Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) by Zowieink — 20 Feb 2015

I am amazed at the negativity surrounding this movie. Granted it is a sci-fi picture which turns off a lot of professional movie critics, but seriously, its a sci-fi space opera, and its not supposed to have enormous depth of character, or a profound story line.

Its for fun, entertainment. I found Jupiter Ascending fun and entertaining. As mentioned in other reviews, the visual is on overload...from the world building to the fashions. The story is very fast moving, and in this, I wish they had spent a little more time crafting the plot and having more emotion in the acting, particularly concerning "harvesting" or how long should society extend life past a normal 90 years.

It would have been fun to explore more of the world, but maybe this would be better for a game, than a movie. There's something elegant about the movie. Maybe its the way the bees react to royalty and the elegantly crafted and thought out world building.

This is probably not a movie for everyone, but it is a fun, fun movie to watch....and then to wonder about the creative energies that went into thinking all that stuff up...