Don't watch it for the sci-fi, watch it for the relationship drama...

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2017)

...and existential questions. The idea for this movie is really intriguing. You can't help but ask yourself "what would you do in such a situation". The end was quite horrible to watch, as it was absurdly cheesy: our main hero being the Hollywood hero- all Armageddon style, the unnecessary black guy, who's there to give them the magical key, die and be there just for racial diversity. But there are some really important messages here. First, it shows us a typical marriage, that on earth would end up in divorce, but in space you have no other choice. After Aurora realizes, that Jim is the one who woke her up, she yells at him how he ruined her life. That's not love and that just sounds like a typical divorce story, where one partner thinks he gave up his ambitions and dreams just to be stuck with one person for the rest of his life and feels like he can't change anything about it. It's actually beautiful how realistic this part of the story was. Also, in the end Aurora didn't finally realize, that she really loves Jim, she just realized, that she doesn't want to be alone! She's scared, like anybody else and would rather try to live some sort of compromised life with that person, than to be all alone. Sadly, the writers took it here in a different direction and went all birds and trees and sacrificing hero stories. This movie isn't as stupid and shallow as it seems. Also, there's the problem, that most of the people nowadays have- thinking that they will finally be happy when they reach some specific goal, but when they do it, they're still not happy. And also the universal saying about the green grass in other people's yards (other planets). Aurora is that kind of person. All ambition and no satisfaction. And on this ship she learned to just go along with what life gives to you and make the best of it. It would have been more interesting, if they woke up some more people. Maybe a doctor, with the hope that he could put them to hibernation or something. Or just some other playmates. So what would you do in Jim's situation? ;) I would probably try to meditate and then wake up about 5 people, start a space civilization and stuff :D