"Time" — Time is the only thing in life that man is free to dispose of his discretion

Rating: 9/10 (27 January 2017)

I don't know why, but watching the film "Passengers" I have raised in my soul nostalgic memories about the album, "Еlectric Light Orchestra" ("ELO") "Time" (1981), the theme songs on which the fate of a man caught with the help of a time machine in the year 2095 and are not able to come back. I especially remember the song "21st Century Man", the meaning of which is that despite all the great technical achievements of mankind of the 21st century, they themselves do not make people happier, and even on the contrary, make more aware of their loneliness:
"Fly across the city, rise upon the land,
You can do most anything,
Now you are twenty first century man.
You should be so happy, you should be so glad.
So why are you so lonely, you twenty first century man?"
In my opinion, the main theme in "Passengers" is the theme of human loneliness. How it is shown in the film, deserves a separate description, but to avoid spoilers let me just say that at all times the universal, and yet the only cure for this epidemic of our age is the Love, and it is capitalized. This is light feeling that had test heroes Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, it helped them better understand themselves and defined the whole meaning of their lives. No matter in what conditions was their fateful meeting, the important thing is what impact it has had on the future of Aurora lane and Jim Preston, through some painful doubts, fears and uneasiness were the heroes on the way to the realization of a common destiny that bound them aboard the space ship "Avalon". I believe it is the desire to live "here and now" in the earthly present, not "someday" in the future transcendental determined the final mutual decision of the lovers.
As for the actors, I can say that they excellently managed with their images. Chris Pratt was able to show courageous and at the same time, not alien to romance man, which by the fate, or maybe, by the chance, took, perhaps, the most difficult decision of his life. I respect and love Jennifer Lawrence as an actress, I don't think that her roles as a strong and independent heroines somehow spoil her, on the contrary, it perfectly reflects her character and willpower. Here, as in "The Hunger Games", the actress showed herself from the best side, performing the role of a young writer feeling a certain emptiness in life and seeking to fill the dream of a new life. But, as often happened in life, what we seek is sometimes much closer than we think, it is enough to look inside yourself and look around, and we understood what is our main earthly value, not illusory, though very attractive and alluring.
A film for romantics and those who love and appreciate a movie that raises questions about major life issues such as loneliness, finding yourself and your place in this world, and, of course, about love as a unique way of coping with reality and at the same time to escape from it.
"When you feel your ship is sinking,
When you feel your heart is breaking,
Hold on tight to your dream"! ("ELO","Hold On Tight To Your Dream")