by tbeasley » Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:42 am
Well this was kind of terrible which is a shame because there's a lot going for it. There are some cool ideas and designs but the Wachowskis are trying to be a little too clever for their own good here. I normally like their approach to crazy ideas. Tonally their movies are very different, but they're a lot like Nolan in how they respect the audience enough to follow dense stories and pick up on things. But Jupiter Ascending is so incomprehensible and hokey. Even the action scenes are a chore and so hard to follow. There's also some really hammy, melodramatic acting from the bad guys, and not in a good way either.
I wouldn't say it's as bad as other recent space adventures like Green Lantern or John Carter, but imagine a less quirky, more cringe inducing and mostly conventional version of Guardians of the Galaxy and you have this. I hope Kingsman turns out better next week.
~ Tyler
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