Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) by Marc-André B — 04 Jul 2015

Review:

This movie really got on my nerves after a while because the plot was a right mess and it was way too long. The director really over complicated the storyline which made it a drag to watch but it did look great. There was too much going on during the action scenes so the attention to detail wasn't that great and I didn't really find any of the characters that interesting. Anyway, it's about a girl called Jupiter who has a very basic life with her dysfunctional family but she has a unique imagination which gives her hope for the future. Whilst getting on with her day to day life, she gets saved from an alien attack by Caine (Chaning Tatum) who has come to earth to track her down to bring her back to his mysterious planet. Her bloodline marks her to be the next in line to an inheritance that will change the planets forever. Sounds great but it's a total waste of time. The storyline changes from one scene to the next so it's very easy to lose the plot. If you give a damn! Personally, I gave up trying to follow the movie and I ended up falling asleep several times. Tatum is just flying around in his space boots, saving her from the evil doers and you don't really get to see anything about his character, which was the only interesting thing in the whole film. No one seemed that surprised that these Aliens had come to earth, causing so much destruction which made the film seem extremely far fetched and unrealistic. Mila Kunis also didn't seem that surprised about her abilities to change the world and she didn't seem that bothered when she saw her room mate getting abducted by Aliens. Anyway, I really hated the movie and at 2 hours long, it really seemed like it was going on forever. Terrible!

Round-Up:

Due to a big distribution campaign, this movie was lucky to make a little profit at the box office. From a CGI prospective, it must have looked good in 3D but for entertainment, it really is bad. The movie was made by Lana & Andy Wachowski who brought you the Matrix movies, V for Vendetta, which was also bad, Cloud Atlas, which has to go down as Tom Hanks worse film ever and Speed Racer which has loads of pretty colours but no storyline. After looking at there back catalogue, you can tell that they have complex minds that get a bit carried away after a while. Let's take the Matrix for instance! That's a franchise that started off so well but it ended up to be a right mess by the time that Revolutions came out. They did change cinema with the original Matrix but I think they have become a bit to big for there boots. They tried to cram to much material together in this movie, which is a shame because it did look great. Anyway, Chaning Tatums character could have been played by a monkey because he wasn't allowed to bring any personality to the role. I totally believe that it was the script that limited him to do anything with Caine so I can't really blame him. Mila Kunis just seems to act the same in all of her roles, even though this is a big budget space flick and not one of her usual Rom-Com's, so I didn't find her performance that amazing either. In all, I was very disappointed with the whole project and I won't be rushing to see the sequel, if they ever make one.

Budget: $176million.

Worldwide Gross: $182million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their sci-fi/adventure movies about a hard working girl whose in line to a massive inheritance on another planet. 2/10.