Movie: Jupiter Ascending
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thewayneAnother really big movie from the Wachowskis, this one is also an original story by them. The movie's release was pushed many months, it was supposed to come out in early/mid '14 and was pushed to this month to get more special effects done. In the USA it got slammed by the critics and hasn't done too well in the box office here, though the theater we were in this afternoon had a pretty good crowd. Apparently it is doing much better in Europe.
This movie is quite a spectacular, but the plot and the dialog is a little muddy. The story is well-structured and visually the movie is fantastic, though I found some of the abilities of the aliens a little strange. I read in a blog that they did something quite interesting: they recorded the entire musical score of the movie before they started production. Apparently they also did this for Cloud Atlas, though I haven't seen that yet (it's sitting in the 'Watch At Some Point' pile).
What it boils down to is that I wasn't expecting much out of this movie. The previews looked like it was overly ambitious, and perhaps it is. But it's not a bad movie, it has lots of good stuff in it and lots of very good special effects. So I can say it's worth seeing, but I'd wait for a matinee or discount theater. Can't say that I'm buying this when it comes out on DVD, but I might.
This movie is quite a spectacular, but the plot and the dialog is a little muddy. The story is well-structured and visually the movie is fantastic, though I found some of the abilities of the aliens a little strange. I read in a blog that they did something quite interesting: they recorded the entire musical score of the movie before they started production. Apparently they also did this for Cloud Atlas, though I haven't seen that yet (it's sitting in the 'Watch At Some Point' pile).
What it boils down to is that I wasn't expecting much out of this movie. The previews looked like it was overly ambitious, and perhaps it is. But it's not a bad movie, it has lots of good stuff in it and lots of very good special effects. So I can say it's worth seeing, but I'd wait for a matinee or discount theater. Can't say that I'm buying this when it comes out on DVD, but I might.
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Date: 2015-03-01 12:04 am (UTC)Jupiter Ascending, as I've noted, I really enjoyed. ^_^ I did feel I could've stood more background, but I'd guess there's a great deal that was lost to make the current running time. =:P The worlds, the family, the civilisations - there was so much that had evidently been planned out in depth, yet we could only behold a tiny portion of it all. *sigh*
I will, then, differ. I hope to catch it again before it leaves cinemas, and I've got my iTunes pre-order in. ^_^ I'll change that, though, if the BD release holds more extras, as studios are often wont to do - I don't like physical media, but I'll play along for the marketers' sakes. (Um..why again? =:)