I came across this youtube video commenting Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence's "Passenger" movie.
Doug Walker comments: "if they had told us the same story but in a different order..." What about if Jen is the POV character? For me Chris Pratt in the first Act seems like Tom Hanks in "Cast Away". Switching that to Jen's POV? Intriguing. Perhaps more engaging. What do you think?
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I think that video essay has a good idea on improving that film.
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Damn. Now I'm wanting to see it from that perspective. Seems it would be more intriguing coming from that angle. Enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.
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I think it was a great film killed by marketing. All the advertising painted like a thriller when it was just a good love story.
The audience that turned up hated it.
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The advantage is the audience would get the full impact of what Jen feels. The downside is it wouldn't make Chris Pratt a sympathetic character. Someone explaining why they did a terrible deed is unlikely to garner much sympathy. Having the Chris Pratt scenes showed as a flashback has problems: It's either showed as him telling her about what he went through, why should she believe him, or as an accurate portrayal of what happened, takes away from her emotional impact of what happened. The last proposal for an ending would make for a good basis for a franchise or TV series. How different people react to a horrible situation.
I absolutely love this perspective!!!
PASSENGERS scored $100M domestic and $200M international for $300M total. Nearly a three time ROI. Hardly a bomb financially. It's certified fresh by audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, though barely, and a solid 7 on imdb. It did not fare as well with critics
Polarization is due to the controversial deception by Pratt. The script as written works fine. Audience reaction depends on how that deception is accepted.