I really enjoyed the journey we are taken on through with the depth of the characters and their experience.

Rating: 7/10 (28 December 2016)

I really enjoyed this movie and it's a shame that it's somehow attracted some very negative reviews, so I'd like to take this chance to respond to some of the negativity that I've read and why I think it's a great movie.
The conclusion of one of the reviews I read was basically this 'This movie is by stupid people for stupid people. Tons of missed opportunities. Good leads. But stupid people, stupid people everywhere.' A bit ridiculous really, but what some people seem to think is that the movie lacks a plausible realism in several areas. But to that I say this, it's a sci-fi movie, of course it's not going to be realistic, I don't watch a sci-fi movie to check if everything passes my satisfaction of realism, and I think it defeats the whole point of what the movie is trying to achieve. Sure maybe if I was a scientist or something I might realise how the movie is somewhat stupid in regard to real science, but I'm not, and yet I'm certainly not stupid.
Another point I've read is that the relationship between the two protagonists is not realistic, and that in reality if she found out what he did she wouldn't forgive him and how their relationship was merely based around playing basketball and some dancing game. I actually thing there's great depth in the relationship between these two characters and the movie spends a great amount of time building this. *big spoiler alert* I think the conclusion that she would want to spend her life with him despite what he did is a plausible one, I think she could have very well realised that him being an engineer and the 1 person who got awoken was an ideal person to fix the ship and actually save everyone's lives. Also he clearly wouldn't have been able to succeed in doing so if he didn't have her help, so he actually needed to wake her in order to save the ship. She in turn also played a role in saving everyone and actually they are both heroes, and this becomes far more important in the grand scheme of things. Also there's a moment when she tells him to make sure he comes back because she can't live on the ship alone, so we can clearly see how she's understood why he did what he did.
Lastly, and this point I actually agree with somewhat, is that the act of the guy waking her up wasn't a choice of pick someone who might help to fix the ship, but instead a creepy choice as he get's obsessed with her and sleeps with her without telling her the truth. Well partly I'd say look, we're all human, humans aren't perfect and you will always have people out there who'll do immoral things. Also at the end of the day this guy did spend over a year alone, that's plenty of time to lose your mind and do stupid sh**. Overall we are given the message that what he did was OK, and despite what he did we are supposed to like this character by the end of the movie. Sure we could have easily had a negative ending where he get's some karma for what he did, and it all could have ended more negatively, I suppose more like a thriller than a romance, which would have completely changed the whole dynamics of the film. Still, I like how the movie makes us ask these questions, and actually succeeds to show us the message of how human beings are not perfect, we can make mistakes but we can also make up for them.
Overall I'm very satisfied with the ending and I really enjoyed the journey we are taken on through with the depth of the characters and their experiences. Only in a sci-fi setting could we have experienced such a story and the certain questions it presents us with, which is a sign of a great movie. Also it is paced very well and the build up to the climax is executed wonderfully.