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Redbeard25Dec 24, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Does anyone else feel like this one got killed by direction and editing? - There is a balance between implied and spoken exposition. This movie failed on both counts. The doomsday world scenario and flashbacks needed more spoken explanation. The Arctic/Spaceship needed less. Do we have to have the “lead character walks though and introduces the quirks of the supporting cast” scenes? - Even in 2049, I highly doubt every computer screen looks like a videogame. - Why do you have to perform one function at one computer terminal, and then a different function at a different one? In fact, with super-Alexa, why do you have to use a screen at all?
- How have we solved faster-than-light communications? I know it makes for difficult movie making but just make it a plot point instead of OMG SUNSPOT INTERFERNCE or REBOOT TEH COMMMMZZZ. - No way a crew that large just “notices” that they’re off course, especially when they’re out of communication. It would be all hands on deck 24/7.
- No way a crew that trained would not know where they were. There are stars out there, for Pete’s sake. - The young Iris plot line seemed super-contrived, and the initial scene with the mother looking for her not-Iris daughter with the pronoun game really felt in retrospect like something they tacked on due to audience response. It was vaguely sixth sense, but in that case, both the protagonist and supporting character are in the same state, so it makes more sense. In this world, his level of interaction with Iris was too physical. Like the peas. The peas. Don’t tell me to give peas a chance. - I’m sure in 2049, nano-carbon technology makes it so you can have swooping gorgeous honeycomb structures with no purpose in a short-haul spaceship. - Also in 2049, you can receive a fatal injury in your spacesuit and not feel pain? I guess?

I want to see a re-edited version of this film. I want to like it.… Expand

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RomsesDec 26, 2020

Oh my God this movie is so bad!
The scenario is so bad. All the turnarounds are super predictable and brings no surprise.
This movie isn't realistic at all. In the end this movie isn't a good tragedy, it isn't a good sci-fi movie it isn't anOh my God this movie is so bad!
The scenario is so bad. All the turnarounds are super predictable and brings no surprise.
This movie isn't realistic at all. In the end this movie isn't a good tragedy, it isn't a good sci-fi movie it isn't an ecology movie. This movie is just a waste of time.
They try to bring something more with the music, but after one hour of sad melody, the music brings nothing more than despair.
Clooney brings nothing here.… Expand

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RobvpDec 26, 2020

Terrible, unrealistic, pretentious, storyless movie. Sorry it takes talent to write a real science fiction movie.. check Interstellar a few times and try again.. or not.

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JEsFsFDec 29, 2020

If you liked 'Ad Astra' you'd probably like this, but not as much. The pacing is glacial. it's dark, it's depressing. It's s l o w. Reasons to watch: we're hard up for entertainment; it's free on Netflix; some of the visuals areIf you liked 'Ad Astra' you'd probably like this, but not as much. The pacing is glacial. it's dark, it's depressing. It's s l o w. Reasons to watch: we're hard up for entertainment; it's free on Netflix; some of the visuals are stunning. I'd almost recommend watching it for the visuals, except that it's agonizingly slow and disappointingly pointless. If 'Ad Astra' offended you because of its random-plot-tricks-masquerading-as-science, this will offend you more, because at least 'Ad Astra' had some urgency in its pacing. The dialog dumb, the "emotions" forced. Cut it down to twenty minutes of visuals with some nice music, it would be a beautiful screensaver.… Expand

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MajestikflowDec 25, 2020

while sitting down watching this on netflix. i was able to tell what was going to happen step by step. am i psychic? no. they just copied every other movie that tells the same story. nothing original at all. poor acting from a cast you wouldwhile sitting down watching this on netflix. i was able to tell what was going to happen step by step. am i psychic? no. they just copied every other movie that tells the same story. nothing original at all. poor acting from a cast you would expect a lot more from. even poorer screen writing. they took a few movies on space and copy & pasted them together to get the midnight sky. i think this is my first movie review on this site or maybe ever. i felt compelled to let someone know, so they don't waste 2 hours of their time. its boring, no action, no drama, no sci-fi cutting edge story. a bland cooker cutter movie churned out by hollywood. its harder and harder to find good movies now. im not sure why.… Expand

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HerickDienerJan 4, 2021

Eu torci muito para que a catástrofe acontecesse matando todos os personagens para que o filme acabasse logo. Acredito que não era isso que eles queriam passar com a história.

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randomfrogDec 25, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Calling this Sci-Fi would be a horrible insult. Its cringeworthy.

The plot fails on nearly 100% of the scifi points. A huge moon with a biosphere next to Jupiter? Totally. Would have been discovered by Galileo Gallilei..., FAIL. A optical telescope observatory in the arctic? Covered skys, excess water. The worst possible place to build an observatory. A radioastronomy object would have made vague sense. FAIL. The basic idea to not reach the spaceship due to insufficient sender capacity and the need to travel through the wasteland to a weather station instead (that obviously has better deep space capabilities than a dedicated station)? Insane. The size of that thing rivals the Deep Space Network stuff, and thats used to communicate with a 1970s Voyager on the outer rims of the solar system. But a 2049 spaceship with antennas the size of a bus fails to pickup the directed signal?? FAIL. Asteroid belt being a trouble for the spaceship?? FAIL.
A two year mission to Jupiter is also quite rapid, but the spaceship looks like it was a crossover between a Bablyon5 destroyer and a 2010 vessel, so might be okay for a torchship style.
Thats just the obvious science goofs.

Lets talk plot. The ideas are just bland, nothing fresh. The background story is not explained, just some apocalypse with not real details. The characters are boring. Very US focussed characters as well. Global apocalypse but all computer screen displays focus on north america. The plot resolution is also terrible. Just tell the crew to turn back to the new planet. To do what? 10-20 people cannot found a colony, especially not when half the movie echoes "the colony ship didn't make it". Kind of hillarious. The first scene when people get evactuated basically tells "We wanna die at home" and the main character fights so his daughter may die "away from home"...

Do not waste your time. Some FX is nicely done, but most videogames have nicer ship designs, thats about all plus points i could see.… Expand

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katezoeDec 24, 2020

George Clooney directs this maudlin science-fiction drama. Bland acting and a story that has been done too many times. A waste of time.

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FederalAgentDec 24, 2020

It just doesn't mesh at all this movie.It's like seeing what Goerge Clooney has jotted down in his little notebook about directing as he has moved through his career on film and television sets.It felt like all the little pages of hisIt just doesn't mesh at all this movie.It's like seeing what Goerge Clooney has jotted down in his little notebook about directing as he has moved through his career on film and television sets.It felt like all the little pages of his scibblings strung out on a length of sting with gaps inbetween where the glue and finesse should be that creates all the magic cohesion. Caoilinn Springall who played Iris was the star of this movie.… Expand

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james-cordobanDec 24, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Overused story telling methods, really uninspired. We were joking that the small girl is imagined and the pregnant woman on the ship is his daughter. So the biggest surprise was that we were actually right on both terms :facepalm:… Expand

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CasandraComplexDec 31, 2020

Unfortunately, this film was just a vehicle for, yet again, Hollywoods insistance that everyone needs to be lectured from them under the guise of entertainment. Bi-racial couples, check. Simplistic understanding and explanations of complexUnfortunately, this film was just a vehicle for, yet again, Hollywoods insistance that everyone needs to be lectured from them under the guise of entertainment. Bi-racial couples, check. Simplistic understanding and explanations of complex environmental upheaval, check. Aging white mâle professor, mournful and accepting responsibility on behalf of the entire human races tendency to destroy our eco systems... responsibility accepted on behalf of all white males. Of course I'm reading into the subtext because it appears that THAT is all that's left to read these days. Gone are the days of watching movies for entertainment... no no no we can't have actual stories interfering with Hollywoods supreme role as school marm of the blatantly Obvious.… Expand

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BoogieKingDec 28, 2020

Extremely weak story. And what a twist! Never could have seen that one coming!

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Kevin777Dec 25, 2020

Omg I thought Netflix bright was the worst movie ever but this is it’s equal nothing happens slow boring waste of time even making this movie.
Spoiler alert nothing happens

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Bl4ckSh33pDec 27, 2020

Very disappointing and boring movie. I didn't expect much but there's nothing there. Some nice snow storms and stones in space.

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bertobellamyDec 27, 2020

Bland and boring sci-fi movie with no heart at all. George Clooney and screenwriter Mark L. Smith want us to care about these characters that are not that interesting. Besides, they want to trick the audience with two or three things withoutBland and boring sci-fi movie with no heart at all. George Clooney and screenwriter Mark L. Smith want us to care about these characters that are not that interesting. Besides, they want to trick the audience with two or three things without mentioning THAT melodramatic twist. Overall, Clooney and Netflix want to dictate how we feel through all the film, especially with the music, dumb flashbacks, and feel-good photography.… Expand

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augustwoDec 28, 2020

Clooney should spend more time learning how to direct than trying to be a politician. He obviously has a lot of work to do. The only thing worse than the beginning of this movie was the rest of it. I fell asleep the first attempt thenClooney should spend more time learning how to direct than trying to be a politician. He obviously has a lot of work to do. The only thing worse than the beginning of this movie was the rest of it. I fell asleep the first attempt then came back determined to finish it. Wish I had spent my time on anything else.… Expand

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sayehDec 27, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So many problems. All the storylines that are supposed to be heart-wrenching are ruined by horrible pacing and the predictability of it all. Lots of liberties are taken with the science that are neither realistic nor explained enough to maintain the suspension of disbelief. For instance, Maya suffers a mortal wound, that breaks skin and bleeds profusely, but not catastrophic decompression from her suit being punctured. K-23 is an Earth-sized, Earth-like moon of Jupiter that took centuries longer than all other Jovian moons to be discovered, and it still is unnamed. The disaster than befalls earth is also never revealed nor are its properties sensical enough for the user to suspend disbelief. Why are the crew not preventing a pregnant woman from carrying out an extremely dangerous spacewalk? Finally, why at the end are the main characters on the space station not completely devastated by the fact that if it's just them and their kid, there's no hope for the survival of humanity on K-23?… Expand

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DrBlahBlahDec 25, 2020

a tedious melodramatic and sentimental slog. clooney should stick to acting.

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NewNewAmsterdamDec 28, 2020

As a strong believer in the coming eco disaster and climate change, and a strong non believer in Woke politics, this movie gets it wrong, as Clooney as a character, actor and director always does. Clooney has always been all about the elitistAs a strong believer in the coming eco disaster and climate change, and a strong non believer in Woke politics, this movie gets it wrong, as Clooney as a character, actor and director always does. Clooney has always been all about the elitist Hollywood way of explaining problems, and loves symbolic empty causes and gestures as he showed with his Darfur campaign in the past. The Midnight Sky is overacted, over dramatized and misses the real point about either actual human solutions to eco problems (stopping cuddling and over population for starters ) and makes a Hollywood drama out of surviving a potential disaster, where as reality will be neither Mad Max nor Clooney drama but just tough real problems like running out of clean water, or resources or dealing with all or tech and techno fixes disasters. Clooney is the true salon-socialist or Hollywood democrat, and less a real progressive then he is truly old Hollywood. Monuments Men was probably an even bigger trainwreck.… Expand

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PJSmovieDec 26, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good Lord, this was utterly disappointing. Compelling enough to get to the end, but at the end I resented spending 2 hours on that garbage. Every single thing about it was predictable, and ridiculous. Like, you’re dead from hypothermia dude. Like, you can’t save the human race with incest babies. Like, we can see the space walk disaster coming from 10 miles away...seriously? Etc etc etc. Have some respect for your audience, man. And the music is uninspired, sappy, almost condescending. Ugh. What a shame to use all those resources to tell such a hopeless and stupid story. And then the credits roll over the most monotonous scene in the history of film—of them pressing meaningless buttons presumably what, setting course for the moon-planet where they will have to make their children have sex with each other in order to live more than one generation? Gross. And all of humanity is dead or underground until they starve, certainly including the two idiots who thought they could go down into the apocalyptic hellscape and somehow meet their families. Gag. What a piece of crap premise in every way. Never reading that book!… Expand

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BarnyDec 24, 2020

Drama without much substance, hyped up. Beautiful photography, CGI and costumes, passable acting (they frankly look bored) and script full of inconsistencies. Also, very slow pace with overemphasis on pointless exposition and blanks stares. Meh.