The only things I will remember about this movie are the cool visuals, the wasted potential, and his creepy voice. The guy is completely unlikeable so might as well give him a unique trait to remember him by. Unfortunately the material he's given is absolute garbage, so in an effort to make the character stand out, Redmayne give him a weird, eerie, whisper voice that was akin to a hundred year old man trying to force words out from the back of his throat. ![]() Yeah, he's an Academy Award winner, and as much as I hate to say it I have not seen The Theory of Everything yet but I loved him in Les Mis so I was really hoping he would save this movie. Channing Tatum and Sean Bean in particular gave great performances, and Eddie Redmayne as the primary antagonist was decent as well. You're just watching things happen with no consequences, or at least none you cared about. It has a Star Wars vibe in parts, like the "royal" wedding scene and the space battles, but there were no good characters to experience this adventure with. I really wanted to care about this universe. Why not have more of them? Oh we're just going to focus on the playboy brat now, okay. It's not worth trying to piece together every plot point they throw into the movie because it will just lead to confusion and disappointment, and eventually frustration when you realize how much potential was wasted in creating this massive universe. They're not scary, they're not intimidating, there was no point in the movie where I was like "oh man sh*t is about to go down" there was just no intrigue. The villains in this movie are spoiled brats. And they try to include multiple stories, like Mila Kunis' relationship with her family (boooring) Caine (Tatum) and Stinger's (Sean Bean) history (wholly underdeveloped), the whole villain arc. It was just do this, do that, stop this, go home, the end. The characters end up the same way they began - there was no journey to redemption or revelation for anyone. He's just a badass space agent, or something. The only interesting parts of this movie are the visuals and Channing Tatum's character, but even he is given absolutely no character development. It's a dumb plot, and every scene that tries to move the plot forward is a scene wasted. ![]() Here's the plot from what I gathered: Mila Kunis is suddenly the majesty of the Earth and has to protect it from a bunch of rich douchebags that live in Jupiter's atmosphere who want to use it for harvesting grounds or something. Beautiful, well made fluff mind you, but at its core this movie is a steaming hot mess. There is no room to get immersed in this world because there is no story to relate to. I'm not sure how to start this review so I'll just get right into it: This movie isn't good.
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