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[raino]

Went to see Jupiter Ascending, and after the film got out of the theater feeling determined and strangely exhilarated. Firstly, I'm determined to somehow inspire Wachowskis to film some Iain M. Banks Culture novel. At times the movie made me despair, since so great scenes and special effects were created to accompany such an ... infantile story. Some commentator remarked that the film had the feel of a Stargate fanfic written when one was 14 years old, and instead of being an insult, it was simply a fact. But I got along with the film much better, when I had the inspiration to imagine it to be a Culture story. In fact, I'd like to go see it again, but dubbed in a language I can't understand, and then come up with a new story.

But then, I was also happy, because if the somewhat stiff and clumsy lines the actors were saying are OK for a major Hollywood production, then surely my writing will do just fine for small-scale SFR.

Mila Kunis did look somewhat uncomfortable during the whole movie, and did not exhibit much emotion in her face or body language - even if her character was faced with very shocking and surprising things. Also it did not feel really natural when she confessed her love to the hero played by Channing Tatum. And somehow they were not a good lovematch. There was a space police captain whose name I forget, but anyway she felt like a much more natural match for Tatum. If I were to write fanfic for Jupiter ascending, I'd surely mate those two, who had so much in common and who physically looked like a good match.

Additional complaints include Tatum's beard - if he was a genetically engineered wolf-human, then why was he not hairy all over? My husband's theory is that Wachowskis, who were probably outcast nerds in school, spent all that money to ritually humiliate pretty but mean-looking Kunis (could be mean girl school bully) and classical sport jock type Tatum with this movie...

Design and all scenes set outside of Earth were magnificent, and with a lot of thought behind them.

I think Bank's philosophy and Wachowskis' philosophy are quite close to each other. So it would make sense for the latter to film some book from the former. Only major difference is that Banks is technophile and in favour of AI's and Wachowskis are not - there are no adorable, personable robots in Wachowski future. I wonder what they'd make of Culture AI's and robots..?

Comments

[cavefelem.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing about the love confession. Of course I knew to expect that they'd end up at least having sex, if not in a romantic relationship of some sort, but at that point in the movie it came a bit out of the blue. There didn't seem to be very much of that kind of chemistry between them, and suddenly Jupiter was all dewy-eyed about him and the audience was supposed to start believing in them as a couple.

[raino.livejournal.com]

The love confession came really from behind a bush quite abruptly, even if was obvious from the set-up that they would end up together. But I was expecting there to be some scene where they bond or something... but I'm willing to give the benefit of doubt that there's going to be a5-hour direcotr's cut where their relationship slowly blossoms.