Where do I begin?
Not an action movie although many action scenes. Not a psychological thriller although many attempted "deep and philosophical" monologues and constant "psychological" assessments. A family adventure? Ha!
This, similar to Gravity, is a cinematographic delight wrapped in an awful plot, terrible script, some really jarring technical flaws (to be discussed later) and some totally ridiculous scenes that were thrown in as an afterthought to try keep us from falling asleep at Brad's constant monotonic narration about nothing.
The ridiculous scenes: * Raging space baboons * Space pirates hell bent on destruction but without reason * A military convoy of buggies with only a few hand guns in a known Warzone * The crazed father hellbent on staying but leaves without a whisper * Giant neon Marlboro Man visible only to space pirates... * Rockets land in one place and take off in another in the middle of nowhere * Underwater tunnels in the middle of nowhere that lead to the rocket *Brad sneaks through said tunnel to climb aboard said rocket during launch... OMG The list is endless..
The technical flaws: * A sky high Tower within the Earth's gravitational field built from Meccano sets of infinite strength * Brad happens to be wearing a parachute with his spacesuit * Astronauts who playfully release liquids in zero gravity amongst life critical electronic equipment * Brad never grows a beard or hair in 79 days of space travel on the way there but grows just a bit on the way back * Cosmic waves that increase in power the further from the source * The source is a massive unexplained disc on the side spaceship. What was that built for? * Brad's all environments self repairing light material spacesuit * Dozens of cheap plastic Casio calculators stuck willy nilly on every bit of equipment * Airlocks, or should I say none.. * Climbs aboard a rocket 2 seconds before launch and survives the g-forces just standing inside the door And the list goes on
Some fantastic cinematography. Truly worth seeing in IMAX as I did. You can almost understand why Flat Earthers believe everything is fake as the imagery is so real! Amazing.
But...
Overall, a mess of a movie!
Not an action movie although many action scenes. Not a psychological thriller although many attempted "deep and philosophical" monologues and constant "psychological" assessments. A family adventure? Ha!
This, similar to Gravity, is a cinematographic delight wrapped in an awful plot, terrible script, some really jarring technical flaws (to be discussed later) and some totally ridiculous scenes that were thrown in as an afterthought to try keep us from falling asleep at Brad's constant monotonic narration about nothing.
The ridiculous scenes: * Raging space baboons * Space pirates hell bent on destruction but without reason * A military convoy of buggies with only a few hand guns in a known Warzone * The crazed father hellbent on staying but leaves without a whisper * Giant neon Marlboro Man visible only to space pirates... * Rockets land in one place and take off in another in the middle of nowhere * Underwater tunnels in the middle of nowhere that lead to the rocket *Brad sneaks through said tunnel to climb aboard said rocket during launch... OMG The list is endless..
The technical flaws: * A sky high Tower within the Earth's gravitational field built from Meccano sets of infinite strength * Brad happens to be wearing a parachute with his spacesuit * Astronauts who playfully release liquids in zero gravity amongst life critical electronic equipment * Brad never grows a beard or hair in 79 days of space travel on the way there but grows just a bit on the way back * Cosmic waves that increase in power the further from the source * The source is a massive unexplained disc on the side spaceship. What was that built for? * Brad's all environments self repairing light material spacesuit * Dozens of cheap plastic Casio calculators stuck willy nilly on every bit of equipment * Airlocks, or should I say none.. * Climbs aboard a rocket 2 seconds before launch and survives the g-forces just standing inside the door And the list goes on
Some fantastic cinematography. Truly worth seeing in IMAX as I did. You can almost understand why Flat Earthers believe everything is fake as the imagery is so real! Amazing.
But...
Overall, a mess of a movie!