Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) by Runner — 05 May 2017

Watching the movie about 2 years after release, there's not much to be said that wasn't already said. I do want to say anyway that I'm a little sad this movie got such negative scores and reviews. While I can understand those, I still believe the movie doesn't deserve such negativity.

Bottom line, I enjoyed watching the movie, and I wasn't disappointed. True, there are better ones.

Jupiter Ascending has its magic, it is very visually appealing and has a wonderful and fun soundtrack. The concepts behind the movie are nice, and again, it is fun to watch and experience.

The problems with Jupiter Ascending begin with a rather dull script at times, and ending with it being a blend of ideas and things we'd already seen in some other fantasy and sci-fi media. It gets worse when it also involves elements of young adult novels.

Oh well.

For a movie which borrows so much elements and ideas from other works it has its bits of originality, the quality of the acting swings from mediocre to pretty good (at times), and as I said before it IS visually stunning.

If you are a fan of the genre, if you don't expect anything revolutionary, and if you can stand the dull sides of the story, you should definitely give it a try. It's still fun to watch, despite the downsides.