Sci-Fi Chris Pratt joins The Tomorrow War

[CaptainWagner]

He plays a teacher in this? Lol, is he more or less convincing than Mark Wahlberg was when he played a teacher in The Happening?

The only way I can imagine myself accepting Chris Pratt as a teacher is if he's the "All-Star High School Quarterback Who Peaked 20 Years Ago And Now Teaches Gym."

I haven't seen it yet, but Pratt being a teacher just convinces me even more that Sam Richardson should have been the lead.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Most reviews seems to say Pratt is the best thing in the movie lol

 

[P Supreme]

i have nothing to watch at the moment and i still don't want to see this lol but it doesn't stop prime from flooding my email with ads for it

 

[kguillou]

So yet another “meh whatever” streaming movie wasting A list talent? Why cant these streamers seem to crack that code? Whats missing here?

 

[Primal Slayer]

Watching it now. Seems like your generic future movie that we get nowadays.

The big reveal could be seen from miles away

 

[flickchick85]

He plays a teacher in this? Lol, is he more or less convincing than Mark Wahlberg was when he played a teacher in The Happening?

About the same.

 

[Kev4000]

Everything in me laughs seeing Pratt portray a science teacher. No. Way. Im halfway in. Pratt has some decent acting scenes here I think, the movie is overall generic and boring though.

 

[Pittman4Two]

Was hoping this would get Pratt back on track, but it seems that's not the case. At least he has two major franchises in his favor with GotG and Jurassic Park.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Here's hoping that GotG 3/JP3 are better than their sequels both of which were underwhelming.

 

[SPO2 Dalisay]

This premise has so much potential and then, instead of traveling through history to gather the greatest warriors of all time... they're drafting random people from just 30 years ago? I'll be watching for Yvonne Strahovski and Sam Richardson, but this would be so much better if they'd actually committed to the bit. Give me cowboys, samurai, vikings, etc... thrown into a futuristic alien invasion. Not Chris Pratt playing himself from a slightly less futuristic future.


^^^ This. he just doesn't put effort into his recent work. He found one thing that worked in GOTG and hasn't moved outside that box since. And there are so many actors who could do these roles better, but Hollywood keeps going back to him. Like, get Damon Wayans, Zachary Levi, Jake Johnson, Donald Glover, etc... They can all do quippy, laid-back leading man and still make it feel different.

I agree. The trailer made me think that Pratt was taking his wife's place like Katniss but still for some reason with humanity at stake conscripts report only a week before their combat deployment. Maybe that would work for Expendables but not this cannon fodder who aren't even issued a uniform.
I guess with the Avengers Endgame, Aliens and World War Z action scenes were enough. Just aim were you are supposed to aim like the Marines in Battle:Los Angeles learned or for the throat instead of a zombie's head.

 

[Kev4000]

Okay, I'm through it. Beside some acting flexes of Pratt, this movie is a while s***show. The action scenes were the most uninteresting parts through the whole movie since they just shooting to these beasts without any impact to them. And that conclusion is bad for an Action movie. Besides that, the movie so full of American patriotism and those conservative family values, Russia is blamed with this movie. Im not a fan of Russia, but this is so in your face...
On top of that, the most ridicilous thing is the volcano expert. Who thaught that would be logical?
5/10

 

[Filmfan93]

This had fun moments, but was overly generic in the same vein as all these other streaming action movies (e.g Extraction, Without Remorse, etc).

They always seem to be a few notches from being great, but never really get there.

Yvonne carried this whole film and there was not enough of her, imo.

And what a wasted opportunity to show him leaving, the divorce, the car accident and make it all a closed loop. Build-up that never really went anywhere.

6/10

 

[Gold Samurai]

He plays a teacher in this? Lol, is he more or less convincing than Mark Wahlberg was when he played a teacher in The Happening?

What about when he played a literature PROFESSOR in "The Gambler"?



That should probably be a new thread idea "Roles Actors/Actresses were NOT believable in"

 

[DarkKnight88]

What about when he played a literature PROFESSOR in "The Gambler"?



That should probably be a new thread idea "Roles Actors/Actresses were NOT believable in"

To be completely fair on that one, they were just staying true to the original with another actor who was NOT believable as a professor lol

 

[Dr. Evil]

For those that have seen this movie, how was the usually comedic actor Sam Richardson as an action star in this?

 

[flickchick85]

For those that have seen this movie, how was the usually comedic actor Sam Richardson as an action star in this?

He wasn't really an action star here, tbh. He was there for comedy, and as usual, handled that well.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

It's really generic and felt derivate of pretty much every alien invasion movie out there, but considering I went into this expecting it to be awful based on the trailers I'm surprised to say that I actually had a pretty good time watching it, although I know I'll forget most of it in about a week.

I really liked the the design of the alien creatures and Chris Pratt was fine eventhough it felt lke he was playing the same role he played in the JW movies, but Yvonne's great in this and definitely should have been the lead IMO and it just sucks all around how wasted Betty Gilpin was in this.

 

[Pennywise]

Seems like a lot of reactions are extremely divisive!

 

[samsnee]

I’m halfway through this and it makes no sense.

Spoiler

So they only send people over age of 40 because they will be dead in the future so they avoid a time paradox. But most of these people are untrained older civilians who will literally die as soon as they are in combat. So how does that actually help win the war? Why can’t the people from the future leave messages in the past for strategic advantages in winning the war?
This movie would have been cooler and more interesting if they pulled a Bill and Ted and recruited warriors through different periods of history.

 

[Filmfan93]

I’m halfway through this and it makes no sense.

Spoiler

So they only send people over age of 40 because they will be dead in the future so they avoid a time paradox. But most of these people are untrained older civilians who will literally die as soon as they are in combat. So how does that actually help win the war? Why can’t the people from the future leave messages in the past for strategic advantages in winning the war?
This movie would have been cooler and more interesting if they pulled a Bill and Ted and recruited warriors through different periods of history.

Or pulled a Tenet where the future informed to past so they could win.

 

[SPO2 Dalisay]

I’m halfway through this and it makes no sense.

Spoiler

So they only send people over age of 40 because they will be dead in the future so they avoid a time paradox. But most of these people are untrained older civilians who will literally die as soon as they are in combat. So how does that actually help win the war? Why can’t the people from the future leave messages in the past for strategic advantages in winning the war?
This movie would have been cooler and more interesting if they pulled a Bill and Ted and recruited warriors through different periods of history.

Near the end the a Colonel orders up some armor for a retired Army First Sergeant. The only speculation that I can make is that

Spoiler

the army of the soon to be dead on their one week combat tour are just diversions. Food being used to bait the enemy away from the future troops guarding the labs.

That still doesn't account for the almost zero training for troops. That seemed to be only done for the visual message of they are not really soldiers

Or pulled a Tenet where the future informed to past so they could win.

Spoiler

Even without the perfected weapon to take out the female the past could have gone with the immediate production of weapons to take out the males instead of relying on old civilians going out with mostly ineffective P90s.. My head rolled when they said it was too late when the weapon was brought back.

 

[Persona]

So yet another “meh whatever” streaming movie wasting A list talent? Why cant these streamers seem to crack that code? Whats missing here?

Movie like this (average action adventure "epics") used to get a little help from the big screen, big audience experience. I don't think they are any worse now but when you are watching them at home for the first time with just your pet or kid or whatever, it's a lot easier for people to realize, "oh, hey, another wannabe blockbuster."

 

[InCali]

He plays a teacher in this? Lol, is he more or less convincing than Mark Wahlberg was when he played a teacher in The Happening?

About the same.

Maybe they should have cast him as a struggling inventor from Texas. That probably would have fixed it......

 

[Filmfan93]

Maybe they should have cast him as a struggling inventor from Texas. That probably would have fixed it......

 

[flickchick85]

Maybe they should have cast him as a struggling inventor from Texas. That probably would have fixed it......

I'm assuming this is a reference to some stupid movie I wisely haven't watched.