Well, I was planning on tossing up a different
post, but this one’s going to have to take precedence. Blame Hollywood.
Now then.
If you’ve followed this blog for long enough, you may know that I have…expressed my distaste for Final Fantasy 13-2 (i.e. I consider it
the worst game I’ve ever played). That
distaste stands strong today, but there’s been a nasty side effect: since then,
I’ve been iffy about any story that features time travel. More specifically, if a story features some
space-time shenanigans, then I’m hoping that it’s used to great effect. Based on what I’ve seen semi-recently, my
hopes have been dashed. It’s to the
point where I waited for good news on Project
Almanac -- though apparently, I was a fool for putting stock in a Platinum Dunes
production.
Still, there was one other movie I was interested
in, and as such checked Rotten Tomatoes much more frequently than I usually do. Said movie?
Jupiter Ascending. Because as you know, SPACE IS AWESOME…but even the
awesomeness of space is hard to swallow based on the info surrounding the
movie. I remember looking up info and
plot details, and upon reading up on how Mila Kunis plays some prophesized
queen of the galaxy or whatever, my heart sank so fast that it’s shacking up
with mole-men. Even then, I figured that
the movie would be good enough. It’s not
the first story to feature a chosen one, and it won’t be the last. As long as the execution is high enough, then
--
It pretty much started at 35% on Rotten
Tomatoes. Oooooooooooof.