Potential energy, but failed to deliver.

Rating: 6/10 (31 December 2016)

I was really looking forward to this movie and the build up to the first half was great, but it turned into such a weak, banal disappointment that it was a shame really. It's great to have a movie with an original plot, which this one kind of was, I know we had interstellar, I know we had Martian but they were different and this was unique in its own way, which was great. Both Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence did well. Although Lawrence lacked the earthy, genuine warmth that you sense she was trying to portray in certain scenes. I don't know why she missed that - she's great at everything else, whereas Pratt never misses his mark. Sheen and Fishburn never disappoint either, although Sheen's character as instrumental to the plot as he is, is just illogical and Fishburn's character seems to have been added as a stop gap to block all the leaking holes which are oozing logic and reason. So it really barely holds together. The denouement becomes tediously predictable and the conclusion relies on a weak narrative which is not supported in anyway by the closing scenes... It was OK and I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy it, but you're never going to want to watch it again. Having said that, some of the special effects were great, well thought out and executed and they manage to convey some awe and wonder - but I just think with a little more thought it could have been so much better...