A romance with 'glimpse at future' background.

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 2016)

From the first few moments of the movie Passengers, make sure to fasten your seat belt as this will seem like a journey into the future you'll love to take.
What's appealing about Morten Tyldum latest outerspace drama, besides the bona fide original story, is the huge practical sets. These are real sets with 8 miles of LED lighting built into the ship and not some green screen work. You can sense the aim of the director being achieved through the performances of the actors and their interaction with the world surrounding them.
Now for those who're going into theater hoping for an extended look at how the future of space travel will be, Passengers will unfortunately have few answers. The movie is based on an idea which is actually feasible from a scientific perspective, but one thing you should keep in mind while watching the dramatic adventure Sci-Fi is that it's a Starshipboard Romance. There is more concentration on Pratt and Lawrence's characters experiencing emotions of desperation, solitude, love, and hope.
Passenger's script was one of the major flaws which didn't much help both actors. There were reports that its story was still being edited as late as last couple of months, so perhaps its release should have been postponed. For it is a good film that could have been better with more attention to its science. But like Aurora Lane, I suppose, we should settle for what fate provides us.
7/10.