Passengers is about claire summers anne hathaway, a grief. I was putting away watching the movie as it didnt look like it was going to blow my mind. Beyond the horrific, misogynistic setup that attempts to make stockholm syndrome sexy, the movie which has been in. Jim is in a hibernation pod on the spaceship avalon, headed from earth to a colony planet called homestead ii, when the ship which looks like a hybrid of a couple of crafts from 2001. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. Passengers soundtrack from 2008, composed by edward shearmur. The line between this world and the next is about to be crossed. Passengers is pretty average in terms of plot and character. After a year of soulshattering loneliness, preston comes upon the seethrough hibernation pod of the lovely. This is a video about the ending of the movie passengers. With chief fishburnes access, they can use it to put her into emergency. After saving the ship jim found out that a medical machine which reanimated him can also put person in hibernation.
After a plane crash, a young therapist, claire anne hathaway, is assigned by her mentor andre braugher to counsel the flights five survivors. The visuals are pretty neat but the film doesnt leave you with much to go home with. Jim and aurora live out the rest of their days on the ship even after jim repairs a hibernation tank and offers aurora the. When they share their recollections of the incident which some say include an explosion that the airline claims never happened claire is intrigued by eric, the most. Heres a detailed plot description of passengers that. As their romance progresses, the surviving passengers begin to disappear one by one. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Released october 24th, 2008, passengers stars anne hathaway, patrick wilson, david morse, andre braugher the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 32 min, and received a score of 40 out of. I think the last scene should have been with a young man or woman in the incubator, which would be indicated as the child of jennifer and chris. So he said aurora that she have possibility to reach colony.
Written by jon spaihts, passengers originally generated heat in 2007, when it landed on the black list, a list of the most liked unproduced screenplays voted on by. She feels particularly drawn to eric patrick wilson, the mostsecretive of the group. After a plane crash where only a few passengers survive, dr. Ive heard that this movie has some kind of twist ending. Is passengers an action, thriller, mystery, or supernatural movie. It stars jennifer lawrence and chris pratt and is directed by morten tyldum. Therapist claire summers anne hathaway receives an assignment by her mentor to counsel the five survivors of a plane crash. As many may have expected, the chris pratt, jennifer lawrence film passengers does have a twist to it, but its not one you would ever guess. Its lonely out in space, elton john was able to observe as far back as 1972. Released october 24th, 2008, passengers stars anne hathaway, patrick wilson, david morse, andre braugher the pg movie has a runtime of about. Jan 02, 2017 this is a video about the ending of the movie passengers. Passengers 2008 therapist claire summers anne hathaway receives an assignment by her mentor to counsel the five survivors of a plane crash. Musically, passengers is a world away from the heady heights shearmur attained on reign of fire and sky captain and the world of tomorrow, which seem like they were written generations ago.
Why chris pratt and jennifer lawrence love that passengers. This is an explanation so lets get to it, passengers ending explained. The beginning of the clunky and strange end to passengers shows us jim talking to aurora about the surgery pod she used to revive him. With ten years of development, youd be surprised how much of jon spaihts original passengers script made it on screen in the new film. Feb 04, 2017 after saving the ship jim found out that a medical machine which reanimated him can also put person in hibernation. Jim preston, the character played by chris pratt in passengers, learns this truth in a hard way. Its the rare modern blockbuster thats given a decent budget, but isnt based on. Passengers has only been in theaters for a little over a day now, but its ending has already stirred up a good bit of controversy. Chris pratt and jennifer lawrence have amazing chemistry and the movie is above average in terms of its entertainment value. Anne hathaway in passengers 2008 patrick wilson in passengers 2008 anne.
While it was obviously going for that big twist ending, with high hopes of keeping its viewers on the edge of their seats from intensity, this film only seems to keep its watchers thoroughly confused. The ending however has been bugging me because its the one thing that doesnt make sense to me. Feel free to subscribe to my chanel for more content like this. Oct 28, 2008 passengers soundtrack from 2008, composed by edward shearmur. Oct 24, 2008 overall, i was really disappointed in passengers. Passengers has a happy ending, by a relative measure. Alternate ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. She befriends eric patrick wilson, one of the survivors, and soon after, strange things begin happening. The crew and the 5,000 passengers are all in hibernation pods for the 120year journey. Its a futuristic ship modeled after futuristic ships weve seen in better movies thats 30 years into its 120year journey to a recently. Upon first look, passengers seems like a sweet movie. Dec 24, 2016 as many may have expected, the chris pratt, jennifer lawrence film passengers does have a twist to it, but its not one you would ever guess.
Because of the way studios make movies these days, director morten tyldums passengers is a weirdly special film. In part 1 of this discussion pete fenzel discussed the plot of passengers at length and teased out its ethical issues. Passengers is a love story, centered around moral dilemmas, and filled with comedic geniusno matter how subtle it is. What should have been an alternativeending for passengers. The story is centered on the crew members of a space ship, blue goose, who have just completed their regular mission and are about to head back home to earth. The 2008 movie passengers wasnt screened for critics, and barely made it to.
The screenwriter spoke with variety magazine about how important the film was to him. Would passengers have been better with the original ending. The 2008 movie passengers wasnt screened for critics, and barely made it to theatersit blew through chicago in a week. Ending explained love, death and robots episode 7 of the series love, death and robots on netflix is named beyond the aquila rift.
Passengers original motion picture soundtrack edward. The passengers trailers all hid a twist that ruins the. The two passengers, jim pratt and aurora lane lawrence, are sleeping in suspended animation when a meteor hits their ship and causes a malfunction that awakens the two. After a plane crash, a young therapist, claire, is assigned by her.
Theres a greater explanation of whats gone wrong with the minisun reactor too, and the main characters replace the computer more simply without real incident. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. Aurora decides not to sleep in it because shed be leaving jim behind. Continue reading passengers ending was different in the script pages. Passengers is actually a romance with a mystery that has a supernatural ending. Passengers is a 2008 americancanadian romantic mystery thriller film directed by rodrigo garcia, written by ronnie christensen, and starring anne hathaway and patrick wilson. Inspired by the the discussion in nerdwriter1s video. After a plane crash, a young therapist, claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flights five survivors. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. Psychotherapist claire summers counsels five survivors of a recent plane crash. Hit the next page to find out what the passengers ending was like in the original script. With the suspenseful nature of the movie, a final scene may have made sense.
However, the reset makes the ships computer think its docked and begins venting cryo pods, gradually dumping the 5000 other passengers into space. Claire summers anne hathaway is sent to act as their therapist. And unfortunately, it totally sabotages the film from. Its the story of grief counselor claire summers anne hathaway and her relationship with one of her clientseric patrick wilsonwho is among the ten survivors of an airplane crash. Can someone thoroughly explain the ending of the movie. At the end of the movie, we find out that anne and the passengers she is counseling are all actually dead. Passengers is my darling, said screenwriter jon spaihts, who has seen the project pass through many iterations since he wrote the script. The ship travels thru a meteor storm, and power is diverted to the forward shields, then the ship collides with a large meteor and the power blinks, red alert screens come on in the control area, then quickly go back to normal. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing passengers 2008 near you.
The people are better than the plot, and if you like the actors, you could do worse this weekend. Jim finds that in command mode, the autodoc can be used as a hibernation pod to sleep for the rest of the flight. Dec 15, 2016 passengers is about a spaceship called avalon that is on a routine voyage to a new home on a distant colony called homestead ii. What should have been an alternativeending for passengers movie. Rogue one has nothing to worry about, and if youre not going with a date, passengers is one you can skip. Eric seems to know personal things about claire such as her sister emma stacy grant. Passengers is a 2008 americancanadian romantic mystery thriller film directed by rodrigo garcia, written by ronnie christensen, and starring anne hathaway. Dec 23, 2016 theres a greater explanation of whats gone wrong with the minisun reactor too, and the main characters replace the computer more simply without real incident.
Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. Passengers is another film explanation i got multiple requests for. Once passengers is over and the horrible pop rock hits along with the credits, youll walk out and completely forget about it. The passengers arrive at the central concourse via elevator. Apr 26, 2017 my wife and i took a pass at making a few changes. This weeks round of new movie release information contains release dates for 27 dresses, be kind rewind, 88 minutes and passengers. I think the actual ending was fine but what bothers me is the fact that the movie goes from a interesting sadisolationpossible madness situation to a regular drama love story and stays that way for the rest of the movie. Dec 19, 2016 jim preston, the character played by chris pratt in passengers, learns this truth in a hard way. Most of the movie presents a serious ethical and moral dilemma for. Can someone please explain the movie passengers with anne. Although it wasnt unbearable to watch, it did sort of feel like a wasted hour and a half.
Would passengers have been better with the original. The film was directed by the imitation games, morten tyldum and the screenplay was written by jon spaihts. Or with either chris or jennifer greeting the crew since it is very unlikely that they both would have. Released by varese sarabande in 2008 containing music from passengers 2008. Based on what we see in the trailers, jim chris pratt and aurora jennifer. Ive put the poster after the spoiler warning, cause anybody with a brain could. A grief counselor working with a group of planecrash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear. The jet a1 fuel samples supplied for analysis on 2 october 1996 complied with. Heres a detailed plot description of passengers that should. The faq items below may give away important plot points. It was released in the united states by tristar pictures on october 24, 2008.
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