The Wachowskis Returning to Sci-Fi with Jupiter Ascending

[DarthSkywalker]

i like Nolan's movies. but on SHH if i now writte that i disagree that he hides influences a lot of young people will jump on me.

dark_b speak your mind my friend.

 

[dark_b]

i will not made that mistake again.

i like Nolan. i am hyped for Interstellar. but......................he needs to start taking some creative risks now that he has hollywood by the ball...

 

[OcStat]

I understand having a negative first impression about the film; I did at first. And yeah it's chances of mainstream monetary success are probably slim, without a built in fan base to give it the opening weekend boost. But we can't say it's a good or bad movie until we actually watch it.

I'm curious as to how Kunis and Tatum got the leads. Maybe the studio forced them on the Wachowski's thinking they are bankable stars at the moment, and since Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas underperformed?

Doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, Keanu Reeves was essentially forced onto them for the Matrix, but he loved the material so much and really put a lot of work into his time with that franchise...if these two are just as dedicated, it could work out. Unfortunately, those two actors are the biggest thing turning me off the film.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

i will not made that mistake again.

i like Nolan. i am hyped for Interstellar. but......................he needs to start taking some creative risks now that he has hollywood by the ball...

How dare you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

 

[matrix_ghost]

I understand having a negative first impression about the film; I did at first. And yeah it's chances of mainstream monetary success are probably slim, without a built in fan base to give it the opening weekend boost. But we can't say it's a good or bad movie until we actually watch it.

I'm curious as to how Kunis and Tatum got the leads. Maybe the studio forced them on the Wachowski's thinking they are bankable stars at the moment, and since Speed Racer and Cloud Atlas underperformed?

Doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, Keanu Reeves was essentially forced onto them for the Matrix, but he loved the material so much and really put a lot of work into his time with that franchise...if these two are just as dedicated, it could work out. Unfortunately, those two actors are the biggest thing turning me off the film.

I doubt Keanu was forced onto them. If anything Keanu was just one of many actors being approached but he wound accepting the role.
Many actors turned down the movie because of the script , that these guys were nobody at the time ( just one small movie Bound) AND the whole training thing.

The matrix appealed because it was something new and exciting. Any movie can be awesome even if it's basically the same thing. With Matrix though alot of things were really new. Here though...


I am a Wachowski fan. Ever since the first matrix and it's the trilogy that has opened my eyes to alot of movies over the past years. I'd love for this movie to really be a hit at the BOXOFFICE because if not it's going to be a really tough time for the wachowskis to get another big budget movie unless they decide to take on a CB property.


EDit :
One thing i just can't understand is how WB is promoting their movies sometimes.One hand you have something like Godzilla which hits the right notes EVERY FRIKKIN TIME .
Then there are other movies like this where i'm just scratching my head going WTF

 

[Pickleweasel]

This movie looks kind of not bad lol

But it has already been labeled as a bad movie, it'll probably do really bad at the box office.

I don't like the Wachowski's, but I find it a little weird so many people have wrote it off.

 

[terry78]

These two used to be fanboy darlings, but fanboys have a one strike and you're out mindset.

 

[DA_Champion]

I'll be watching it on opening weekend. I love space opera and we have not had a good one in years, maybe not since Abrams first Star Trek movie, and that's not much of a space opera.

This movie looks beautiful and fun, and the Wachowskis have a decent track record.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

These two used to be fanboy darlings, but fanboys have a one strike and you're out mindset.

Is it one strike at this point? I feel like they have more misses then hits at this point.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

These two used to be fanboy darlings, but fanboys have a one strike and you're out mindset.

I agree that a lot of fanboys do have that mindset and its obnoxious but I don't think the W. Siblings have made a good movie since 1999 so this has nothing to do with one strike snd your out. Speed Racer had good parts but was not a good movie to me, Cloud Atlas was even worse than Speed Racer and the Matrix sequels were very bad films. The W. Siblings are worst than M. Night as far as I'm concerned because at least I like three of M. Night's films before he went off the rails.

And I do not think the film looks awful but it doesn't look good either. The siblings are good and making a film look pretty but when it comes to story and plotting they are up their own asses at this point and Tatum still hasn't proven that he is a good action guy and he does look silly and Kunis still hasn't proven that she isn't a lightweight. Why should I be optimistic is the real question?

 

[dark_b]

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplayl...g-quixote-20140131?page=2#blogPostHeaderPanel

You’ve also taken a small onscreen role recently in the Wachowskis’ “Jupiter Ascending”?
I thought my thespian career needed a little boost. I knew the Wachowskis from… when they were brothers. And I always thought they were terrific and they offered me this part, and the scene for them is a homage to “Brazil” and it required lots of uglifying makeup and it was just a silly day, with Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum and me, sitting chewing up the scenery. I’m just clerk in the film but it allows me to climb ladders and behave in a strange way.
Mila, [was mostly just] staring at me, “What the **** is he doing now?” And Channing, all he has to do is bring her into this office space and then take her away. And it was funny because he was supposed to exit through a certain door and he kept on going out through the wrong door, because I think he was just, “What is going on here?”

 

[LordofhouseEl]

I want to give this movie a chance because I like the brothers but like someone above said the two leads just put me of.

 

[DA_Champion]

Why do you all hate Kunis and Tatum?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Does anyone hate them here? I thought most said they liked them, just that they are terribly miscast.

 

[xwolverine2]

This is one of those big movies where star power matters the most..in determining the films success.... something they clearly got wrong.

i bet if the two leads were sandra bullock and george clooney.. this movie might actually be a success.

And if world war Z was channing tatum.... that would've bombed for sure. lol

 

[The Guard]

Keanu Reeves gets a lot of flack...but in Hollywood, pretty much everyone likes him and has enjoyed working with him. He chooses his projects carefully, but according to what he wants to do and not necessarily for any overt career trajectory, and he's apparently a very intelligent, studious actor.

The Wachowskis haven't made a truly great film for a while. (CLOUD ATLAS certainly had elements of one)..but can it really be said that they've made a "bad" film recently? I don't think so.

I think this looks promising in several respects, and will give it a shot.

 

[Tron Bonne]

I want to give this movie a chance because I like the brothers but like someone above said the two leads just put me of.

They aren't brothers anymore

 

[The Guard]

Does anyone hate them here? I thought most said they liked them, just that they are terribly miscast.

Miscast how? Do we really know enough about the movie and the movie's storyline to say that?

 

[terry78]

Yeah, I never understood that whole miscast thing about a film that is not a remake or reboot or adaptation of a previous franchise. It is pretty biased.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Miscasting can also mean that an actor/actress doesn't have the range for a role

 

[terry78]

We don't know what the role requires yet. The W's created the characters, so they would know.

 

[Tron Bonne]

From what little we've been shown, these seem to be fairly serious action roles. May be a misjudge, but that it where we're being lead, I feel. Some may not see Tatum and Kunis as actors who can tackle those type of roles (not saying I agree with that, but I can see the point). You don't have to know the exact details of a role to get the general jist of what is expected from it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This is not a big secret. They are clear archetypes. And they look ridiculously out of place in the trailer.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I can't deny they do look out of place or miscast if you will. I hope my leeriness over the cast is proven wrong because I don't dislike the actors and even though I'm predicting the film will fail I'd love for it to be good and succeed. Who knows, maybe it's another War World Z or Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I have to kind of agree with that. From what we've seen so far, Sean Bean and Redmayne really look like they belong in a space opera of sorts. Tatum though--I've been harder on him than most but I've come around to liking the guy in action roles--he just feels... off. I think he doesn't really fit these "epic" type of films. Of course, maybe he'll fit perfectly here once I see the actual movie. But when I watch clips of him in this, it just makes me feel like we really dodged a bullet when they didn't cast him as Thor.

As for Kunis... it makes a little more sense why she feels out of place here; that's kind of the idea. She's supposed to (initially) just be an ordinary person. But I've always found her to be a one-note actor so I really don't expect her to impress me in this.