IMDb plot summary: A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowksi. Starring Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, and Eddie Redmayne.
Jupiter Ascending is a sci-fi epic from the Wachowskis, starring Mia Kunis as a woman who discovers she is a reincarnated space queen and is now being hunted by people who want her throne. I had high hopes for this one after I really enjoyed Valerian and the Thousand Planets, another 2010s epic sci-fi space opera that got absolutely panned by critics, but... wow, this one didn't work for me at all. The plot feels like a lazy mishmash of every 2000s YA fantasy book, but written to rush through all the world building as quickly as possible to get to the werewolf romance. The dialogue is so poorly written, alternately too expository and not expository enough. I really like a lot of this cast, but their performances are so flat and lifeless here, with the exception of Eddie Redmayne, who is delivering a delightfully unhinged villain performance that almost saves the movie a couple times. Overall, this movie needed more attention paid to its worldbuilding and its dialogue. It feels like a first draft rushed into production relying on cool visuals, and it's just not good enough to justify that.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Jupiter Ascending < For Pete's Sake
Jupiter Ascending > Zorba the Greek
Jupiter Ascending < The Conversation
Jupiter Ascending < Water for Elephants
Jupiter Ascending < The Preacher's Wife
Jupiter Ascending < A Mighty Wind
Jupiter Ascending > Falling In Love
Jupiter Ascending < The Spanish Prisoner
Jupiter Ascending < The Fundamentals of Caring
Jupiter Ascending < The 5th Wave
Jupiter Ascending > A Month by the Lake
Final spot: #2955 out of 3982, or 26%.
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