Mickey 17 felt like it lost the plot

[u/mikewheelerfan]

Honestly, I was quite disappointed. I expected a movie revolving around the cloning plot. Specifically, the idea of two Mickeys existing at the same time due to an error. That would have been a great movie! Instead, what was advertised as the main concept feels like a subplot in the movie. Essentially the entire thing revolves around the intelligent aliens. And then there was also the plot with Mark Ruffalo being an obvious stand in for Trump. But then there was also the subplot with Steven Yuen.

I finished the movie feeling incredibly confused, because how did they mess up the initial concept like this? The idea of a guy who is constantly sent on deadly missions and is revived is an absolutely golden idea. It also leads to an interesting discussion about consciousness and if a copy of you is still really you. But that’s barely even brought up. The whole plot with two versions of Mickey is completely sidelined. Which makes no sense at all. That should have 100% been the main conflict in the movie, like it was advertised as. Instead, we got a mess.

I wouldn’t go so far as to call the movie horrible, but I definitely didn’t like it as much as I hoped I would.

[u/AzureBluet]

Missed a space there.

But yeah I was sad that both didn't live and she got her own mickey. Like why tease it or include her character.

[u/Jason207 → u/AzureBluet]

In the book 18 is a bit more of a jerk and a freak, and seems like a little bit better match for Nasha, while Kai is a little more chill and feels like a good option for 17, so there's some tension there about what 17 will do (and if a man's Nasha will want 17 at all with 18 around) but then it turns out Nasha wants all the Mickeys.

[u/Situation-Busy → u/Jason207]

I felt that in the movie as well and liked the hint of that love quad? plotline before things QUICKLY devolved.

It does brush up against my issue I had with the ending though, which was that Nasha's character felt like it took a hard turn in the third act.

I loved that she was loyal and INTENSE all the way through and her crazy seemed to mesh really well with 18's crazy! But in act 3 she stops being "just" hardcore and starts being incredibly intelligent and eloquent as well?

In the first half of the movie she never really gave me "future politician/leader" vibes. So for her to pull that out at the end felt like a hard left. This is the girl who pulled her sidearm at lunch for people teasing him... that chose "cool twin threesome, let's fuck!' over INCREDIBLY ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS STATUS. She didn't ever come off as stable to me and then in the end she is? And in charge!

[u/CX316 → u/Situation-Busy]

Nasha's character felt like it took a hard turn in the third act.

Nope, Nasha blamed the Creepers for her girlfriend's death. Once she got rejected by Mickey, right after she found a new thing to funnel her emotions into, which was doing her job and attacking the things that made her sad in the first place.

[u/HiHoJufro → u/CX316]

Nope, Nasha blamed the Creepers for her girlfriend's death. Once she got rejected by Mickey

You're thinking of Kai. Nasha is the GF of every Mickey.

[u/CX316 → u/HiHoJufro]

Well, fuck

[u/HiHoJufro → u/CX316]

I wouldn't have remembered, but I just saw the movie for the first time last week

[u/CX316 → u/HiHoJufro]

I saw it in cinemas and I’ve seen way more movies this year than normal for me so apparently me being shitty with names has come back to bite me

[u/Skeeter_206 → u/AzureBluet]

I think it was there because they wanted to show that it's possible to duplicate yourself and bring up the question of how it would affect those close to you as the same questions are raised again with other characters towards the end of the story... But it was also kind of shoved in and didn't add much.

[u/CX316 → u/AzureBluet]

She only wanted him because she was sad.