decided to see this in the theater. It's a perfectly acceptable film that holds your attention. The bad reviews are nowhere near as bad as they make it sound.

They rushed through some major moments, and there were probably 3 or 4 really cheesy scenes that lacked the foundation/context to have them pay off correctly.

I didn't have an issue at all with JLaw's performance. All of the female critic angle that was bashing the "man controls the fate of woman" **** couldn't have been more wrong. I don't know what movie they were watching.

Nothing overly amazing or that wows you, and I think a deeper movie that really investigates the decision that Pratt is faced with would have been a better underlying point than the issues with the ship. I think that device was used to move the movie along and give it "reason," but with that decision it sacrifices the ability to dive deeper into the stronger elements at play.

A solid B movie.

i give him a pass....great scripts don't always turn into great movies.

I saw potential in that movie, they just failed to explore some things that would have improved the end result greatly. they took the easy and stereotypical hollywood way out sometimes.

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This thread title is why tctts' opinion is suspect.

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Kinda like your political opinions.

TCTTS said:

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Scripts can be WAY different than finished products. Doesn't take a genius to understand that. I still maintain that it was a great read.

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If films are often so far different than the tctts opinion on the script, why do you continually pump films based on your panties wetting due to a greenlight?

Over the past 3-4 years your "omfg go see this movie" recommendations have been C+s to B-s. Sure there are the occasional hits and I would say a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut BUT you aren't a blind squirrel. You have built yourself up as an insider who is in the know, but in reality you are just a mix between a Belieber and a wrestlers hype-man.

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TCTTS said:

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Scripts can be WAY different than finished products. Doesn't take a genius to understand that. I still maintain that it was a great read.

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If films are often so far different than the tctts opinion on the script, why do you continually pump films based on your panties wetting due to a greenlight?

Over the past 3-4 years your "omfg go see this movie" recommendations have been C+s to B-s. Sure there are the occasional hits and I would say a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut BUT you aren't a blind squirrel. You have built yourself up as an insider who is in the know, but in reality you are just a mix between a Belieber and a wrestlers hype-man.

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who got your panties in a wad?.....relax.

I don't put my movie going stock in the opinions of a message board - certainly not a single poster no matter who they are.

You sound like you feel like you've been burned on movie recommendations - like my friend who still holds it against me 20+ years later because he asked me about "The Crying Game"....I told him it had a great plot twist - lol. To this day he won't go see anything I recommend not matter how good it is. And I didn't even say Crying Game was good, I just said it had a great twist - lol.

This movie was far from a C+ to B-....it was a pretty good movie. a few issues but it was spectacular in its visuals and effects and it had some thought provoking moments. I was entertained. He also never raved about this movie so much - he actually said how different it was from the original script and pointed out some issues. I took it with a grain of salt - so should you. Even if it is a B-ish movie thats above average. they can't all be masterpieces.

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TCTTS said:

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Scripts can be WAY different than finished products. Doesn't take a genius to understand that. I still maintain that it was a great read.

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If films are often so far different than the tctts opinion on the script, why do you continually pump films based on your panties wetting due to a greenlight?

Over the past 3-4 years your "omfg go see this movie" recommendations have been C+s to B-s. Sure there are the occasional hits and I would say a blind squirrel eventually finds a nut BUT you aren't a blind squirrel. You have built yourself up as an insider who is in the know, but in reality you are just a mix between a Belieber and a wrestlers hype-man.

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I've read your first sentence at least six times now and still can't understand what it is you're trying to say.

But to address the second part, A) you come across as kind of insane - like I slept with your wife or something, and B) I try my absolute best NOT to "build myself up as an insider." Yes, I talk passionately about movies and the movie-making process, and yes, I answer questions when asked, but NONE of it is with the intention to come across as some kind of Hollywood insider.

That said, my opinions of movies are just that - OPINIONS. Also, one's ability to predict whether a movie will be good or not does not necessarily correspond to one's industry knowledge. If I respond to a trailer in a positive way, I'm responding to the TRAILER, and I try hard to, time and again, reiterate that the movie itself could be crap, whenever there's a question of quality. But I get excited just like anyone else, and I'm not going to apologize for that. At times, I love the build up to a movie just as much as the movie itself (if not more so, in some cases), and if that bothers you, tough.

Finally, just to set the record straight on Passengers, specifically, I'm not alone in calling it one of the best scripts I've ever read. I know two separate creative execs at two very prominent productions companies who, for years, made their interns read that script on day one as the perfect example of the kind of high concept writing they're looking for. That script has been THE staple in terms of "THIS is how you do it" quality when it comes to sci-fi spec writing industry wide, for quite some time. Maybe that makes me a sheep, or maybe that just reinforces your sh*tty opinion of Hollywood, but either way, I wasn't alone. Far from it.

Point is, the mistake you're making is interpreting my excitement for something as my seal of approval for the final project, or even my prediction that it's going to be good. As if it's some game that should be tallied, when that's the last game I'm trying to play. You know just as well as I do that the vast majority of the time it's a crap shoot, and not even Spielberg himself could do any better at "predicting" this stuff than anyone else.