Today, we finally get to see jupiter ascending, the latest and hopefully not last gloriously shiny scifi epic from the wachowskis, the sibling directing duo behind the matrix and the underappreciated adaptation cloud atlas. I thought the toilet cleaning business was a bit overdone, but it did serve to ground kunis character. It seemed like it must have been based on a book, but. Jupiter ascending a literally laughable train wreck of a film to be seen only for schadenfreude and the wardrobe of mila kunis by bridaine parnell 8 feb 2015 at 10. My parents met at the university in saint petersburg, where he taught astrophysics, and she taught applied mathematics.
Jupiter jones mila kunis was born on a boat at sea to a russian mother maria doyle kennedy. Accepting that the wachowskis breezy vision is what the movies are all about. Review jupiter ascending the worst movie ever go see it the. My first thought was that the earlier scene in which jupiters friend carolyn is tested by the aliens and jupiter takes a picture of them on her phonebefore having her memory erasedwas, in fact, the inciting event. Audience members could certainly ask themselves the same question about the film.
They seemed to have a motive, personality, and a reason to be there. If you are a fan of the wachowskis, you should make time to see this movie because its probably one of the last bigbuget films the kids get to make. Jupiter ascending might be a hot mess, but it also might be the only massive space action movie we get for a while. Jupiter ascending, from andy and lana wachowski, has moments of incredible technical brilliance, flashes of good character comedy, and some wild leaps of imagination. Jupiter ascending a literally laughable train wreck of a. Mila kunis stars as jupiter jones, an everyday girl in the future whose life takes an unexpected turn when an exsoldier channing tatum comes looking for her in hopes that she can live up to her.
Yes, things may look impressive with its cyberpunk scifi exterior, but beneath the glossy sheen jupiter ascending falls victim to an absentminded plot, questionable casting choices and a. But the city is identified as st petersburg, which means those scenes take place after the 1991 dissolution of the ussr when the city, then called leningrad, was renamed st petersburg but, given jupiter s age in the film, prior to the year 2000. Jupiter also has no memory of the keepers finding her and her taking a picture of them, which caine explains as them erasing her memory. Jupiter ascending is a 2015 space opera film written and directed by the wachowskis. Over and over and over again, jupiter ascending lapses into longwinded exposition of plot points, most of which lack any ultimate payoff. Rhg and i carries saw jupiter ascending and we are here to tell you that it is just terrible and we loved every batshit minute of it. With channing tatum, mila kunis, eddie redmayne, sean bean. Kalique tuppence middleton and titus douglas booth fight over inheritance of her assets. Though its an original story, it has the look and feel of many adaptations based on ya scififantasy books. No, in the sense that it was relentlessly derivative, totally soapy, had some godawful lines, a plot that frankly never did make much sense, and characters that had very little. Now grown, jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to. Jupiter ascending, the brainchild of andy and lana wachowski, falls in the latter category. Jupiter ascending 2015 jupiter jones mila kunis was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her reality as a woman consists of cleaning other peoples houses and endless bad breaks.
Jupiter ascending, like most modern blockbusters, is a pastichea little bit of the heros journey, a touch of star wars, a lot of the wachowskis own the matrix. A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of earth. Jupiter ascending, from andy and lana wachowski, has moments of incredible technical brilliance, flashes of good character comedy, and some wild. It was not hard to understand the concept of the time reset or continue reading edge of tomorrow 2014. This novel is part of the grand tour series of novels. How the jupiter ascending book differed from the movie aiden mason 2 years ago many people who saw jupiter ascending when it came out in theaters in. From the streets of chicago to the farflung galaxies whirling through space, jupiter ascending tells the story of jupiter jones mila kunis, who was born under a night sky, with signs. Jupiter and her mother move to chicago to live with family, where jupiter grows up. Movie plot holes explained this film is brought to you by the same awesome creators who gave us the matrix. Jupiter jones is the daughter of maximilian jones and aleksa bolotnikov.
Jupiter ascending feels like someone took dune the book and mashed it up with every tor book cover, then seasoned it with the kind of contemporary sciencefiction design that rarely makes it into movies. No matter how interesting their vision, a bomb is a bomb and everyone gets eaten up in the pursuit of profit even the wachowskis. Channing tatum movies on blu ray 5film collection g. It is the sacred female narrative that we all hold in our hearts and it is writ on the scale of the universe. By contrast, guardians of the galaxy worked precisely because it assumed its characters and its audience were competent enough to figure out the rules of the game as the story unfolded. Unknown to anyone, jupiter is the genetic recurrence of seraphi abrasax, the deceased matriarch of the. As with many scifi movies these days, jupiter ascending was long on overthetop special effects and short on character development, but it was visually stunning in any event. Channing tatum and mila kunis star in jupiter ascending, an original science fiction epic adventure from filmmakers lana and andy wachowski the matrix trilogy. Now grown, jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other peoples houses and an endless run of bad breaks. But i still hoped for something half as good in spite of the fact that the lead actors are channing tatum and mila kunis and this could simply become a chick flick real quick.
Grant archer, a young astrophysicist and recently married man dreams of exploring collapsing stars, in hope that one day he would be able to find a way in creating wormholes, to create instantaneous transportation. Years later, jupiter is working as a maid alongside her mother and aunt. The visuals in jupiter ascending bring to mind the crazy stellar landscapes of hannu rajaniemis celebrated 2010 debut the quantum thief, which likewise features planethopping adventure confined to our familiar solar system. Many people who saw jupiter ascending when it came out in theaters in 2015 assumed the science fiction fantasy was based on a book. Jupiter ascending is an example of a particularly depressing sort of bad blockbuster. Jupiter rising the columbus protocols the gliesium chronicles book 2 kindle edition by macuisdin, sean. First synopsis released for the wachowski siblings jupiter ascending starring mila kunis and channing tatum. Odyssey two, contains a chapter entitled lucifer rising and in the plot of the book the planet jupiter is renamed lucifer. Jupiter is born, and we see her being held by a relative aunt nino, i presume. Mila kuniss dizzying orbit in jupiter ascending the new. The wiki seeks to catalogue all of the information known about the film, drawing upon the film itself, interviews with the cast and crew and production notes. The wachowskis are filmmakers for whom the hype surrounding their latest project is often more exciting than the final product itself.
Supporting cast member douglas booth has described the films. Jupiter ascending official look book in cinemas february 6. However the same creators also gave us the matrix revolutions and speed racer. Take jupiter ascendings fluffed up spliced owl advising the middle abrasax sister kalique.
Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. The trailer features stars mila kunis and channing tatum as jupiter jones and caine wise, freshfaced action stars occupying a gilded scifi world in search of destiny. There are palatial blossomsoaked sprawls, dense urban clutter, wherever it is douglas booth lives, grim spaceship interiors, and dangerous. Plot summary we initially see siblings kalique abrasax and titus abrasax strolling along the ruins of a world that has been harvested or stripped of all life. Scarlet is looking for her grandmother when she runs into wolf, a mysterious young street fighter. Can the plot of jupiter ascending be explained in a. Plot hole explained film explanation september 14, 2015 december 22, 2018 jupiter ascending 2015. An instant candidate for the sobaditssortofgreat hall of fame, jupiter ascending is totally bonkers, a sort of blackvelvetelvis mashup of. Jupiter ascending was an awkward travesty of a movie at times painful to watch, with plot holes galore i will attempt to explain the storyline.
They clean the properties of wealthy citizens of chicago, scrubbing toilets, and jupiter finishes each day miserable, whispering to herself about how she hates her life. At first glance, this doesnt seem too bad for an opening weekend on the international chart, except the film was playing in 65 markets, so it doesnt have a lot of room to grow. Adult jupiter says she was born without a country and without a father, but she was born in the house of leo with jupiter rising at 23 degrees ascendant. Ep49 a sequel to jupiter ascending sequelquest podcast. Sep 08, 2015 however, i should note that jupiter ascending did much better overseas, where presumably the really terrible bits of dialogue were glossed over in translation. No film personifies this more than jupiter ascending, the 2015 scifiaction flop starring channing tatum and mila kunis. Jupiter ascending is a pretty movie which not many people liked.
Click here to stream this episode on podbean now or hit play on the player below. The plot is subhitchhikers guideguardians of the galaxy bunkum about extravagantly coiffured extraterrestrials who rule. Feb 06, 2015 jupiter ascending, the latest from lana and andy wachowski, is a big, woozy, spacey fairy tale with a sciencefiction exoskeleton and a core of pure mush. Go see jupiter ascending, even if its stupid and it. Jupiter ascending wiki is dedicated to the 2015 sciencefiction film jupiter ascending, and features extensive information on the films characters, creatures and worlds. She grows up in poverty in chicago, and her prospects are poor because she and her mother are undocumented immigrants. Jupiter asks why she was almost just killed, and caine tells her that she is the rightful owner of the planet. He claims that human life began not on earth but on another planet called orus. This film is brought to you by the same awesome creators who gave us the matrix. Go see jupiter ascending, even if its stupid and it really. Feb 06, 2015 even when jupiter ascending is a souped up version of the super mario bros. This next directorial outing is an ambitious adaptation of cloud atlas, but andy and lana are currently prepping for a big return to scifi. What the marvel universe could learn from jupiter ascending.
Can the plot of jupiter ascending be explained in a quick summary related. The wisdom of the digiverse has it that the wachowskis havent made anything to shout about except the. Mila kunis stars as jupiter jones, an everyday girl in the future whose life takes an unexpected turn when an exsoldier channing tatum comes looking for her in hopes that she can live up to her destiny as the savior of the universe. The wachowskis return to the big screen this weekend with their first original script since the matrix trilogy, jupiter ascending.
How the jupiter ascending book differed from the movie. It also serves pure, pristine gugu mbatharaw, who can do so. But for a more jupiter ascendingstyle book, try scarlet, a revamped version of little red riding hood. Jupiter mila kunis asks another character in a scene from the wachowskis new scifi thriller jupiter ascending.
Feb 08, 2015 jupiter ascending a literally laughable train wreck of a film to be seen only for schadenfreude and the wardrobe of mila kunis by bridaine parnell 8 feb 2015 at 10. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Jupiter ascending will serve you with unnecessary shots of kuniss underwearclad employer and an almost allfemale alien sex party. And from the perspective of immigration, an illegal one. Jupiter ascending survival guide defending your love of.
Promotion of the occult the film was scheduled for release on a day when jupiter is in alignment between the earth and the sun image from the jupiter ascending website. Jul 27, 2017 ep49 a sequel to jupiter ascending click here to stream this episode on podbean now or hit play on the player below. With few lines of dialogue, the character still presents as rounded, gives the ruling sister sound advise, and is responsible for plot progression. Weak connection in the whole premise title of jupiter ascending, that she was named after jupiter by her spaceobsessed father, born during astrology sign of jupiter ascending, then is a royal who ascends to be the owner of earth, and the processing plant is on the planet jupiter. It also plays with big ideas like shared memory that can be accessed by millions, artificial intelligence, and digital. He perfectly captured the essence of his genetically engineered character. Jupiter jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Jupiter is a science fiction novel by american writer ben bova.
Jupiter ascending survival guide defending your love. Exsoldier splice caine saves jupiter from being killed by aliens. Official look book for the wachowskis scifi fantasy film, jupiter ascending, starring mila kunis, channing tatum and sean bean. Parents need to know that jupiter ascending is a cringeworthy scifi action epic from the wachowski siblings, who also made the matrix trilogy and cloud atlas. Starring channing tatum, mila kunis, sean bean, and eddie redmayne, the film is centered on jupiter jones kunis, an ordinary cleaning woman, and caine wise tatum, an interplanetary warrior who informs jones that her destiny extends beyond earth. Jupiter ascending is a 2015 space opera film written and directed by the wachowskis jupiter jones is a russian immigrant girl raised in chicago who makes her living cleaning houses with her family. Feb 07, 2015 jupiter mila kunis asks another character in a scene from the wachowskis new scifi thriller jupiter ascending. Unbeknownst to her, she is also the genetic recurrence reincarnation of the queen of the universe, whose three scions are vying for control of earth. Its not so bad its good, which would at least promise a certain lunkheaded obsessiveness. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading jupiter rising the columbus protocols the gliesium chronicles book 2. Jupiter jones is a russian immigrant girl raised in chicago who makes her living cleaning houses with her family. A tedious affair with faulty script with directors lana and andy wachowski helming this project, jupiter ascending is.
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