Must See For Sci-Fi/Action/Romance Fans

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2016)

I've been to 16 movies this fall, and this is my favorite of them. I'm going back in a couple of days to see it in 3D. Completely enjoyable movie - for me so much better than Rogue One. Star Wars is always fun too, but teenagers are the target audience. Passengers is an adult movie, with fabulous sci-fi, tons of action plus a romantic story line. My wife really liked Passengers too, and I often drag her to movies she doesn't like so much. I read several critic reviews in advance, so knew based on that I'd like it. I mean, anything Joe Morgenstern, Christopher Orr and Chris Agar don't like is bound to be entertaining. People go to movies for different reasons. Most of the time I don't want some depressing epic saga. I don't need to be reminded how difficult life can be, but instead want to escape for a couple of hours. Passengers is such a movie. Jennifer Lawrence gave her predictably amazing performance, and Chris Pratt and Michael Sheen were solid too. The special effects were awesome - imaginative, well done and believable. The premise of the movie was believable and human. Thankfully, the theater we saw it in was packed. Not an empty seat. Several people stayed in their seats to watch the credits, and a couple people clapped. Don't believe the naysayers. This movie rocks!