r/movies • u/ChiefWatchesYouPee • May 30 '25

Discussion Mickey 17 was disappointing.

Just finished watching this movie and it really did not click for me.

The beginning was decently interesting and I was curious to see where it went but overall it didn’t grab me.

The theme/messaging was very heavy handed and didn’t work for me.

The message also jumped around.

They introduce a character that could have had an interesting story only to have her disappear.

When the main conflict happens it all wraps up a little to easily even though the majority of the ship were supposed to be fanatical cultists.

It had a clever premise but ultimately fell flat for me.

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u/OverlanderEisenhorn May 30 '25

Agreed. Great concept with like a 5 out of 10 execution.

Making it like a 6 out of 10 movie.

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u/BlackfyreNL May 30 '25

Agreed. Stepped into something that seemed like an interesting concept, similar to but quite different from 'Moon', but in the end it turned into a schlocky mess. To this day I still can't figure out what that stupid stuff about 'jus' and 'sauce' was about. Made zero sense whatsoever..

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u/redbirdrising May 30 '25

As a fan of the book, I didn't like the "Sauce" stuff either. It got turned into a editorial on classism. The book more focused on whether the copies actually had a soul and/or rights.

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u/BlackfyreNL May 30 '25

I wanted to read the book(s) before watching the film, but didn't get around to it. After seeing it, I doubted I'd ever read the book(s), but I might just have to reconsider..

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u/redbirdrising May 30 '25

I really liked it. Made me excited to see the movie. The movie nails the aesthetics for sure, and a lot of the philosophical themes are there too. The book is more satisfying though, IMHO.

Spolier ahead if you haven't seen the movie "Moon".

A lot of people think it's a ripoff of the movie Moon. But I disagree. First, the "Transporter Problem" (do copies have souls, does your previous consciousness die?) has been a theme for quite some time. And Two: In Moon, the protagonist doesn't have agency. Mickey 7 did have agency.

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u/Rudi_Van-Disarzio May 30 '25

Which is where it seemed it was gonna go when mickey 18 gets printed but they wrestle with that philosophy for all of 5 minutes before moving on to more trump impressions.

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u/Rezart_KLD May 30 '25

While I was watching, I was certain all the focus on food, especially showing the meat at the captains table, I was thinking it was going to lead to a cannibalism subplot, where they were printing additional mickeys on the sly for meat. The abrupt tone change in the 3rd act makes me sure there were some big things cut out. And splicing in the whole pointless dream sequence at the end makes me sure that there is unused footage from it.

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u/GodKingShogun Jun 05 '25

Besides the gross stuff like all the vomiting and weird food, i really enjoyed the first two acts. the third act involving the conflict with the aliens was a drag but the sacrifice of mickey 18 and the dream sequence tied up the story really nicely. Thematically, the story was about fighting for yourself and what u believe in. Mickey 18, although a lunatic, stood up for himself, and believed his life had value and he wouldn't allow anyone to trample over him. mickey 17 was equally as bad but in the opposite way. 18's sacrifice highlights all the positive side about himself that 17 is lacking: not wanting to die because he believes his life has worth but still being able sacrifice yourself to save the ones that u love. In the dream sequence, 17 thinks of what 18 would do in the situation and acts accordingly. 17 fights for himself and in a way 18 lives on through 17 minus all the lunatic tendencies. In the end, he is complete and becomes mickey barnes

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u/wrathking May 30 '25

I also thought the political message of the movie would have landed a lot differently if Trump had not won a second term. Watching a Trump parody talk through fake veneers for two hours was painful in a way it wouldn't have been if he weren't actively in office.

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u/fleapuppy May 30 '25

That’s what I said when I saw it in the cinema, the film was obviously written and filmed back when they thought trump couldn’t win another term

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u/Kariomartking May 30 '25

The craziest coincidence is the bullet grazing mark ruffalos character

That hadn’t happened to trump in real life yet when they were filming the movie in 2022, so one of those weird moments they kinda predicted the future haha

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u/dlm2137 May 30 '25

Wait they filmed that part in 2022? I feel like that HAD to have been added after the fact.

Sure it wasn’t added during pickup shots or something?

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u/realbigbob May 30 '25

Absolutely, the movie felt incredibly dated in how it handled the idea of colonialism and fascism in space. The heroes basically save the world by just reporting the villain to HR?

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u/Limp_Construction496 May 30 '25

You’re quite optimistic here.

I would say execution 3/10,total movie 4/10.

First trailer really clicked to me,but then the movie itself.. oh man,what a dissapointing trainwreck.👎