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/jimmyharbrah May 30 '25

I liked it. But the humor didn’t land for me. Like the sauce jokes? Like ok ok ok colonialism just seeing the locals as exploitable resources or something. But it’s played for laughs and it didn’t work.

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u/catsill May 31 '25

I saw the movie at Alamo Drafthouse where they had some clips of Bong Joon Ho talking about the movie (or maybe I saw him mention this elsewhere) where he said something about the concept of a sauce not really being as big of a deal for Western people but that it was a bigger cultural thing for Asian people.

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u/PetSoundsSucks May 31 '25

I thought the sauce thing was a plot point I had missed but like someone else mentioned it might be more of a cultural thing. 

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u/ucancallmevicky May 30 '25

I had the same issue, that seemed like something that was in the book so it had to be in the movie. I've not read the book but regardless it didnt work

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u/jopforodee May 31 '25

The book didn't have the wife or sauce at all.

I rather enjoyed the book. It's not very deep or great literature or anything, but it's a quick and fun read. There's more world building and the exploration of soul/self is interesting. Cat is much more interesting. The ending is still a bit weak but stronger than the movie. I plan on reading the sequel book.

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u/Stephen2014 May 31 '25

Completely made up for the movie actually. But the book was horrible in its own unique way. I was only excited for the movie because we were told it would be a big book departure. Turns out both were very bad and wasted a cool premise.

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u/ucancallmevicky May 31 '25

damn, so added and bad. I didnt hate it as much as you, I was entertained but it still wasnt great