Real science fiction for the masses

Rating: 9/10 (14 November 2017)

As I write this in my Star Trek pajamas, I can honestly say I did not feel the need to nick-pick the heck out of the technical details of this movie and instead actually enjoyed it for what it is: true science fiction, and one that is written to appeal to everyone.
Sure I could sit here and talk about how they couldn't possibly reach Arcturus in 30 years without going FTL (faster than light), why the computer would heat the whole ship for one person, or why it carried spare parts with only a crew for 4 months to use them, but I won't.
I won't because science fiction is about wonder, it's about what might happen, and what sort of world our descendants might live in. Passengers does that. It comments on our future total trust in technology. The visuals are incredible. The ship is imaginative. The acting is superb, and the characters are truly believable - the "superheroes" here are as common a person as you or I.
And frankly, it's refreshing to watch some science fiction that does not center around robots, superheroes, robot superheroes, some form of time travel, or all of the above in one (ahem, X-Men: DOFP).
If like me you want Hollywood to make more movies like this, go out there and buy it. twice. And prove the critics should get strapped into some hibernation pods to become a future generation's problem!