Passengers (2016)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 116m
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis:
En route to a colony planet around 70 light years from Earth, a vast star ship auto-pilots its way through asteroid fields when it sustains damage that causes a hibernation pod malfunction. Its occupant is awoken as a consequence, and must face the next ninety years of transit alone in an ark of over 5,000 sleeping souls.
Review:
A film which raises questions to which the outer space blockbuster is normally stranger, but which were no doubt prompted by the gambit of Christopher Nolan's own Interstellar; even so, funding had to be found from various sources. First is the conundrum of what to do with a romance gone sour, once you are stuck on a ship together for the rest of your lives; the second is the related issue of the hero's transgression in waking up Aurora. Both are interrupted by the more pressing need to save the ship and the lives on board, and the latter is slightly mollified by the knowledge that alone he could not have done so. However, sufficient time is given to the predicament of living alone in space, or, as in Sartre's Huis clos, with someone who cannot bear to be with you, for the film to be agreeably slow by Hollywood standards, even if perhaps more time is spent in awe of the luxurious trimmings of this particular Overlook Hotel than in existential rumination, in spite of the existence of a genially rational android bartender. Nevertheless, even if it neglects the long-term impact on our lovers of exclusive cohabitation, the film does at least have the courage to leave them together, and gives space lovers plenty of opportunity for wonderment and envy.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 116m
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis:
En route to a colony planet around 70 light years from Earth, a vast star ship auto-pilots its way through asteroid fields when it sustains damage that causes a hibernation pod malfunction. Its occupant is awoken as a consequence, and must face the next ninety years of transit alone in an ark of over 5,000 sleeping souls.
Review:
A film which raises questions to which the outer space blockbuster is normally stranger, but which were no doubt prompted by the gambit of Christopher Nolan's own Interstellar; even so, funding had to be found from various sources. First is the conundrum of what to do with a romance gone sour, once you are stuck on a ship together for the rest of your lives; the second is the related issue of the hero's transgression in waking up Aurora. Both are interrupted by the more pressing need to save the ship and the lives on board, and the latter is slightly mollified by the knowledge that alone he could not have done so. However, sufficient time is given to the predicament of living alone in space, or, as in Sartre's Huis clos, with someone who cannot bear to be with you, for the film to be agreeably slow by Hollywood standards, even if perhaps more time is spent in awe of the luxurious trimmings of this particular Overlook Hotel than in existential rumination, in spite of the existence of a genially rational android bartender. Nevertheless, even if it neglects the long-term impact on our lovers of exclusive cohabitation, the film does at least have the courage to leave them together, and gives space lovers plenty of opportunity for wonderment and envy.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 116m
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Synopsis:
En route to a colony planet around 70 light years from Earth, a vast star ship auto-pilots its way through asteroid fields when it sustains damage that causes a hibernation pod malfunction. Its occupant is awoken as a consequence, and must face the next ninety years of transit alone in an ark of over 5,000 sleeping souls.
Review:
A film which raises questions to which the outer space blockbuster is normally stranger, but which were no doubt prompted by the gambit of Christopher Nolan's own Interstellar; even so, funding had to be found from various sources. First is the conundrum of what to do with a romance gone sour, once you are stuck on a ship together for the rest of your lives; the second is the related issue of the hero's transgression in waking up Aurora. Both are interrupted by the more pressing need to save the ship and the lives on board, and the latter is slightly mollified by the knowledge that alone he could not have done so. However, sufficient time is given to the predicament of living alone in space, or, as in Sartre's Huis clos, with someone who cannot bear to be with you, for the film to be agreeably slow by Hollywood standards, even if perhaps more time is spent in awe of the luxurious trimmings of this particular Overlook Hotel than in existential rumination, in spite of the existence of a genially rational android bartender. Nevertheless, even if it neglects the long-term impact on our lovers of exclusive cohabitation, the film does at least have the courage to leave them together, and gives space lovers plenty of opportunity for wonderment and envy.