Some films just push your lizard brain buttons regardless of its overall quality. I reckon Jupiter Ascending does that to quite a few people the way Pacific Rim does to mine.
It left me cold with the exception of those 5 minutes of Space Bureaucracy in the middle that felt right out of Brazil. I wanted en entire movie of that. I also thought Channing Taum and Mila Kunis had absolutely no chemistry (understanding that chemistry can be in the eyes of the beholder), which made me sad because here was a pairing that'd support canon bestiality and A/B/O kinks! Too bad those two were as passionate as a tangle of wet noodles.
Sean Bean's character arc was obvious to me the second his daughter coughed. If someone in a movie coughs and they aren't in the middle of a burning building, it's terminal cancer. Or consumption.
HOLY SHIT
'Star Wars' John Boyega Takes Lead In 'Pacific Rim' Sequel: [link]
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I thought Pacific Rim sequel was scrapped! But no, it has an IMDb page and everything: [link]
Boyega is set to play Stacker Pentecost's son (!), the character played by Idris Elba on the first film.
Excuse me. I need to go lie down a bit.
And Stephen S. DeKnight is listed as the director.
I ended up watching Paddington today. Which was adorable, and had Peter Capaldi in it, which I did not know ahead of time.
The mnst disturbing thing about
Paddington
is Peter Capaldi's cockney accent.
It's a wonderful movie though. I had it on the No. 5 spot in my films of 2014, and it has only improved with age (it's now at No. 3).