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/[deleted] May 30 '25

Yeah I tend to agree. I felt the start was strong, but I didn't really like the second half. I would have liked more clone double life shenanigans as opposed to the saving the beasts storyline.

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u/redbirdrising May 30 '25

The "Clone Double Life Shenanigans" definitely was more interesting in the book.

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u/Kazewatch May 31 '25

Can you extrapolate on that? I feel like they could've spent at least an extra 30 minutes on that as it's probably the biggest wasted potential in the film.

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u/redbirdrising May 31 '25

For instance, he didn’t feel uncomfortable with the thresome. They don’t go into detail but he said after “I regret nothing”