What you may need to know:
1. Jupiter (Mila Kunis) is a mild-mannered janitor (just like Hong Kong Phooey) destined for greatness. When Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered hunter arrives on earth, Jupiter discovers that she is heir to an inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
2. Does anyone else find this whole “Wachowski siblings” thing ridiculous? Surely “The Wachowskis” covers everything?
3. After two diabolical Matrix sequels, Speed Racer (2008) and Cloud Atlas (2012), the Wachowskis have squandered more goodwill than M Night Shyamalan.
4. Poor Channing – looks like he’s playing with the double handicap of a ropey British accent and bad facial hair.
5. Jupiter Ascending was originally slated for release in July 2014 but Warner Bros pushed it back by seven months. Box office competition? Spongebob: Sponge out of Water.
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Wachowskis Descending.
Release Date: February 6, 2015.
(DelBoy is away. Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)
the trailer is unwatchable
I watched it. I fear your brain is unworking.
‘Cloud Atlas’ is a great film if you’ve read the first half of the book to give some aspects more context. But it was a great film.
I don’t agree with it 100%, this is a good defense of ‘Speed Racer’
http://badassdigest.com/2013/11/20/hulks-favorite-movies-speed-racer-2008/
Speed Racer is an unappreciated gem, Cloud Atlas is an amazing, beautiful, lush, ambitious piece of film-making that I love, but which is seriously flawed – most notably by the awful prosthetics that changed the age/race/sex of the characters (not all were awful – some were seamless, but you don’t notice until you check the credits.) There were valid artistic reasons for doing it, but it ended up sadly undermining the film’s aesthetic and the viewer’s suspension of disbelief. Brilliant book, too.
SO… I really want this film to be the one that clicks for the Wachowskis, because it looks likes it could be loads of fun.
The plot of this looks AWESOME! Very original and with superb leads that have clearly been chosen for their acting pedigree.
Can’t wait.
You, sir, are a Hollywood executives wettest of dream.
Mila Kunis, only info required
+1
+MILF Status (as of the other day)
They wrote V for Vendetta so they free pass for life from me anyway. This however, looks shit.
FTFY
they wrote the screenplay for V for Vendetta
Hey Channing, Spock wants his ears back and James Hetfield wants his beard ! Neither look good on ya young man.
Given that he’s from a different planet is it fair to say that his accent is a ropey British one? Maybe it’s just his Jupiterian dialect or whatever.
I like the way the poster makes it look as if he’s about to fondly kiss the top of her head, only to discover she’s a cardboard cut-out, and now he’s wondering if he’s a cardboard cut-out, too.
….is he not fumbling with her bra clasp? Darned things !
Actually, she just told him Pluto was a planet again and dropped the mic.
Speed Racer is fantastic – Chim Chim cookies to the naysayers.