An impressively constructed celebration of toxic masculinity

Rating: 2/10 (24 November 2018)

The trailer for this sci-fi love story put our male character (Chris Pratt) and our female character (Jennifer Lawrence) on an equal footing, as does the poster - in fact, Lawrence is ABOVE Pratt in the poster. However, any fears of this being some kind of feminist propaganda are soon alleviated by the fact that the story is mainly through the eyes of our hero - the man!
We see him wake up from his hibernation pod 90 years too early, while 5000 other travellers remain sleeping. The poor chap tries to make the best of it, but understandably begins to get a bit sad and maybe even a little loopy. After about a year of loneliness (perhaps about 25 minutes into the film) he decides to wake up one of the sleeping hotties, after falling madly in love with her due to her aforementioned hotness and maybe a bit because of whatever personality he could ascertain from watching videos of her on the ship computers records.
Now, some of you more sensitive types may think that this was somewhat naughty of him, to condemn a young woman to a life aboard the ship with only him (and, admittedly, a very charming Michael Sheen android) as company. And, I have to admit that one of the films few faults is that Pratt agonises over this decision for far too long - why wouldn't she want to spend her life with you and you alone?? You're a man and she is a woman; of course she'll do what you decide, you're a goddamn hero, man. It's as if consent is important or something - political correctness gone mad!!
And - obviously! - she falls in love with him. Sure, she doesn't know the circumstances of her waking up, but the merits of keeping that a secret were perfectly well proven when (about an hour in), she finds out and gets all hysterical. Like, proper crazy and angry. You love him, don't you? What does it matter that he chose the life you were going to have to lead until your death and cornered you into loving him? It's about the destination, not the journey sweetheart.
I saw one libtard reviewer saying that the film should have been from her POV; from when she woke up so that the audience are in the dark about him waking her, too, therefore making the twist of her finding out an unsettling and creepy reveal. But that would have been dumb, because that would have made the guy look really bad and the woman look like some kind of victim. And as if obsessive and deceitful behaviour in trying to get a woman to sleep with you is unacceptable. Plus, when they have to work together in the final third of the film, to save the ship and other passengers, it would have created a weird tension about whether the guy was actually good or not. And who wants that kind of ambiguity and social commentary in a film? Yawn. Leave that to the Frenchies.
It is just such a beautiful love story as it is. Our male protagonist proves time and time again that he is the intelligent one and can save the day. This proves to her that he is a real man and a provider, who can give her security. He can FIX things but also has a sensitive side. A clever way of showing this in the film, is when he plants a tree on the ship. Lovely. What normal woman wouldn't fall madly in love with him? I also liked that she had the chance to hibernate again but she chooses a life with him because he is so great. Plus, this then makes the whole thing her idea, completely absolving the man of any guilt so, social justice warriors, there's that apparent moral conundrum solved.
If you want to see an original sci-fi with a strong male lead and super-hot female love interest, along with some astounding visuals and action scenes, then look no further!!!