Friday 6 February 2015

Film Review: Jupiter Ascending

Genre: Action  Adventure  Fantasy

Cert: 12A

Director: Andy Wachowski (as The Wachowskis) , Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)

Screen writer: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Starring: Mila Kunis , Channing Tatum , Sean Bean , Eddie Redmayne , Douglas Booth , Tuppence Middleton , Nikki Amuka-Bird , Christina Cole , Nicholas A. Newman , Ramon Tikaram , Ariyon Bakare , Maria Doyle Kennedy , Frog Stone , David Ajala , Doona Bae

Running time: 127 min


Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: body are seen naked nothing revealing, woman walks out of a bath naked only her back is seen.

Violence & Gore: Body are seen being dissected , fight scene through out most of the film, fight scene main character & a lizard character.

Profanity: Few strong language through the film

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: some sort of alcohol is seen being drunk at a dinner table

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene can be intense & the dragon-dinosaur type lizard could be disturbing for younger viewers.



Story: Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Likes : First of all with all the bad review's im aware that people are entitled to there own opinion but come on, these bad reviews make out like this film is a seriously bad & not worth watch, yet viewing this myself these reviews are complete unfair as this film is not as bad as some people are making it to be.
Yes there is a few flaws but what film is perfect, there is no film that has been made that is perfect in every way with a out any flaw or two in it, i believe these bad review are just hating on it because of the matrix film's like everyone hates on terminator because of Michael bay serious people should just give up reviewing film if you have to say is negative reviews pulling the whole film down.
From viewing the film the visual & C.G.I effect are just outstanding to really show a sci-fi world & space crafts, the story-line is a bit weird but not understandable to a point you don't know what is happening or what the story is about, this film pretty much explains this at the beginning which set the tone of how these alien life form live in their social circles.
Alot of review say that Mila Kunis character Jupiter Jones should of been a bit more of a stronger woman type role in this film which i disagree with, because i felt she done a pretty good performance portraying her character. People seem to think that caring about the world, friends & family is weak but it not it show strength in character which i felt her character was portraying a girl that has just found out she has a whole new life & destiny but also finding out what this race of people are doing you cant expect her to just adapt to this situation just like that i thin she done really well with this role.
Channing Tatum playing the hero of the film is probable the first time ive seen him in a role that actual suited him although at time i found he a little reserved in he acting like he not given he full self which is shame because his acting in this film is pretty good for the character he is portraying.
 Eddie Redmayne playing the role of the villain in the film 
Balem Abrasax who we saw from the trailers of this film,i would agree with some point that his voice or the way he speak could be hard for some people to understand, not to say he didn't do a bad job playing the role, as he performance portrayed his character with mother issue like a pretentious little brat with to much power.
But then most of the other characters in this film are portrayed with this selfishness to out do each other for power like Kalique Abrasax played by Tuppence Middleton & Titus Abrasax played by Douglas Booth, this is the way their society come across in the film which is good because it gave the concept a bit more of a dramatic SCI-fi story mix which i think most people were thinking this would be an all out space battle type film, as most reviews compared this with a star-wars film which it nothing like that at all.
It is a great critic of our own society we are living in, where the whole human life cycle is influencing people to believe that the purpose of their lives is to seek : money, power, eternal youth before you run-out of time and it's too late to do anything about which leads to greed & corruption that is cleverly put in to this film alien society.
As ive said this film is pretty good in way of music score which is absolutely perfect for this film, along with it special effect that brings this film to life, i special love the Reptilian Dino-dragon lizard race i feel these are like soldiers or warrior race, as the look awesome but look mean like if you came up against one it would be a formidable enemy, ya this is heavy influence from star wars, star trek with different looking races & characters with a concept very similar to Brazil society concept, those that have seen Brazil will know what i mean by that.
To be honest this wasn't as bad as people were making it to be but ya there are a few flaws but still worth watching film, i would suggest watching this in 2D because when it comes to Green screen effect ,3D dosent always work it looks bad on screen.


Dislikes : As ive said there is a few flaws, one being the Ariel fight scene shoot up the place in the middle of the city like that way you see in the scene, you would expect military action with the air force with the amount of time they were fighting air to air combat, this was kind of unrealistic really should of been add in to the film really.
A few back ground story's should of been explain more like how the race of society came about & why Jupiter Jones was royalty in the first place other that just being a look alike of the queen before this should of been explained more. Eddie Redmayne although he did do a good performance i wasn't really feeling the bad ass villain that you should be scared off, he just came across a bit wimpy as a villain i feel this role should of been give to a much stronger actor that could pull the dark concept villain in a way that you can feel this guy is someone not to be messed with Eddie just didn't come across like that playing Balem Abrasax .

Overall : Brilliant visual & special effect, Great story-line, great acting but not perfect.

Rating: 5 out of 5 for entertainment / 7.9 out of 10 for concept




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