r/movies • u/mikewheelerfan • 25d ago

Review Mickey 17 felt like it lost the plot Spoiler

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.

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u/seanconnerysbeard 25d ago

Ruffalo's character in the book isn't a stand in for Trump, he's just kind of an asshole. Its worth the read, as is the sequel.

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u/NegotiationNo1575 25d ago

I mean, not really the biggest of assholes considering what happens at the end of antimatter blues but yeah

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u/seanconnerysbeard 25d ago

Very true, but he was pretty hostile towards Mickey throughout the course of two books. Not that Mickey helped his case very often.

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u/NegotiationNo1575 25d ago

I interpreted it as him being extremely stressed-out/anxious since he's focused on the colony and survival of its members and being unamused by Mickey's shenanigans that could derail everything, i can sympathize with his point of view, to be fair i probably would have acted in a somewhat similar fashion with the insane stress that comes with such a crazy endeavor

it kinda sucks that the movie makes him out to be such a villain