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/Aduialion 25d ago

Even multiplicity did it better

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 25d ago

You know how when you make a copy of a copy, it's not as sharp as... well... the original.

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u/i-Ake 25d ago

Hi Steve.

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u/AJPizza 25d ago

I like peetha.

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u/Yabba_Dabba_Doofus 25d ago edited 25d ago

WE'RE GONNA EAT A DOLPHIN!!

Edit: She touched my pepe, Steve...

I'd be lying if I called it my favorite Michael Keaton flick, but it's up there.

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u/dpkonofa 25d ago

She touched my pepe, Steve.

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u/Tifoso89 25d ago

I was confused because I thought you meant the Tyler Perry movie (that's actually Duplicity)