial decision not left to the actor) was overinflated, leaving us with Eddie Redmayne at his worse. I wonder if a TV series would have allowed for the plot to have more flesh and the characters to grow into themselves (the Wachowskis certainly know how to write for TV - ie. SENSE8). They used the casting cliche that audiences expect American actors to play rising-from-the gutter heros and Brits will play entitled villains, but I, personally, don't think Channing Tatum is ever a convincing performer unless he's playing himself, which left his character stranded without content or romantic attractiveness, just a hunky shell. Too bad. With this cast, the brilliant imaginations of its writers, and the big budget CGI, I'm disappointed to only be able to give this movie a 4 (poor) out of 10. [Fantasy Action Adventure]
Jupiter Ascending probably has one of the funniest scene so far in 2015 and that is the scene where a captain of this ship who's in a war battle and the captain says "Full speed a head", and it pans down to this elephant man like creature and it makes the funniest noise ever and of cause I laughed my head off.
The story is about Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who was born under a night sky, with signs predicting she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along-her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
I can't remember the time where the Wachowski made a good movie after the Matrix. Since then they made bad movie after bad movie and I don't know what to blame the writing or the directing, I think both since the Wachowski written and directed they movies and Jupiter Ascending is another one of they failures. Now I'm not the one who likes to bash some one who I know has great talent but I think some great talent forgot what made them so special in the first place.
For the positive: The first action scene in this movie I got to admit it was on the same level of spectacular has the Matrix. The hairs on my arm stood up, it was truly breathtaking and unique. The score by Michael G Keno was just fantastic to listen to and Channing Tatum and Sean Bean was okay in the film. For I split second I thought this movie was going to be good, but then I sawed the rest of it and it left a bad taste in my mouth.
Now for the bad and there's a lot: Mila Kunis in this movie pretty played the dumb damsel in distress that needs a man to save her ever 20 minutes and her character feels really miss cast and if they just cut her out of the movie it wouldn't make a difference, I mean really Wachowski? you could have done better than that I mean come on. Oh I almost forgot the dialogue in this movie was so bad it was Twilight dialogue bad.
The Visual Effect's as well looked pretty fake at times even if it's in the background or the CG creatures, it still looked fake.
Now we all know by now that Eddie Redmayne is a good actor. We know he can deliver dialogue and make it feel real and serious like a person, but in this I had no idea what on earth what he was doing. Over the top, chewing up scenery after scenery, laughable bad and a weird voice that's sounds like Richard Harris Dumbledore mix with Nicolas Cage if he was drunk and high. His performance was Razzie worthy bad and I don't blame him for this, I blame the writing and the directors because there they telling him what to do so I won't blame him for it, but come on Eddie I know your a nice guy in real life but did you even think "Wow this is pretty laughably bad I should ask the directors to change it".
Overall Jupiter Ascending is just a Sci-Fi smash together mess. The action scenes may have been the only enjoyable part of the movie, but even that couldn't save this uninspiring, bloated mess of a film.
Magic Mike's Moon boots save Jackie from the Fezzites
It appears that I am going to disagree with a fair number of people when I say that I quite liked this movie. Sure, if you expect some deep story with a lot of moral cleverness in it you are going to be disappointed. This is an interesting story but one that hangs together by a fairly fine thread.
To me it is a decent enough story that is propelled by a decent enough action and absolutely wonderful scenery. Yes, I agree with everyone saying that it is a bit of a B-story. It has many issues and barely hangs together at times.
However, if you try to ignore that for a while and just try to view it as a piece of, fairly fast paced, visual entertainment, well then it hits the spot quite well. It is frequently beautiful to watch. The action sequences are not bad and the story is, if nothing else, certainly not the usual thirteen to a dozen B-movie repeats. The acting is, well, also generally of B-movie quality but it is not downright bad and, once I got in the right mindset for the movie, it did not disturb me.
On the whole I quite liked this movie but I guess you have to be a bit of sci-fi fan, with an emphasize on visuals, to do so.
Oh, by the way, people saying this was the worst movie ever are obviously talking BS or have not seen very many movies. This movie may not be to their liking but come one...worst movie ever?
It's so so so bad, like that fanfic your 13-year-old-self wrote about your deviantart oc..... I LOVE IT. Also it's full of references to another space operas, which is always a bonus.
turn off your brain and enjoy the pretty lights. see the movie for what it is....
Utterly bad and has the worst villain ever (voice/acting). What a shame, Sir Eddie Redmayne.
The dinosaurs looked pretty cool I guess
Loud obnoxious garbage, Jupiter Ascending is the latest sci-fi thriller from the Wachowskis. In this space odyssey a lowly maid from Chicago named Jupiter Jones discovers that she’s the genetic reincarnation of the matriarch of one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the universe, and that she holds the fate of the Earth in her hands. The plot is incredibly convoluted and monumentally stupid. Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum try to make the material work, but they’re not very successful. In lieu of aliens the film has “Splices” (humans mixed with animal DNA); which is insanely bizarre. And the action, though extremely exciting and visually spectacular, is so bombastic that after a while it just becomes noise. A chaotic mess, Jupiter Ascending is a pointless film that’s just too weird and confusing to enjoy.
Two things:
1.
Caine: "I have more in common with a dog than have with you."
Jupiter: "I love dogs. I've always loved dogs."
2.
Caine: "You mean 'Your Majesty'?"
Jupiter: "That really works for me."
I can not be the only one who thought of petplay and D/s-Relationship, can I? XD
Interesting premise, flawed execution. The story arcs jump from one to another with only a few links between them. Perhaps it is only linked by Jupiter's (Mila Kunis) constant need of saving - in every arc she is always the damsel in the distress, waiting for the knight in the gruff armor Caine (Channing Tatum) to save her.
Speaking of Caine, as a male protagonist he has a terribly thick plot armor as he can always survive any threat facing him with little to no scratches from those life-threatening risks he faced for the sake of the princess. This, in turns, makes the heavier tone of the film's plot overshadowed by the teenage romance drama between Jupiter and Caine.
The only good thing from this film perhaps is the visual design. It's such as shame considering this film is done by The Wachowskis.
Hey, Sean Bean didn't die! ;)
Visually stunning.
That's about all I have to say about this film. The story line was ridiculous, the acting was less than bearable, and for it's over two hour run time you would think that something would have connected. A random overacted film that could have used a lot more work in the story department.
I stayed for the visuals, but tuned out the story line.
According to this film a Leo is destined to do great things. What they actually mean is you need saving all the time.
I had very high hopes for this movie, but had to adjust them after all the bad reviews and low rating it received. After all it was not as bad as they made it out to be, but definitely not the masterpiece I was hoping for.
To start of with the movie's biggest flaw; The story is as random as it can get. Not only did they fail to set up a good premise (Cinderella in space) but even the arcs have as little connection as possible.
We have a leading cast consisting of a 'renegade' soldier and a damsel in distress that doesn't seem to be able to love anyone until she literally gets swept of her feet by the prince in shining boots. Of course they need an enemy, so the villain is a selfish royalty with a batman-voice that uses the whole universe for its own gain and profit. Actually, he isn't the only one. Everyone else in the universe who can does. And those who cannot, accept it as a fact of life. So why is he a villain again? Oh right, he is the one who is currently threatening earth...
And then there are the sister and brother of the villain who get entangled in the story, although they have no influence on the outcome of the story at all and only prolong it.
Jupiter (Mila Kunis) needs to protect her family and the earth all the while barely making any decisions by herself (besides wanting to go back home scrubbing a toilet.) Even when she does make a decision, it gets her into trouble. It's as if she wants to create a situation where her prince is coming to save her (from the altar and the worst marriage in history of spacetime and movie clichés.)
Through most of the movie she has no idea what is going on, and character development is thin as ice. The same goes for most the other characters.
Some comedic relieve is put in with an (extensive) joke about bureaucrats with our 'heroes' just standing by while some robot goes from one department to another. As well as a spaceship leaving a crop circle in a not so subtle way while lifting off. Really, who wants to see those things?
Also: Why was Channing Tatum the only guy with a shield (or flying boots) in the whole universe? And why does he run through a cornfield, while he can much easier fly over it (and how did he survive the journey through space right after that when he was outside the ship?)
Well, at least they used a decent excuse for a massive destruction of an earth-bound city in a movie.
The cast was a variable success. This might be the first flick in which Sean Bean doesn't get killed off prematurely :P
Most of the actors did what they could with what they got and Eddie Redmayne (playing the villain) probably got the best out of it. He created a pretty convincing bad guy with the moods of royal spoiled kid.
Mila Kunis did a good job on making 'Cinderella' likable and convincing. it is nice to see her do a Science Fiction flick, and I would love to see her do more in the future (hopefully with a more profound role.)
The brother Titus and sister Kalique (Douglas Booth and Tuppence Middleton resp.) were already pretty irrelevant for the story, but managed to erase themself from memory even more easily by overacting their roles. So they ended up more as eye-candy than anything else.
I am saving Channing Tatum (Cain 'Prince flying boots' Wise) for last. As an action hero he did not disappoint. He also handled the more romantic scenes with the right subtlety even though he and Kunis did not seem to really feel each other.
The only point that was constantly in my mind was: "Why didn't they get Justin Timberlake for his part?" He has proven himself to be a good actor a long time a go (also in Sci-Fi with 'In Time') and even starred with Mila Kunis in 'Friends with benefits' where they showed to have a great chemistry together. It is not that Tatum did a bad job, but Timberlake might have done a better job at getting that connection with Kunis, which frankly was underwhelming.
This is where the movie gets its most points for. It is a space opera after all and the creators of 'The Matrixx' and 'Cloud Atlas' have a niche with trying to do unique things with the action and mood of a movie.
Some extra-slow bullet time is thrown in and (very) fast action with ships spinning around each other which was a real enjoyment.
Somehow the action scenes (like the one named before) are a bit too fast paced though. It goes so fast and gets so chaotic from time to time that it is really hard to follow what is going on and/or to enjoy it thoroughly.
As a space opera it did its job with throwing in a lot of extraterrestrial beings (including the famous area51 big heads) and nice designed spaceships. The make-up and CGI of some of the recurring creatures were extremely detailed and so great to look at it didn't feel fake at all. In comparison; LOTR's Gollem looks like a ship of the 70s game 'Space Invaders' next to them.
The visuals of Jupiter, Earth and other planets are astonishing (way better than 'Interstellar' for example) and so are the clouds on Jupiter itself and views of the different cities.
A lot of the long shots of cities and spaceships are a bit cut short and just too distant though, which was a shame since they could've used those moments more so the viewer could enjoy the view and take in the atmosphere. This made the movie feel less 'in your face' and majestic (remember the openings scene of 'Star Wars?)
With a bad plot, good visuals and an average cast 'Jupiter Ascending' makes for a nice looking movie that can be seriously fun to watch, but nothing as special as it promised to be. It has many flaws and downsides but in my opinion the critique and bad ratings are worse than the movie is set out to be. This is probably mostly because of the high expectations the movie had before release. It still is quite ridiculous though.
My godness ! This is bad !
Yet we are this close to a not so bad movies. But the cut is bad, the acting horrific and the fight scenes totally unreadable.
Let’s face it: The Matrix wasn’t that great. It had some cool ideas and special effects for the time, alright, but overall it was broken — and that was further proven by its very weak sequels. The Wachowskis started being regarded in very high esteem after said film, and Jupiter Ascending comes to show how wrong everyone was. Fine, they flirted with good cinema in 2012 with Cloud Atlas, but that was mainly because the source material was so grand. On the other hand, this year’s most expensive movie is nothing short of execrable: Channing Tatum is once again a major sore, and even the acceptable Mila Kunis gives a completely wooden performance, as does Oscar nominee Eddie Redmayne; the pacing is terrible, the action sequences are just too long and hard to follow; characters are introduced and vanish out of the blue; the main characters’ romance is waaaaay forced; and, guess what, the overall plot is exactly the same as in The Matrix — a “regular” human being is removed from its controlled universe to discover the bigger truth and eventually become the “chosen one”. It really will be difficult for anything to beat Jupiter Ascending as the worst movie of 2015.
this could've been a great movie with a good story, but it's neither. only he cgi where kinda interesting, other than that, its a bad movie. mila, sean and eddie are really good actors, but in this movie the script was so bad, and the cut, and the fight scenes, that not even them could save the movie.
if you like cgi, it's an ok movie. if you want something to deliver you from boredom its a borderline movie. other than taht, stay th f***k away from this.
In short, a series of interesting ideas poorly executed.
So here we are. My buddy and i watched the movie. We knew the critics were bad. We knew it costed way more than it grossed.
But Netflix got it, so we watched it.
Pros:
+ Sci-Fi (yeah, i am that simple. I see Sci-Fi and i watch it.)
+ Wants to tell its own story
+ Is actually sometimes trash that makes you laugh (laugh-trash)
Cons:
- Is confusing as h*l
- Is most of the time trash that makes you rage (rage-trash)
- Ideas that just want to be over the Top. I will not spoil it, but it was like: "Not the egyptians build the pyramids, that were Aliens!". No s*t, Sherlock. This was so obvious and dumb that i just instantly rolled my eyes.
- Mila Kunis Mumbling. It was so aaannoooying to listen to Mila Kunis. I don't know if it was different in other movies or not (watched no other movie of her in english). I don't know. But this time it was not good at all.
Bottomline is this: This movie is the essence of "Style over Substance". Wants to look good and the CGI-Department does a nice job, but this is not enough.
BUT! If you want unlogical trash, there you go!
It sure looked pretty. And now I've run out of nice things to say about Jupiter Ascending.
It's impossible for me to understand how anyone can hate this movie. I probably watched it 50 times by now, I love it. I know so many people who hated it and I don't get, I don't understand why.
Many things can be said about this movie. Yeah, you can underestimate it by it's ratings, but take a look who directed it, The Watchowski Brothers!!
There are many failovers around actually. The environment was too fast paced. Part of plot reminds too much of fairy tails, which I'm not sure if this was necessary. There was too much action. But that's basically all minuses I can list.
Now if you think for a moment, this movie is a assumption of how reality may be. And those assumptions made not randomly. If you're into cosmology, there's plenty of facts that's actually made me to love this movie even more. For example, let me list some: 1) The Tether Shuttle Mission STS-75 footage which been filmed with infrared cameras 2) Boomerang Nebula 3) Fermi Paradox (TYPE3 civilization) 4) The multiple proofs from thousands of years ago about aliens, like hieroglyphs of Egyptians and Inx which reminds aliens ships too much.. this is scientifically fact actually (this is for the movies argument about dinosaurs extinction). Combining all of these, movie plot seems to be a really astonishing assumption of how things can be in our universe :) And having conspiracy theory involved this looks and feels even better!
So for cosmology fan this would be actually quite interesting. And I've forgot to mention astonishing costumes, and all environment which has some accents from steampunk to elves.. Personally I'd give this movie 8/10, I'd watch this again, because of some philosophy and science involved. Not a matrix but at least there's 1/6th of it in here.
What a waste of time... I could not even take the movie seriously. Channing Tatum reminds me of an adult non animated Jack Frost sliding around on his roller boots or whatever they are. He even has frost like hair too.
So disappointed! As others have said before: visuals was probably the only reason I watched the whole thing. Acting, story.. Terrible!
The movie is watchable, the acting bearable but the story is a fairy tail bed time story, it's like Cinderela mix with Snow White.
The only actor who is starting to astonish me is Eddie Redmayne who can act like few can.
The story was the main problem, it would be wonderful if they took out the romance bs and put more construction on the characters, this movie would be more good if it were a TV Series or a book, with a compelling story of a far society who farms people to live forever, it would be great, but the movie lacks construction, and with less cliches it would've been a great story.
The special effects and the ideas of future tech (or pass tech in the movie) was awsome, it not excellent as movies like Avatar, but has some great views and beautiful settings.
I think this had some very neat visuals... but it was just way too much information thrown at the viewer within 2 hours.
a LOT of side stories and world building was made and discarded halfway through so we left with the idea that this was a very deep universe even though we didn't actually see much of it. also that ending was pretty... random?
and as Much as I like Eddie redmayne (he's an amazing actor) his performance here was super soap opera like and kinda took me out of his scenes most of the time.
I think this would work better as a show in any streaming service. weaker base plots carried shows for seasons with no end.
this take "the matrix" to a whole new level, to think these "Global Elite" is controling the Earth. Owning just a single planet is enough to satisfy any human needs in their life, but they decided to harvest many many thousand planets. talking about greedy, aren't we?
There is no excuse for this movie to be this bad with the budget, cast and even the directors but surprisingly they managed to pull it off. I still feel after all these years that I should get my money back.
A sci-fi fairy tale, where sophisticated acting does not count, but fast-paced action and well-made "effects". So what more could you want? It's ok for me. :) ps. Pop-culture elements related to UFOs have been nicely brought in to this reality.
Terrible in so many ways. Extra bad considering the budget and a crime against the genre
I love how a pretty young woman, who hates cleaning toilets for a living (and says she hates her life), is given the world, and wants nothing more than to be with those she loves; even if it means cleaning toilets. And, when all's said and done, cleaning toilets doesn't even bother her anymore. It may not be original, but it is certainly raised to an extreme! Top marks for world building! Loved the scene with the bees! Loved the characters. And, loved the love story...wish I could've given it 8.2, or 8.5.
Didn't know the Wachowski's did this...last I saw of theirs' was, "Sense 8." That was just great also!
I actually liked it, I just wished they had made it a mini series or something. So the characters could be more fleshed out, the romance wouldn’t seem so rushed, she wouldn’t seem so gullible going along, etc. Seeing more of the world could have been fun too.
One of the most boring pieces of shit I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Holy shit, it was SO boring. This movie is the prime example why I hate Mila Kunis.
A possibly good story, but the acting and contrived romance made it a difficult pill to swallow. Still, the visuals where beautiful and the world building was excellent.
While often visually stunning, the Wachowski's have absolutely no sense of how to write romance, which made Matrix so good and this film a disaster. Jupiter Ascending is so terrible it's funny, making this an epic sci-fi rom-com, which is as bad as it sounds.
Only watched ~ 1hr. The interweaving of the Maid in Manhattan romantic comedy with the self-absorbed Dune-esque sci-fi action thriller totally threw us off. But I gave it a chance and I have to admit that I found the future steam-punk style characters quite interesting (The Sargon especially). Alas, I couldn't waste anymore time and we didn't finish it.
I actually fell asleep during the chase scene..
I finally had the opportunity to see Jupiter Ascending (The Descent of Jupiter in Latin Spanish), one of the last films (you know) the Wachowski brothers (at this point sisters), the creators of "The Matrix" and can say one thing deserves a sovereign "Meh".
But let's start with the positive. Music charm me. According to Wikipedia, it was conducted by Michael Giacchino, the same after the soundtrack to the film version of "Speed Racer" (or Speed Racer, also made by the Wachowski). He know is epic in its moments.
But all else fails. Special effects, though it has many memorable moments, especially in the scenes in outer space, are generally irregular. For example, when using computer-generated funds are noticed kilometers computer and are in tune with the actors, or a "bureaucratic office" is too earthling to outer space.
But what was the story less convinced. Part of the Matrix premise: that the world we humans know is "false" which are smaller than we think, we are being "manipulated" by superior forces.change robots Matrix by alien humans, and use us as batteries by human harvest, and have an idea. It might have been good story, but it looks like (for me) too seen on Matrix, takes too long to explain the context, there is too much discussion and little action for a plot that does not deserve it, since neither far is as complex as they try to put it, or could be as epic as Matrix or science fiction sagas such as Star Wars.
It is a film that I recommend if you go on television, used to hang out, but if you know the story of Matrix well, makes you think "for something inspired by Matrix to regulate, for that see Matrix or hope its sequel". I give it a 6/10.
Gorgeous, gorgeous visuals and effects. Kudos to that team. The script was utter tripe and the acting did not improve the material either. The acting was ridiculously overblown or stunningly underwhelming. This is one you watch for effects and that's it.
I did laugh out loud more than once at the unbelievably bad dialogue, and Eddie Redmayne... lawd, what to say? Just... dude, why? Still, I the visuals did what it could to balance the rest of this film. Didn't quite make it.
I mean. It looked cool, but that's about it.
extremely disappointing movie, waste of special effects and costume design. lackluster characters and bland story telling
Very disappointing. Between plot holes bigger than Jupiter (the planet!) and bad dialog.... I think the VFX are probably the major plot point in the end.
It's clear the biggest chunk of this film's budget went into the special effects and the costumes...because the dialogue is simply awful. After 23 minutes I was ready to turn this off, but I had to see how it ended - even though it was so predictable.
Looks good, really good. The story has potential also.
However I did not like the movie itself. Acting was decent but far from good, and the movie felt like a comedy sometimes, Star Wars other times, Transformers other time, Matrix other times. I am not sure what was director's intent, but I think I didn't get it.
The movie looks good but it feels cliche and boring from the start. While Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis have no chemistry. Tatum himself is only good in comedies; yet Hollywood has yet to have learned this.
Matrix bros did it again - a futuristic Game of Thrones
I used to stay and watch a film until the end even when it was really bad. Now, things have changed... Maybe movies have changed, maybe I have changed. Anyway. For this movie, I couldn't watch more than 24 minutes of it. And I don't think the producers will ever give them back to me.
batman dies. like. how could you do this?
If only they had put more effort in the script this could have been a really good movie. The background story was really interesting but they got almost nothing out of it. Technically, or should I say visually, this was great. I´d go as far as saying in that regard it beats a lot of recent movies. I can live with the acting. Let´s be honest - Star Wars don´t became a huge success because of great acting.
One of the worst movie ever. Someone give me back the Matrix directors!!
This movie is so bad. I was really expecting something great when entering the cinema complex, and I tried and tried, but this movie sucks on so many levels! I wanted to get out of the cinema , could almost not bear watching the whole movie.
Nice to look at. That's about it. Reminded me of when they made Dune 2 and 3 almost parities of the original.
I really didn't think it was as bad as a lot of people are saying. If you want something interestingly weird to watch, then go ahead and watch this. I connected to the characters, and even though there was some clishés, it was fun!
I've never been overly critical about movies unless they really don't get to me emotionally, I tend to find good things about most things that I watch. Never saw the appeal of watching movies and criticising every single part of the film. Where is the enjoyment in that? I like when I don't have to think too much in the film (unless it's a psychological thriller, then thinking is just.. a part of the experience), I don't want to be like "oh that's so unrealistic" well fudge, you're watching a movie about aliens, it's supposed to be unrealistic.
If you're a person who just likes to critique everything, then don't watch this, because you will just waste your time and be negative the whole time like darn. Go watch your beloved Godfather or whatever it is that most movie critiquers love.
Ugh... terrible movie. The only thing good about the movie was Mila.
I was already lost when they mistook Mila for her friend (they clearly were looking for Katharine Dunlevy, based on the birth certificate) and then actually, they were actually looking for Jupiter (Mila) afteral. Say what?
The whole story and this incredible cast really had some potential... but.... Mehh.
This has to be the cheesiest film I've watched in a long time. Stunning graphics tho. I was going to turn it off 15 minutes in but curiosity got the better of me. 6/10
The worst movie I watched. It was a completely waste of time. The history could be better, but was a horror. Without emotions and the actors are very bad in to show any emotions, specially Jupiter. Yeah, she was very bad like actress in this movie. But I like the history, but needs more attention and work in the plot.
Rent it: it was visually great the story was weak.
Unfortunately disappointing. Visually this movie have a lot to offer, but ultimately it all fell apart because of the blurry story. It feel like I needed more time (haha) to get to know the characters and get involved in their situation/history. Which is ironical because the movie is over 2 hours long... :/
It was confusing...I'm not sure I'd watch it again but it was fun futuristic kind of action which was entertaining.
Hands down, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. At least Mila Kunis looks stunning, I guess.
What a cracking visual effects movie; the story, well, not so coherent there, but, does that really matter? Nope! My personal favourite was the Alligator like guard species; brilliant!
This movie is highly underrated. Visually it was total eye-candy. The plot actually made me think that it could happen in real life! The acting could have been better, but overall this movie was a fun ride!
I didnt like it. Typical crappy writing from the Wachoskis. Had some promising concepts but fell flat on its face when it came to execution.
Basically a Barbara Cartland novel.
I had to give this movie a two. One for the CGI, and one for Mila Kunis.
The movie itself was just bad. The story was fractured so much, it was almost impossible to follow. The acting was horrible... I had high hopes for this movie, but it didn't live up to any of them.
I'd bet the Wachowskis just got shitfaced one evening and thought it'd be fun to waste 176 million dollars. That, at least, is the only thign they succeeded in. On the up-side I bet there's some way to turn this trainwreck of a movie into a drinking game.
Some awe-inspiring moments and real "what ifs" but it ultimately fell a little short of being a great movie. The visuals in this movie are masterful and amazing, but couldn't quite help out the rest of the film.
I don't get all the bad reviews, ok it is girls movie, well still quite good.
This movie was incredibly disappointing
i haved heared about it from my roomate ,the action i like it
And... is it me or Eddie Redmayne is making an impression of Voldemort the whole movie?
There is not enough amazing effects and scenarios capable of make this a good movie. Not even Mila Kunis helps.
I wish they would've created Halo the movie using all that CGI. I would say it would work so much better than this storyline...
Shout by Morgan MorrisBlockedParent2022-01-02T16:23:45Z
Maybe it's the barebones storyline (that could have done with a little more indulgence), maybe it's the unconvincing central romance or the drowsy lead performances, and maybe Eddie Redmayne should just been indulged some more as well, but this one smacks of a film that could and should have been so much better than it turned out to be.