PASSENGERS (2016)
Enjoyable..Romantic..Sci-Fi
It never ceases to amaze me when I stumble on an enjoyable film, which I know i have flicked passed probably a few hundred times in the pursuit of a good watch..
This Passenger's titled movie, has just a wonderful human story, about an ordinary man Jim Preston, played superbly by (Chris Pratt) Jim a passenger on the Spaceship Avalon, who has sort a new life as a hands on engineer, to help build a new colony called Homestead 2, on a new habitable earth like planet, but unfortunately it all goes badly wrong, as Jims hibernation pod malfunctions, and wakes Jim up early in the 30th year of the spaceship Avalons 120 year journey..
Jim searches this huge spaceship only to find he is all alone, all except for an android bar tender called Arthur, played wonderfully by (Michael Sheen) and being Jims only source of one on one conversation..
With 4999 people, and 258 crew members, all still fast asleep in their hibernation pods, Jim excepts his situation, with 90 years of this spaceships journey still to go, he starts to enjoy the ships benefits, and using all the facilities that are avaliable to him..
As the months pass, Jim starts to feel an over whelming sense of lonelinoess, that sends him spiraling down into a deep dark depression, then one day after a failed attempt of ending his nightmare, he walks pass a hibernation pod, and a beautiful woman catches his eye, this young woman fast asleep in her pod, looking totally peacefull and serene,
This young woman called Aurora, played just wonderfully by (Jennifer Lawrence)
Aurora Lane, a journalist and writer, her dream to be the first journalist to travel there and back to Earth and write a fantastic story of her Homestead 2 visit..
Jim now just desperately lonely, short circuits Aurora's pod, and she wakes up early, but she has no idea why her hibernation pod has malfunctioned like Jims, or so she thinks..
As this terrific storyline plays out, of lies deception and love, that just keeps your attention from start to finish, and with just stunning breathtaking cinematography views, of the spaceship Avalon and surrounding cosmos, making this movie just a terrific all round watch..
So what about Aurora Lane, well Aurora doesn't know this yet, but she is going to be the author of the most fantastical story, about how a hands on Engineer Jim Presscot and herself meet, fall in love, and save the lives of 5255 people, probably one of humanitys greatest ever stories to have been told and wrote about, and just maybe even turned into a movie..
Of interest...
The spaceship Avalons a.i.voice, was provided by voice over artist Emma Clarke, who is better known for her (Mind The Gap) voice on London underground..
The spacesuit scene where Jim and Aurora kiss, the first shot of that scene, was when they both realised it was one hell of a problem to deliver that kiss due to their spacesuits, but their reactions were so enjoyable and funny, that very scene was kept in the film...