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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 3:48:54 GMT
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.  Sorry. You are correct. I don't know what happened. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 3:49:31 GMT
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. 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. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 4:01:19 GMT
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? The book ended differently.
The ship had planned all along to dock with the space station permanently after the trip to Jupiter and it was evacuated when they got there. Only one pod for three people was left at the station.
After Maya died from a spacesuit malfunction while walking in space, five were left. They drew straws to see which people would go to Earth. All they knew about Earth was that it was all dark at night. The reader (like me) thinks maybe Earth just lost all technology.
Sully (the woman) was not pregnant. They wrote that into the movie because the actress got pregnant in real life. Sully was starting to fall for the ship captain who already loved her.
Staying on the space station was certain death eventually because they would run out of supplies.
Sully drew a straw to stay on the station but one of the guys who got an Earth straw wanted her to take his place since he was old. The two guys left on the space station were both old.
The captain was in the pod with Sully and an Israeli guy. They were flying down to Earth and the captain called her Iris.
Old man in the Artic Circle did realize that the little Iris girl was imaginary but neither he or Sully realized they were related in the few short times they talked.
The pod flies towards Earth and the book ends. (The old man in the Artic circle has obviously died alone by that time.)
No one knows what happened on Earth or if anyone is alive there.
The reader of the book (me) doesn’t know what happened on Earth either.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 4:50:15 GMT
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? The book ended differently.
The ship had planned all along to dock with the space station permanently after the trip to Jupiter and it was evacuated when they got there. Only one pod for three people was left at the station.
After Maya died from a spacesuit malfunction while walking in space, five were left. They drew straws to see which people would go to Earth. All they knew about Earth was that it was all dark at night. The reader (like me) thinks maybe Earth just lost all technology.
Sully (the woman) was not pregnant. They wrote that into the movie because the actress got pregnant in real life. Sully was starting to fall for the ship captain who already loved her.
Staying on the space station was certain death eventually because they would run out of supplies.
Sully drew a straw to stay on the station but one of the guys who got an Earth straw wanted her to take his place since he was old. The two guys left on the space station were both old.
The captain was in the pod with Sully and an Israeli guy. They were flying down to Earth and the captain called her Iris.
Old man in the Artic Circle did realize that the little Iris girl was imaginary but neither he or Sully realized they were related in the few short times they talked.
The pod flies towards Earth and the book ends. (The old man in the Artic circle has obviously died alone by that time.)
No one knows what happened on Earth or if anyone is alive there.
The reader of the book (me) doesn’t know what happened on Earth either.
How do you feel about all those unanswered questions? What was the problem on Earth? Where did all the people who evacuated Earth go? Why was there so much confusion? Why was the space station evacuated? What happened to the two who shuttled to Earth? What about all the unanswered questions in the movie? Sounds to me like the book sucked. And so they decide to make a sucky movie out of a sucky book. What do you think? |
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Post by Ransom on Dec 26, 2020 7:04:08 GMT
I read the spoilers on Wikipedia and I have to say that it makes this year look fun in comparison. Sorry your year was so bad. Mine was difficult. But nothing like the catastrophe descibed in this movie. You really need to understand what a sense of humour and a joke is because I'm definitely not going to hold your hand throughout that process. |
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Post by Morgana on Dec 26, 2020 8:05:30 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.I just watched it and I agree with everything you've said. Afterwards, I was left asking myself what the point was. One thing - I am probably wrong, but I thought I heard the crew of the ship mention something about a ground crew left behind on the planet to get things started. Did anyone else hear something along those lines?
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 12:24:43 GMT
The book ended differently.
The ship had planned all along to dock with the space station permanently after the trip to Jupiter and it was evacuated when they got there. Only one pod for three people was left at the station.
After Maya died from a spacesuit malfunction while walking in space, five were left. They drew straws to see which people would go to Earth. All they knew about Earth was that it was all dark at night. The reader (like me) thinks maybe Earth just lost all technology.
Sully (the woman) was not pregnant. They wrote that into the movie because the actress got pregnant in real life. Sully was starting to fall for the ship captain who already loved her.
Staying on the space station was certain death eventually because they would run out of supplies.
Sully drew a straw to stay on the station but one of the guys who got an Earth straw wanted her to take his place since he was old. The two guys left on the space station were both old.
The captain was in the pod with Sully and an Israeli guy. They were flying down to Earth and the captain called her Iris.
Old man in the Artic Circle did realize that the little Iris girl was imaginary but neither he or Sully realized they were related in the few short times they talked.
The pod flies towards Earth and the book ends. (The old man in the Artic circle has obviously died alone by that time.)
No one knows what happened on Earth or if anyone is alive there.
The reader of the book (me) doesn’t know what happened on Earth either.
How do you feel about all those unanswered questions? What was the problem on Earth? Where did all the people who evacuated Earth go? Why was there so much confusion? Why was the space station evacuated? What happened to the two who shuttled to Earth? What about all the unanswered questions in the movie? Sounds to me like the book sucked. And so they decide to make a sucky movie out of a sucky book. What do you think? All the questions went unanswered.  I hoped for more in the movie. We did see smoke on Earth in the movie. The old man also said people were living underground and the one guy got a message from his wife. This was all more than the book. It was the author’s and movie makers’ decisions. |
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Post by SciFive on Dec 26, 2020 12:28:05 GMT
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.I just watched it and I agree with everything you've said. Afterwards, I was left asking myself what the point was. One thing - I am probably wrong, but I thought I heard the crew of the ship mention something about a ground crew left behind on the planet to get things started. Did anyone else hear something along those lines? No. As Sully and the captain headed back to the planet, they said, “It’s just us now” (something like that). They should have hugged or something, in my opinion. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 26, 2020 14:20:50 GMT
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.I just watched it and I agree with everything you've said. Afterwards, I was left asking myself what the point was. One thing - I am probably wrong, but I thought I heard the crew of the ship mention something about a ground crew left behind on the planet to get things started. Did anyone else hear something along those lines? No. I don't remember that. But I could have missed it. But more importantly, you, me, and the writers of those other two reviews felt there were too many unanswered questions. In my opinion, this movie falls into the category of movies and TV shows that don't seem to care about logic. Only about drama. As a male with an analytical mind, this makes no sense to me. I appreciate drama. But only if it exist in logic, common sense and plausibility. Just to make up bullshit for the sake of fake drama seems lazy and stupid to me. Movies and TV shows like this, "Away", "Another Life", soap operas in general, and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" to me are an indication of over emotional ignorance. Fictional movies and TV shows are already not reality. It's hard for me to feel for fake characters in a fake scenario when that fake scenario makes no sense, is illogical, and implausible. But hey, that's just me. |
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Post by Morgana on Dec 27, 2020 12:32:43 GMT
I just watched it and I agree with everything you've said. Afterwards, I was left asking myself what the point was. One thing - I am probably wrong, but I thought I heard the crew of the ship mention something about a ground crew left behind on the planet to get things started. Did anyone else hear something along those lines? No. I don't remember that. But I could have missed it. But more importantly, you, me, and the writers of those other two reviews felt there were too many unanswered questions. In my opinion, this movie falls into the category of movies and TV shows that don't seem to care about logic. Only about drama. As a male with an analytical mind, this makes no sense to me. I appreciate drama. But only if it exist in logic, common sense and plausibility. Just to make up bullshit for the sake of fake drama seems lazy and stupid to me. Movies and TV shows like this, "Away", "Another Life", soap operas in general, and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" to me are an indication of over emotional ignorance. Fictional movies and TV shows are already not reality. It's hard for me to feel for fake characters in a fake scenario when that fake scenario makes no sense, is illogical, and implausible. But hey, that's just me. I probably misheard since Scifi also says she didn't hear it. As was said, it needed to be a TV series to make it all come together in a more coherent way. Though, to be honest I'm really disappointed in TV shows lately. I've just seen episode 2 of The Stand and it's just not grabbing me. The constant going back and forth with timelines means you can't really get to know any of the characters and care about them.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 27, 2020 18:40:29 GMT
No. I don't remember that. But I could have missed it. But more importantly, you, me, and the writers of those other two reviews felt there were too many unanswered questions. In my opinion, this movie falls into the category of movies and TV shows that don't seem to care about logic. Only about drama. As a male with an analytical mind, this makes no sense to me. I appreciate drama. But only if it exist in logic, common sense and plausibility. Just to make up bullshit for the sake of fake drama seems lazy and stupid to me. Movies and TV shows like this, "Away", "Another Life", soap operas in general, and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" to me are an indication of over emotional ignorance. Fictional movies and TV shows are already not reality. It's hard for me to feel for fake characters in a fake scenario when that fake scenario makes no sense, is illogical, and implausible. But hey, that's just me. I probably misheard since Scifi also says she didn't hear it. As was said, it needed to be a TV series to make it all come together in a more coherent way. Though, to be honest I'm really disappointed in TV shows lately. I've just seen episode 2 of The Stand and it's just not grabbing me. The constant going back and forth with timelines means you can't really get to know any of the characters and care about them. I'm watching "Bridgerton" on Netflix right now. It's a romantic fantasy set in 1800 England. It's got a diverse cast where 40 percent of the royalty is black. No, that is not historically accurate. But everybody knows it isn't. It's not a documentary. It's just a romantic fantasy. That doesn't bother me. (Although reviews on the old IMDb say the books had more humor. I'm disappointed in that.) But still, I'm enjoying it. The whole point of Bridgerton is entertainment and viewership. Not historical accuracy. Black people in general are not going to want to watch a European period piece about white England. On the other hand, what is the point of "The Midnight Sky"? The only point I can figure is it was made for viewers who just want to be depressed, fatalistic and hopeless. And what were the points of "Away" and "Another Life"? I guess the point of soap operas in general and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" is shock and awe over bad behavior. I watch shows like The Midnight Sky, Away, and Another Life because I like outer space and technology. You can see why I was angry and disappointed. |
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Post by hi224 on Dec 28, 2020 18:13:01 GMT
Welp another thread with mindless BS opinions.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 28, 2020 18:43:08 GMT
Welp another thread with mindless BS opinions. The Midnight Sky was a stupid movie. It was illogical and pointless. Just an exercise in depression, fatalism and hopelessness. |
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Dec 29, 2020 0:14:24 GMT
This is one of those movies that I really wanted to like, but they just really didn't deliver. 5/10 for me. p.s. I guessed something about the movie from the trailer. After I commented about it on the trailer, someone responded, saying that I must have read the book and that I was spoiling the movie. Ironically, it seemed they'd read the book, and by confirming my guess they were themselves spoiling the movie. My guess was that the girl wasn't really there with him. |
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Post by Spitfire926f on Dec 29, 2020 0:17:58 GMT
I just watched it and I agree with everything you've said. Afterwards, I was left asking myself what the point was. One thing - I am probably wrong, but I thought I heard the crew of the ship mention something about a ground crew left behind on the planet to get things started. Did anyone else hear something along those lines? No. I don't remember that. But I could have missed it. But more importantly, you, me, and the writers of those other two reviews felt there were too many unanswered questions. In my opinion, this movie falls into the category of movies and TV shows that don't seem to care about logic. Only about drama. As a male with an analytical mind, this makes no sense to me. I appreciate drama. But only if it exist in logic, common sense and plausibility. Just to make up bullshit for the sake of fake drama seems lazy and stupid to me. Movies and TV shows like this, "Away", "Another Life", soap operas in general, and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" to me are an indication of over emotional ignorance. Fictional movies and TV shows are already not reality. It's hard for me to feel for fake characters in a fake scenario when that fake scenario makes no sense, is illogical, and implausible. But hey, that's just me. I stopped watching Away because I determined that there is no was NASA would send people with so much bullshit baggage to Mars. It just got a bit ridiculous. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 7:47:01 GMT
No. I don't remember that. But I could have missed it. But more importantly, you, me, and the writers of those other two reviews felt there were too many unanswered questions. In my opinion, this movie falls into the category of movies and TV shows that don't seem to care about logic. Only about drama. As a male with an analytical mind, this makes no sense to me. I appreciate drama. But only if it exist in logic, common sense and plausibility. Just to make up bullshit for the sake of fake drama seems lazy and stupid to me. Movies and TV shows like this, "Away", "Another Life", soap operas in general, and "The Real Housewives of Wherever" to me are an indication of over emotional ignorance. Fictional movies and TV shows are already not reality. It's hard for me to feel for fake characters in a fake scenario when that fake scenario makes no sense, is illogical, and implausible. But hey, that's just me. I stopped watching Away because I determined that there is no was NASA would send people with so much bullshit baggage to Mars. It just got a bit ridiculous. All the critical reviews of Away said the same thing. One must have no understanding of any space program anywhere to not see how implausible that show was. Same thing with Another Life. But still, there were user reviews praising those programs along with The Midnight Sky. It either shows how many people like ridiculousness for entertainment. Or I'm missing something. |
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 7:51:44 GMT
This is one of those movies that I really wanted to like, but they just really didn't deliver. 5/10 for me. p.s. I guessed something about the movie from the trailer. After I commented about it on the trailer, someone responded, saying that I must have read the book and that I was spoiling the movie. Ironically, it seemed they'd read the book, and by confirming my guess they were themselves spoiling the movie. My guess was that the girl wasn't really there with him. SciFive said the book was just as bad. |
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Post by Morgana on Dec 29, 2020 9:30:01 GMT
I stopped watching Away because I determined that there is no was NASA would send people with so much bullshit baggage to Mars. It just got a bit ridiculous. All the critical reviews of Away said the same thing. One must have no understanding of any space program anywhere to not see how implausible that show was. Same thing with Another Life. But still, there were user reviews praising those programs along with The Midnight Sky. It either shows how many people like ridiculousness for entertainment. Or I'm missing something. I didn't figure that out till near the end.
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Post by movieliker on Dec 29, 2020 11:40:08 GMT
All the critical reviews of Away said the same thing. One must have no understanding of any space program anywhere to not see how implausible that show was. Same thing with Another Life. But still, there were user reviews praising those programs along with The Midnight Sky. It either shows how many people like ridiculousness for entertainment. Or I'm missing something. I didn't figure that out till near the end. You didn't figure what out until the end? |
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Post by Marv on Dec 29, 2020 12:56:47 GMT
Watched it a few days ago...its ok. Some cool visuals, particularly Juniters moon. I kind of wish it had one story rather than two. Like, either follow a terminally ill man alone on a scorched earth trying to survive his last dying days...or maybe getting a girl (real one) to one of the safety bunkers. Or the other story, which was a returning spacecraft coming back to a ruined earth struggling to avoid asteroids and deciding what to do, etc. The two stories felt too separated to really enjoy simultaneously.
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