Amazing first half, disappointing second half

Rating: 6/10 (12 September 2017)

*Contains Spoilers*
This is a really difficult review to write actually. I watched the first half of Passengers the other day and was absolutely hooked. Couldn't stop thinking about it for the next two days and couldn't wait to get the chance to watch the rest, which I did with my partner, and I was so disappointed by the second half, it felt almost like a completely different film to me.
So regarding to the first half, I absolutely loved the idea and the personal dilemma the main character is going through. It's a plausible issue as well, and it's very well acted by Chris Pratt. I thought this film had a lot of potential and could potentially have gone into a very interesting direction. Instead, it then does a little bit of a U-turn and went about as mainstream as it gets. And I'm not saying this because I hate mainstream films and need twists and turns every second, or because I only watch super arty films which I don't, but because it got so utterly predictable and cheesy that I found it hard to watch after a while.
Overall Passengers was definitely not a waste of time and very entertaining in parts, but being a filmmaker myself I just couldn't stop thinking about the immense potential this film had and all the ways they could have gone with it, apart from choosing a very very stereotypical, Hollywood romance route.
Bonus points though for acting on both sides, for stunning cinematography and effects and for the bar scenes which really reminded me of "The Shining".