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Post by hi224 on Dec 24, 2020 5:50:51 GMT
not bad but the script falters it a bit much as a movie.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 25, 2020 16:03:54 GMT
not bad but the script falters it a bit much as a movie. Here is a review from the old IMDb I agree with; The Midnight Sky
Warning: Spoilers
This definitely could've worked as a series. Netflix could've done their usual. Great/popular first season then cancel it immediately and create 10 low budget foreign movies and tv shows in its place.
What the hell is happening in this movie? Basically the crew of an expedition to a fictional moon of Jupiter called K-23 is returning to earth and George Clooney, in the Arctic circle, is trying to warn them about the uninhabitable conditions on the surface due to some unknown apocalypse.
Let me save you the immense frustration you'll inevitably feel after watching this...
- What happened to earth? Apocalypse...Never explained.
- What happened to the crew of the ship? Turned around and went back to k23...no other information.
- Are there survivors on earth underground? Never explained.
- Little girl? Doesn't exist..obvious in first 10 mins.
- What happened to the pilot who returned to earth to find his family? Never explained
- Does the crew have the resources to create a colony on k23? Never explained
- Why does the crew seem to have such a nonchalant attitude towards the destruction of their home and families? Never explained
- Why did I watch this movie? No sufficient explanation.########Here is my review;
This movie is two hours long. The first hour moves annoyingly slow. It picks up in the second.
The production values (cinematography, acting, sets, and dialogue) are good.
But this movie is depressing, fatalistic and hopeless for two hours straight, for apparently no reason, "Man destroys Earth and virtually mankind." Yeah, so what's the point?
I gave it a 10 for production value. And a 1 for lack of positivity and inspiration (unless you are inspired by depression, fatalism, and hopelessness). I think a 5 is a good rating. |
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Post by politicidal on Dec 25, 2020 16:26:39 GMT
It felt reminiscent of Ad Astra which I wasn't a fan.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 25, 2020 17:26:59 GMT
Here is another good review;
Clooney and Iris crush it. Pull at your heartstrings. However the plot made no sense.
The world is ending and they have time to evacuate people including the space station. However they don't seem to try and connect with or rendezvous with the one ship that has been to a possible habitable planet.
Set that aside, the crew of Aether find out they are likely humanities last hope. They are only 4 of them so genetically it will be tough but possible. Until two of them decide to effectively commit suicide dooming humanity. Unless somehow one guy and a girl can restart humanity by themselves. Like who is their daughter going to have kids with?
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Post by movieliker on Dec 25, 2020 17:31:43 GMT
This seems like another movie and/or TV show that makes no scientific or logical sense. But is virtually all about pointless drama.
The fans of reality TV are the target audience.
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Post by hi224 on Dec 25, 2020 19:12:30 GMT
This seems like another movie and/or TV show that makes no scientific or logical sense. But is virtually all about pointless drama. The fans of reality TV are the target audience. nothing you puts very helpful...
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Post by Spitfire926f on Dec 25, 2020 19:43:34 GMT
I couldn't even get through this, I found it to be so boring. About halfway through I determined that the eradication of humanity was for the best because the only people left are so dull.
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Post by SciFive on Dec 25, 2020 22:48:14 GMT
After hearing about the movie, I read the book.
Saw the movie yesterday.
The book was more depressing.
I liked seeing the movie, though.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 25, 2020 23:05:35 GMT
After hearing about the movie, I read the book. Saw the movie yesterday. The book was more depressing. I liked seeing the movie, though. What was the point of the movie? Just an exercise in depression, fatalism and hopelessness? |
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Post by Ransom on Dec 25, 2020 23:08:16 GMT
I read the spoilers on Wikipedia and I have to say that it makes this year look fun in comparison.
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 1:44:17 GMT
After hearing about the movie, I read the book. Saw the movie yesterday. The book was more depressing. I liked seeing the movie, though. What was the point of the movie? Just an exercise in depression, fatalism and hopelessness? Pretty much. Although I think the book was more about two people (the old man and the woman on the ship) finally learning how to love someone else. (Not each other.) |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 3:00:35 GMT
What was the point of the movie? Just an exercise in depression, fatalism and hopelessness? Pretty much. Although I think the book was more about two people (the old man and the woman on the ship) finally learning how to love someone else. (Not each other.) But you said you liked the movie better than the book? |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 3:04:11 GMT
Pretty much. Although I think the book was more about two people (the old man and the woman on the ship) finally learning how to love someone else. (Not each other.) But you said you liked the movie better than the book? I liked seeing the movie after reading the book and I do think the movie is less depressing. A little leas depressing. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 3:07:36 GMT
But you said you liked the movie better than the book? I liked seeing the movie after reading the book and I do think the movie is less depressing. A little less depressing. Why do you like depressing movies? |
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Dec 26, 2020 3:19:40 GMT
I liked seeing the movie after reading the book and I do think the movie is less depressing. A little less depressing. Why do you like depressing movies? What a strange question. I think you’d be surprised by the amount of people who like depressing movies. It would be boring if all movies were uplifting.
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Post by Spitfire926f on Dec 26, 2020 3:21:38 GMT
What was the point of the movie? Just an exercise in depression, fatalism and hopelessness? Pretty much. Although I think the book was more about two people (the old man and the woman on the ship) finally learning how to love someone else. (Not each other.) The book sounds good, actually, kinda like Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I liked that movie though. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 3:30:46 GMT
I liked seeing the movie after reading the book and I do think the movie is less depressing. A little less depressing. Why do you like depressing movies? Oh, I don’t like depressing movies at all!! I just wanted to see what they did with this book after reading it. I hate depressing movies so much that I’ve taken to looking for spoilers during the pandemic. LOL I don’t want to be shocked by bad endings. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 3:42:23 GMT
The pandemic feels to me like we’re all living in a movie and we still don’t know how it will end. So I prefer something a little more upbeat for now.  |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 3:45:09 GMT
Why do you like depressing movies? Oh, I don’t like depressing movies at all!! I just wanted to see what they did with this book after reading it. I hate depressing movies so much that I’ve taken to looking for spoilers during the pandemic. LOL I don’t want to be shocked by bad endings. Nothing made sense in this movie. Did the book make sense? Did they describe what the catastrophe on Earth was? Did they say what happened to the two guys who went back to Earth? Did the describe what the plan was for the spaceship going back to the Saturn moon? Where were all the people who evacuated in the beginning of the movie? |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 3:46:20 GMT
Pretty much. Although I think the book was more about two people (the old man and the woman on the ship) finally learning how to love someone else. (Not each other.) First of all, I don't like being depressed. I realize depression is a part of life. But real life is depressing enough. I don't want more depression from a movie. Two, it would be one thing if this movie made sense. But it doesn't. People are getting depressed just because they like being depressed? Many movies and TV shows are melodramatic just for the sake of drama. Like soap operas, "The Real Housewives of Wherever" franchise, "Away", and "Another Life". I personally hate movies and TV shows like that. Seems pointless and stupid. I'll take your word for it that some people like being depressed. But that doesn't make any sense to me. You are mixing me up with a comment made by someone else. I’m the one who dislikes depressing movies so much right now that I look for spoilers before watching serious movies. I read the book first as a really big spoiler. |
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