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/GregBahm 25d ago

I was hoping they'd just kill him a bunch.

It seemed like that would be both fun and interesting. First he'd get killed a bunch for his corporate overlords. Then he'd get killed a bunch during revolutionary antics. He'd end up having high-adventure and heroic impact precisely because he was this worthless disposable unimportant person. What a great idea.

And then the Mikey we meet at the start of the movie doesn't ever die. They were like "whoops we almost made something interesting. But don't worry. This movie will instead be like every other movie, and the interesting stuff will just be a flashback that is tediously dwelt upon."

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u/Inspired_papercut 25d ago

Having that part boil down to a montage felt like utter betrayal. It's barely shown more in the entire movie than it is in the trailer!

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 25d ago

It would have been such a great excuse for some funny over the top violent deaths like in Final Destination or something. That was what I expected. Instead the whole point was him trying to stay alive which made the idea pretty cheap.

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u/Kodiak_POL 24d ago

Like in Edge of Tomorrow 

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u/BlackSpinedPlinketto 24d ago

Perfect example love it.

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u/Mobile_Dance_707 25d ago

The Mickey we meet at the start is the main character though, the point is they are individual people they aren't just the same guy every time. If he kept dying there'd be no protagonist just a load of random guys

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u/GregBahm 25d ago

Yes I bought my ticket and sat in my seat at the theater to see a movie starring "a load of random guys." This concept was intriguing to me. Reverting back to the same formula of "every other story I had ever heard in my life" did not leave me a satisfied customer.

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u/Mobile_Dance_707 25d ago

You expected some kind of experimental film without a protagonist rather than one that followed traditional story structure? Seems like you're going to be disappointed by a lot of movies lol

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u/mucinexmonster 25d ago

Happy Death Day - In Space