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'Mickey 17' to hit streaming services after a disappointing month in theaters (koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)
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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Oh, I thought it released already since it β€žappeared” on my media center last weekend in a very good quality.

Tap for spoilerPretty good movie with a botched ending. As a person in chronic pain I particularly liked how Pattison played that gentle, accepting attitude you get toward repeated trauma. Sucks that the movie switched into Hollywood mode for the last part, it would be one of my all time favourites otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Looked like a neat movie i was interested in seeing I just don't like going to movie theaters now that OLED tvs and atmos sound systems exist.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It was an interesting movie I thought, not terrible but not great

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I enjoyed it, but it felt like it could've done with some editing.

Spoilers in which I try to figure out how I'd fix it, as if I know anything about thisTimo and Kai in particular both disappear for large stretches of the film after getting enough attention to be significant parts of the film but not enough to satisfactorily conclude their storylines. Maybe combining their roles would have worked? Replace Kai's brief romantic interest with Timo wanting his "friend" back. Timo wants Mickey 17 specifically because he won't push back on Timo's bullshit. That way the now-combined storyline for that character gets to feel much more complete and we're probably also taking less time to do it because we don't need to introduce Kai

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I hope filmmakers keep expermenting with unusual premises like this. Can't help but think they'll gesture to the financial performance of this one and use it as an excuse not to take risks.

Maybe it will have a long tail on streaming!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

I saw this in theaters, it was great! Wouldn't mind rewatching it at some point.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I was kind of hoping it would be this story about this guy that is trapped living forever unable to die. His mind is uploaded and then used for thousands of years. Always the one that goes on risky missions. All his memories are synced and he remembers every death.

It would be this kind of story about how this guy copes with his reality goes through all kinds of emotions starting with excitement then depression and nihilism and then ends where he embraces a form of insanity and absurdism.

Instead it was just a narrative about trump in space.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's basically what the book is about

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Sick! looks like I got a new book to read.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

I enjoyed it greatly, it’s sad to hear that it had a disappointing turn-out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wanted to go see it but it’s been a busier month than I was expecting. I should do a better job of keeping my calendar up to date

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

It was the same with Morbius for me. Please Sony re-release it πŸ₯Ί

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Snowpiercer in space. Not that great

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

If you're going to oversimplify a story that much, remember there are only a couple dozen or so different stories, and they were all written thousands of years ago.

In this case, Mickey 17 would more accurately be Moses in Space, just like Snowpiecer is Moses on a Train. And since neither are original, neither are that great.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It’s the same director. It’s not the stretch you argue lol

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's irrelevant to my actual argument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Not everything new is based on something from a few thousand years ago. Sure you can argue anything

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

"Based on" wouldn't be the right term. That would require some knowing intention to make a new version of an old story. I'm saying even if you try to make a new story, it'll either suck, or be very much like another story written thousands of years ago.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Moses on the polar express

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I enjoyed it but definitely glad I didn't pay to see it in the theater. The first half of the movie wasn't very exciting because they already showed all of it in trailers.