Passengers: Movie Analysis

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Unlike most reviews out there, this "Passengers" review is actually favorable!

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are on a giant, fully automated space ship along with 5000 other passengers and over 200 crew members. Their destination is Homestead II, a beautiful, Earth-like planet capable of sustaining humans and other life forms from Earth. The trip lasts around 120 years. Fuck me, right? Luckily, the passengers are in a hibernation mode with their body functions stopped to a halt so they will arrive to Homestead II just as fresh as they were when they started the trip.

Unfortunately for Chris Pratt, his hibernation chamber malfunctions and he is awaken 90 years before schedule. 90 fucking years! Completely by himself, he manages to cope …show more content…

Why is "Passengers" Awesome?

Let's deal with the obvious first. So there are no encounters with aliens, no epic twists, or plots in which it turns out that Pratt and Lawrence are actually in an insane asylum and the entire movie is just in their heads. It's not that kind of movie. What this movie is, is a space romance with incredible acting from Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, and a rather heavy topic.

The dude woke up and realized he is about to spend 90 years completely alone! Imagine what was going on in his head. That's the main strength of this movie: Making you think about what would you in his situation? How long would you remain sane? How long before you start thinking about killing yourself, realizing that your entire life is pointless. That you won't talk to another human being ever again or feel anyone's touch...A likable android bartender and a shitload of whiskey can get you only so far.

But what if you could change that? What if you had the ability to wake other passengers? Would you be a moral rock and live on your on until the rest of your life, or would you succumb to relentless desolation that slowly sucks the life out of you? Would you wake up another passenger knowing that you ruined their life as well? "Passengers depicts this problem very well and allows you to relate to the

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