Passengers

[Kerney]

Saw it, kinda liked it but also felt the plot holes were unrealistic. On one hand ship was cool with lots of realistic touches like rotating artificial gravity.

On the other hand the world was way too comfortable/luxurious (doesn't mean I don't want that pool), Aurora's reasoning for the trip was foolish beyond belief.

Spoiler:

Would have killed off Chris Pratt at the end and made Jennifer Lawrence preggers.

Basically I wanted to like this movie and to some extent do, but it could have been a lot better. It's like the Thirteenth Warrior, where there are a lot of cool moments of awesomeness, only the package doesn't come together and I feel sorry for the script writer who wrote this probably wrote the script to please industry executives (at least that's what it felt like) who wanted a nice safe, luxurious universe for the characters.

[KJL]

There were a few minor physics glitches

Spoiler:

The ship appeared to produce gravity by a combination of rotation and acceleration. When the power to the drive cut out gravity should have reduced and changed direction but the rotation component should still have been there.

The globing of the water was good (assuming total gravity loss) but Aurora should still have been able to swim through the water normally when she was submerged and so get her head clear.

Aurora being sucked into the room in vacuum was correct and a high wind speed in the almost closed doorway around Jim was fine but the wind through the room shouldn't have been affecting Aurora the way it did once she was in the room away from the door and the hole. It was a small hole.

However, these aren't things that would be noticed by most people. Probably acceptable dramatic licence. I really enjoyed the film. Rich people who are going to be on the ship for two months are going to want to be comfortable although it's a big investment to be used once in 200 years rather than stay in orbit to support the colony (and if it isn't coming back

Spoiler:

someone sold Aurora her return ticket under false pretences)

. Aurora's plan is no more foolish than that of the colonists

Spoiler:

- they are going to a new world physically and she is going to a new time (where she will be a valuable living history resource - imagine how we would love to be able to talk to someone from the 1850s)

. It's a one-way trip for both.

[Pan]

I enjoyed it and think it was a good fit inside the length of a feature film despite some nonsensical elements.

spoiler:

One thing im surprised nobody mentioned so far is, how dangerous the ship systems were. I mean there was no protocol for a passenger waking unexpectedly. I get that systems have developed to the point it "doesn't ever happen" but still its not exactly a no chance event.

Furthermore, the ship is badly damaged but doesn't wake crew or make any notification to the effect? Seems like a poor design feature.

Aurora:

Not following why Auroa was so foolish. The way the folks act in the film this type of travel goes without a hitch. The character wanted to get experiences and get out from under her father's shadow. What better way then removing a few generations? /shrug