Enjoyable, but not exceptional

Rating: 5/10 (3 March 2017)

If you are thinking about watching this movie there are at least two things you should keep in mind.
1) This is not an action movie. There is some action in it, but most of the movie is entirely devoid of suspense.
2) The thing that was advertised as a huge twist in the trailers turns out to not be much of a twist at all and is instead a pretty logical progression of the plot which you will no doubt predict before it happens.
(In other words: the trailer kind of sucked. Or maybe it was a great trailer, since studios seem to care more about getting your respective butt in their seats than having you actually enjoy their content)
In any case, I still found it very enjoyable. It wasn't the most inventive story ever, but it was a sweet tale about humanity's need for companionship with a robot (always a plus),some fun futuristic ship design, some action, some drama, some beautiful visuals of space and some enjoyably questionable gravitational shenanigans.
Jennifer Laurence is pretty great (as is the norm) and Chris Pratt's performance is good (I think), although it is kind of a different type of role from what he's known for being cast as (it's almost a bit strange seeing him this reserved).
The movie definitely exceeded my expectation, but keep in mind that I personally adore sci-fi and that I put a lot of weight on visuals.