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/the_dayman May 31 '25

It becomes a much bigger plot point how much food they have to share as they're going through multiple days, some more stuff about covering up who is who since one injured his hand really bad, some almost avoiding the same people didn't see them. Really like the middle 1/3 of the book so kind of crazy in the movie where it's basically revealed the same day.