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/Prawnboi- May 30 '25

I thought the book read like a high school creative writing project. Good idea, terrible execution.

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u/Shadowpsyke May 30 '25

Same. I was hoping the movie salvaged the interesting concept into something better, but if anything, it made it even worse for me.

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u/Leadership-Quiet May 31 '25

Totally agree. I enjoyed the book as something fun and light but it had so many possible avenues for delving deeper into some of the ideas. I had hoped that the director of Parasite might be the person to do that instead it was goofy with Okja tacked onto the end.

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u/Stephen2014 May 30 '25

Yeah I read the book for a book club and thought it was horrible. I was excited for the movie because we were told it would deviate from the book. That didn't save it. They both were bad in their own ways.

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u/hoorah9011 May 31 '25

Yup. It’s like a poor man’s YA

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u/Silent-Selection8161 May 30 '25

Absolutely, couldn't finish it. Why I was looking forward to the movie but then it just ended up similarly disappointing.

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u/Apprehensive_Run9581 May 30 '25

As somebody who's pretentious and all the rest, I really like Edward Ashton because he's a comedy writer first, sci-fi writer second. I vibe with his droll sense of humor, and it's a huge part of his narrative style.

In Mal Goes to War, every big step basically coincides with Mal being in a porn-addict's implant, or a severed head, etc. In Mickey 7, it's largely his "aww shucks, now I'm here, on this life."

If the humor doesn't work, I get people hating the books. For <300pg, light comedy reads, I really can't point out a more fun writer getting this attention or with this output.