Passengers

[wkhanna]

Do not say I did not tell you.

Wasted some time this weekend when The Wife & I rented Passengers via our Verizon Fios cable for $5.99.

Who the hell would give this Hollywood cookie-cutter, intent on extrapolating $ from the pockets of movie-goers based solely on Jen Laurence’s BO appeal, a favorable review?
Cheesy, predictable, & accompanied by a miserable script.
Crikey! The best acting in the movie comes from the android bartender.

One thing is for sure..........having just last year for the first (& V LAST) time, experienced the world of over-priced, incompetently managed, ocean cruise liners.........they got that part exactly right!

Sorry consolation for a POS movie, however.

[Ovation]

So tell us, what do you really think of this movie?:W

The answer to your question of "who would give this a favourable review?" is, as it happens, "very few people" (judging from the 31% rating on Rotten Tomatoes). Surprisingly disappointing effort from the director of The Imitation Game--an excellent film. Oh well, no director has a perfect record.

[wkhanna]

So tell us, what do you really think of this movie?

just wanting to be clear on conveying my opinion.
save grace for matters more worthy.

[bigburner]

I watched this one a couple of weeks ago. It's more of a love story set in space than a sci-fi movie, but I thought that the sci-fi bits were worthy. The film posed some interesting questions too - for example, was our main character woken up deliberately by the ship's computer because he was good at fixing things? I agree that Michael Sheen did a good job as Arthur the android barman. Overall I thought Rotten Tomatoes treated it rather harshly and believe that IMDb's rating of 7.0 was more accurate.

Nigel.

[wkhanna]

Michael Sheen is one of the best actors, both in film & on stage, of his generation.
sadly, he is hardly recognized in the US.

[DigitalMaven]

I liked it...my expectations were low and I was pleasantly surprised. I've seen a lot worse...

[madmac]

I can't be bothered by watching these types of films anymore.