Uplifting

Rating: 10/10 (3 March 2017)

A successful movie, like any form of art, is one that gets an emotional response from the audience, and Passengers does that very competently.
Even though the long space travel time in such a distant future seems a bit romantic it's not a deal breaker for the immersion experience that a movie is supposed to be.
I've once read a quote from some director on what's the secret to a good movie: "good actors", he said. Jennifer Lawrence makes me wonder how someone so breathtakingly beautiful can be so incredibly talented, probably her best acting so far that I've seen.
The special effects are absolutely amazing, the swimming pool scene (that's also in the trailer) is one of the most incredible CGI scenes I've ever seen, maybe not so much for the technical part but for the idea itself.
Like others said, it's more of a love story than a sci-fi flick, and honestly I did not see that coming, but I thought it was brilliantly executed and there's little I could have wished for to make it better.
It's funny how I'm usually anticipating movie plots while watching them, often bored and disappointed. During this movie I was *hoping* for the plot to unravel like I was predicting and cheering when it did. Not many movies did that for me.