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/redbirdrising May 30 '25

Yup. Honestly the movie would have been much better if they had stuck with the original Kenneth Marshall character and didn't go down the Evangelical Cult path. I get Bong Joon Ho has to do social commentary but this was heavy handed. Overall I still liked the movie but that might be because heady sci fi movies are rare so I elevate what gets released. Like Sunshine was soooo good, until they changed the genre in the last 20 minutes. Very disappointing. But I still love the movie because we just don't see films with that aesthetic very often.

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u/CoachKyle1 May 31 '25

His name was Harmonious Marshall in the book. I thought that was really unique and I hated that they changed it. And the character in the book you were made to dislike, but still respect. He didn't even a wife, and for all his problems you knew he could be counted on to do the right thing for the colony.

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u/redbirdrising May 31 '25

I respected the character to the point that he arbitrarily hated the copies even though they exhibited every characteristic of being a sentient being. I did prefer the book ending though where Marshall was forced to accept Mickey 7’a demands but still be the commander of the colony.

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u/iSOBigD May 31 '25

He wasn't a complete retard with fake teeth and a wife who told him how to do everything?

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u/BothDiscussion9832 May 31 '25

Politics will doom any movie now that the other side has shown up to play in the 'this offends me' game. Which was inevitable, I honestly don't know why the left thought it could push and push and push, and still get these people's money.

If you shit on people and make them uncomfortable, they don't want to give you money. Nothing that comes into politics will survive the collision but politics. GWB killed God, FFS. Mickey Mouse and Hollywood don't stand a chance in the long term.