From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/22/2016 7:33 PM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   >   
   > This doesn't seem to be getting any love from   
   > anybody and it's a shame.  It's the third solid   
   > SF movie to come along this year and movies that   
   > are real SF and don't degenerate into horror are   
   > rare.  The story would have fit into the pages   
   > one of the major Prozines just fine.  It starts   
   > with a (given that one has a working sleeper   
   > starship) plausible premise and everything flows   
   > from there.  It seems to get chalked for turning   
   > into "romantic comedy" but there's nothing funny   
   > about the way the romance goes--I'm guessing   
   > that that criticism comes from people who have   
   > never gone past the Golden Age of Science   
   > Fiction (12).  Could it have been better?  Yes--   
   > IMO it's main failing is that it didn't have   
   > time to tell the story it was telling--there   
   > were three major stories going at the same   
   > time--the relationship between Jim and Aurora,   
   > their coping with being alone for the rest of   
   > their lives, and the failing of the ship's   
   > systems.  Any of those could have made a movie   
   > of this length in itself, but doing all three   
   > short-changed all of them.  I don't know if   
   > another hour would have helped (I'd love to see   
   > a director's cut that fleshes out the stories   
   > though) or if it really needed to be a mini-   
   > series.   
   >   
   > I'd really like this to make enough that more   
   > movies of this general nature get made but sadly   
   > it looks like it's going to end up losing money.   
   >   
   > The original script is I understand somewhat   
   > different and not (from a genre viewpoint) in a   
   > good way.   
   >   
   > I can't help thinking that it should never have   
   > been put up against Rogue One, which IMO is the   
   > best installment in the Star Wars franchise   
   > since Empire Strikes Back.   
      
   I have yet to see "Passengers" but I have seen "Rogue One" twice.  "Rogue One"   
   for me is the best movie of 2016 with "Deadpool" a   
   very close second.  Or maybe "The Secret Life of Pets" is second for me.    
   Howard Taylor does not even come close to agreeing with me   
   either:   
        http://www.schlockmercenary.com/pages/2016-movies/   
      
   Lynn   
      
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