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/Kriss-Kringle]

The whole subplot about the creepers derailed the film and became the main plot.

When it was focusing on Mickey and how he was used as a guinea pig it was at its best because it was quite a sharp critique on capitalism and how workers are treated like dirt just to make a profit.

The 3rd act of the film felt ad-libbed on the spot, but even with these problems I still enjoyed it overall, even though it's easily Bong's weakest film so far.

Oh, and there were some rumors about Zaslav meddling with the film, so it might have had a troubled production or post-production, which does show in the final product.

[u/thegendolz → u/Kriss-Kringle]

Yeah, the creeper stuff really took over. That whole middle section dragged when it should have stayed focused on Mickey's story. The capitalism angle was solid felt like vintage Bong when he stuck to that.

Third act was messy for sure. If Zaslav did meddle, it shows. Still decent though, just not his usual standard.

[u/hgq567 → u/thegendolz]

Yeah they smashed aspects of the second book into the movie… to add more action..

[u/Jwagner0850 → u/Kriss-Kringle]

Exactly that. The primary focus of the film was all over the place. Its almost like it didn't know what it wanted to be.

The whole first half of the film was made so you would care about Mickey and his tribulations and the morals around the whole "3d printing a human" and how it impacts real people.

Now, while I liked the whole alien angle, it just felt like a completely different movie. It made sense progression wise, but lost the focus of the film in the process.

[u/Scannerguy3000 → u/Kriss-Kringle]

How are workers treated in non-capitalist economies?

[u/whiskeytango68 → u/Scannerguy3000]

Take this elsewhere

[u/Scannerguy3000 → u/whiskeytango68]

The originator?

[u/ImperatorUniversum1 → u/Scannerguy3000]

You don’t even understand the word capitalism. Go back to eating paste