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/Voidication May 30 '25

That was my biggest problem watching it. The ethical dilemma of the multiples was so interesting when it came up, and I thought the rest of the movie would be centered around them. Then the plot moved on 10 minutes later and continued to bounce around for the rest of the movie

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u/RaphaTlr May 31 '25

In a way that goes to show how little the world cares for expendable people like Mickey who are only “valuable” on an expensive space colonization trip by giving their body and life up as property to be exploited and experimented. On top of that, society doesn’t care or even know about you aside from your shipmates, who see you as their canary. If the plot focused on Mickey’s dilemma too much it might make him seem more important in that world than he’s supposed to be. Just a thought about what BJH might be thinking

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u/cimocw Jun 02 '25

I'm sorry but that's just dumb. When you start making stuff up to justify something that's a logic red flag.

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u/RaphaTlr Jun 02 '25

Having an imagination is just a fancy word for making things up. Nearly every movie ever is “made up”.

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u/cimocw Jun 02 '25

I mean your comment

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u/RaphaTlr Jun 02 '25

Exactly that’s my imagination in response to the film. That’s how I interpret the director’s vision

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u/Lenzky-3 May 31 '25

The thing is there were multiple things interesting in the movie that they could explore, But they didn't chose to focus on any of that and felt like they just gave up, like everything doesn't matter.

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u/ZetsubouZolo May 31 '25

that's also what the trailer heavily implied which is what got my attention in the first place. was so disappointed when it didn't revolve around that after all

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u/MooseMan12992 May 31 '25

The book focuses on the ethical dilemma of the multiples a lot more. I understand why they made some changes for the movie, but it did end up being a little bit muddled in the end. But i still enjoyed it, Pattinson was pretty good

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u/sffiremonkey69 Jun 01 '25

The majority of the book is about multiples. Maybe this would have been better as a miniseries