ThatFilmGuy92
In a bizarrely stylish futuristic world where Marius Pontmercy and his equally savage siblings, that model no one remembers the name of and that guy who played Romeo in that sappy 2013 adaptation, are heirs to the universe, it's up to Magic Mike and Jackie Burkhart to restore peace to the solar system. Sounds hokey, huh? Well, the story is one of the many issues at hand with this movie. Andy and Lana Wachowski, the pair responsible for the Matrix series, brings us Jupiter Ascending, the latest in a string of failures, following Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas.The real issue at hand here is not wasted talent (and trust me, it's wasted), it's Michael Giacchino's score that sounds like an embarrassing rip-off of John Williams' Star Wars music. From epic chorals to an overuse of the string quartet, the music is really enough to make you want to leave the theater.Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis star in this sci-fi wreck that's more likely to be a movie from the SyFy network. If you're looking for chemistry that works, you're not going to find it here. However, you will find actors who have been known to have much more promising work, like Tatum as a Lycan-human wannabe, fresh off from Foxcatcher where, out of the three main stars, two were nominated for Oscars, but alas, Tatum wasn't. Kunis, more famous recently for her roles in critically-acclaimed films such as Black Swan and Ted, is clearly devoted to the role of Jupiter Jones; however, the screenplay does not play to her strengths.But the real surprise, surprise role here is from Eddie Redmayne, who plays the film's main antagonist, a ruthless alien who whispers most of his lines and occasionally shouts, only to have his voice crack as if he'd never gotten past puberty. Now I'm a fan of Redmayne, but this movie is bound to give him a Razzie nomination for Worst Supporting Actor, just after he won Best Actor for playing Stephen Hawking.From overlong chase scenes with colors and noise that makes you want to cover your ears for the remaining two hours, Jupiter is an exercise in patience and not having a spasm from the insane colors. 2.5/5.
axel335
Now here are we talking about a really, really bad movie. Nothing works in this movie. Its extremely boring, the plot doesn't make sense and the actor walk around with an facial expression saying: what I'm doing in this mess? Above all that's the movie is pretentious and tries to be "serious" which fails pretty dismantle. The worst actor in this mess is the evil guy that walks around and whispers all the time. I guess the director thought that would be cool or creepy but it was nothing like that. Me and my son laugh so hard at this stupidity. Another extremely silly scene is the one in the barn where the bees attacks the queen but she doesn't get hurt. Then this moron that hangs around with the queen says: well you don't get hurt because the bees are trained not to hurt royalties. Really???? Hahahahahahaha If you have a really good patients or an ocean of time that you don't know how to spend on anything better you can sit through this train wreck. Otherwise I suggest you switch off after 10 minutes. It doesn't get any better anyway
javiergarcon
Yes it is a hot mess but only because there is so much going on! this is not for the faint of heart or slow thinkers! So you people that love Romantic Comedies do not judge this because it is not your cup of tea. Now to the real mess: The cast was very well picked! all the evil you can handle and one girl with a hero doing everything he can to write the wrongs into a right! I love this movie just because of the philosophy and that is why it did very, very, very well in CHINA! But it seems that someone paid some people to slap bad publicity to this movie because it came out along side other movies at the box office. Oligarchy of our country is saturated with thugs and mobsters with deep pockets controlling our entertainment and our industries thus why this movie tanked in the USA, Give this movie another chance and watch it completely! Do not miss a single moment because every second explains the next and the scenes are wrapped up so perfectly that you will figure out why they mentioned or combined certain takes. I commend the cast and crew of this movie! What a great writer! a great Producer and what a good director managing thousands of crew members to do this perfect movie! When you think about it I have seen near perfect graphics , sound and actors but terrible writing and cuts that I just gave 3 to 4 stars but this one did not lack any information! I am begging for a sequel because there are so many unanswered questions, like where is the base located that rebuilds catastrophes? I am also up in arms on the planets she owns! She supposedly owns the whole galaxy! And with the son dead she is in charge of all the production but chances are the other son and daughter is snatching it up and have become stuarts of her estate. The sequel will probably focus on us being cows for the slaughter again but this time the Son that died probably promised the whole earth would be processed to a large consortium of investors that will do anything to invade earth due to a contract that was made and not accomplished. So this would be very interesting what they will do and I hope the same writers are back on the sequel. Praying for this sequel that really needs to answer the questions we have from the last. Hopefully the second time around will grow an occult following that will then push for a orgin Story made into a TV show or cartoon. We can only hope.
