Thanks for the report! At Rotten Tomatoes Critics Consensus: Passengers proves Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence work well together -- and that even their chemistry isn't enough to overcome a fatally flawed story.
I enjoyed Passengers as well, and agree with your review. Also, the 3D effects were really well done.
It is a good story, well done, told well, and the actors do a great job, but I had seen several trailers and my primary complaint is that they intentional misrepresented what this story is about to pull the audience in.
This is coming from the guy who started the Inter-loveisanotherdimension-Stellar thread?!?
My primary points were 1) advertising for this movie misrepresented its nature as in something sinister going on, or it's not as it seems, as if there was some unknown agenda for waking up early, at least that's the impression it left on me. And 2) I would have streamed it and enjoyed it if I had known what the story was primarily about...
that the characters would have the engineering and physics knowledge to tackle the challenges they were faced with, even though Jim was a mechanic. and I think if they had honestly advertised it as the former, a lot less people would have seen it in the theater. Speaking of Interstellar, there is a sci-fi movie chock full of science and sci-fi themes, a future gone bad (on Earth), navigating black holes, 5th dimensional beings, relativity, and yes love, because it's love and biology that binds us. 
I apologize for going overboard saying there were no science fiction themes. Obviously, it's the future, they are in suspended animation on a space ship traveling to a new colony. However, as someone online said it's closer to Sleepless in Seattle than Interstellar
I like Megamind, Will Ferrell's most normal role he's ever played.yes!
i keep watching that and Megamind over and over.
Gratuitous nudity improves most bad movies a little, even good shows as I think of Game of Thrones.
If you go in expecting a few laughs, some potty humor and little plot, this movie's for you. It was for me. The unnecessary nudity and drug use was just an added bonus. I also recognized the bulk of the cast from other tv and movies, which would help explain things. It's not great, but I laughed enough to not feel like my time was wasted.
I've seen enough of John Snow's nipples thanks!I love this video, you made my day, but damn your eyes, you destroyed my suspension of disbelief!
His gravity comment is right on! I completely glossed over the spinning would not stop so quickly, nor would gravity instantly vanish.
Regarding sling shotting around star- I wondered, they looked awfully close from a heat perspective, not to mention the inferno he was exposed to when they vented the fusion reactor.
The bottom line is there there is no excuse to violate principles of science in an effort to pass off an exciting story as something containing a scientific basis. I wonder how Andy feels about this article from space.com no less:
Sci-Fi Gets Science Right: 'Passengers' Nails the Physics
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I like Megamind, Will Ferrell's most normal role he's ever played.
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Gratuitous nudity improves most bad movies a little, even good shows as I think of Game of Thrones.
I've seen enough of John Snow's nipples thanks!
Not if the head sparrow has his way!That would b a good discussion, just what is gratuitous? If you are in Little Finger's brothel, you'd except to see some nudity, maybe even some action.
I liked the Bronze, though it is a strange movie. How often do we get to see a lead character who is so mean? Even her father calls her a b***h. And yet she is still the hero of this very dark comedy. It's so dark that it's almost a tragedy - except in the end it turns out to be quite inspirational. It was interesting to see Melissa Rauch stretch her wings on some curse laden dialogue, and her Olympic style sex scene was fun. Not for everyone. B+
