Passengers is a 2008 psychological thriller starring anne hathaway and patrick wilson. Passengers 2008 rodrigo garcia, rodrigo garcia synopsis. I was very impressed by this film, it means something special to me, i considered it as a revelation of another existence beyond ordinary life, where even a good psychiatrist trades her every day role in exchange for immortality, and needs to understand the process of dying,as a spirit. Claire anne hathaway is a grief counselor whos been assigned by her mentor, perry andre braugher, to conduct therapy for a handful of survivors from a plane crash. Passengers is actually a romance with a mystery that has a supernatural ending. Oct 24, 2008 passengers a muted, eerie but ultimately soothing blend of elements from the sixth sense and tvs lost, plus a healthy dollop of psychobabble, passengers follows a handful of planecrash. This is an explanation so lets get to it, passengers ending explained. The surprise ending isnt as shocking as those of jacobs ladder or the sixth sense two stellar examples. She feels particularly drawn to eric patrick wilson, the mostsecretive of the group. Passengers is an intriguing space romance thats sunk by.
A grief counsellor working with a group of planecrash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients. Still unable to come to terms with their horrible experience, the fortunate commuters are entrusted in the capable hands of the dedicated trauma therapist, claire, whose sessions attempt to shed light on their conflicting memories. The underlying plot is kind of intriguing, but everything else about the first. Passengersfinal speech speak scenfullhd1080p youtube. 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. Would passengers have been better with the original ending. The film stars jennifer lawrence and chris pratt as aurora lane and jim preston, respectively, with michael sheen and laurence fishburne in supporting roles plus andy garcia in a cameo. Heres a detailed plot description of passengers that. Movies like passengers 2008 if you like passengers you are looking for suspenseful, captivating and surprise ending movies about with survivor, love affair, afterlife, tragedy, love and romance, uncover truth and buried truth themes of drama, fantasy and horror genre shot in usa or canada. Feb 04, 2017 after saving the ship jim found out that a medical machine which reanimated him can also put person in hibernation. Passengers is an original story, but that story is written by someone with respect for the tradition of great and thoughtprovoking science fiction in film. Now that the film is out in theaters, i thought we could discuss how the ending of the film failed its premise, and how the original passengers ending from the screenplay was different from the. Passengers is an intriguing space romance thats sunk by its. What should have been an alternativeending for passengers movie.
Garcia sweats to find a stable middle ground for claire to romance eric and be stalked by shadowy mystery men, but. It was released in the united states by tristar pictures on october 24, 2008. At the end of the movie, we find out that anne and the passengers she is counseling are all actually dead. Why chris pratt and jennifer lawrence love that passengers. 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. Dec 24, 2016 the passengers trailers all hid a twist that ruins the movie from the start. What should have been an alternativeending for passengers. Walle the film is telling us that if we dont put an end to large companies who dont give two damns, then we could suffer the same fate. Rodrigo garcia, whose 2005 film, nine lives, and television series in.
Dec 19, 2016 passengers is an original story, but that story is written by someone with respect for the tradition of great and thoughtprovoking science fiction in film. Or with either chris or jennifer greeting the crew since it is very unlikely that they both would have. My wife actually guessed this within the first ten minutes. Beyond the horrific, misogynistic setup that attempts to make stockholm syndrome sexy, the movie which has been in. She quickly learns that some of the passengers remember an explosion that is at odds with. There is a twist in passengers, but its one the film lays on you right at the start, rather than waiting for.
The most controversial movie endings of all time duration. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Upon first look, passengers seems like a sweet movie. Anne hathaway stars in a thriller by rodrigo garcia the new york. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake. So he said aurora that she have possibility to reach colony. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing passengers 2008 near you. As their romance progresses, the surviving passengers begin to disappear one by one.
Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt star in a highstakes adventure about two passengers, aurora and jim, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. Passengers courtesy of sony pictures a little piece of editing goes a long way for the chris prattjennifer lawrence film. Garcia would subsequently go onto direct the likes of the wellreceived and awardsfriendly mother and son. The visuals are pretty neat but the film doesnt leave you with much to go home with. Although the film is quite decent at scenes, it doesnt drag on but still isnt too great. Buynlarge may even serve as a metaphor for the american government, which we know the film is set. The ending of the film is the thing that we adjusted most not just during this production but all the years leading up to it, jon spaihts, the passengers screenwriter who had been. Passengers is a supernatural thriller so mechanically inept and. After a plane crash, a young therapist, claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flights five survivors. It was the directorial debut of rodrigo garcia, previously a screenwriter of things you can tell just by looking at her 2000 and nine lives 2005 and director on episodes of six feet under 20015 and carnivale 20035.
Passengers 2008 therapist claire summers anne hathaway receives an assignment by her mentor to counsel the five survivors of a plane crash. The 2008 movie passengers wasnt screened for critics, and barely. The film is directed by rodrigo garcia and is nice film that keeps you in suspense up until the very end. Apr 26, 2017 my wife and i took a pass at making a few changes. The setting is a giant starship, the avalon, carrying 5,000 passengers in suspended animation who will open their eyes after 120 years to find themselves on a fresh, green, unsullied planet where. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. Passengers is a 2016 american science fiction romance film set in 2343 directed by morten tyldum and written by jon spaihts. With ten years of development, youd be surprised how much of jon spaihts original passengers script made it on screen in the new film. Passengers is a 2008 americancanadian romantic mystery thriller film directed by rodrigo garcia, written by ronnie christensen, and starring anne hathaway and patrick wilson. A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers.
Anyway, after the ending i understood that there is a very nice thought below some of the crappy scenes and unrealistic plot twist. The passengers trailers all hid a twist that ruins the. Oct 24, 2008 the very premise of the film, once it is revealed, pretty much leaves god out of lifes general picture. The tagline the truth cant hide forever suggest an xfiley type of ride and in. Claire is intrigued by eric, the most secretive of the passengers. In passengers, jim preston chris pratt is an engineer who decides to join thousands of others on the avalon, a spaceship whose passengers are supposed to stay in an induced state of deep sleep for 120 years while they travel to a deep space colony. Based on the newberywinning childrens books, this animated film follows a young boy who runs away to an island to rescue and befriend a baby dragon. 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. Dec 23, 2016 the 2007 version of the passengers script is, in general, a stronger piece of work, with a more unique scifi vision than the derivative construction of the finished film. Ive heard that this movie has some kind of twist ending. The tagline the truth cant hide forever suggest an xfiley type of ride and in many cases could actually be swapped out for one. Can someone please explain the movie passengers with anne. Can someone thoroughly explain the ending of the movie. Passengers inst the typical mystery thriller and is added with a twist type ending though there are clues along the way for those whom pay close attention.
The ending elevates the film as it caught us off guard. The very premise of the film, once it is revealed, pretty much leaves god out of lifes general picture. 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. 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. Therapist claire summers anne hathaway receives an assignment by her mentor to counsel the five survivors of a plane crash. With anne hathaway, patrick wilson, david morse, andre braugher. Passengers is about claire summers anne hathaway, a grief. A grief counselor working with a group of planecrash survivors finds herself at the root of a mystery when her clients begin to disappear.
Like the film, the script comes to an end at homestead ii, but this time crowds of people come pouring out of the ship jim and auroras descendants. It doesnt need saying that the original passengers scripts ending is much darker than that in the actual film, taking the theme of isolation in space to its absolute extreme, as well as. Because of the way studios make movies these days, director morten tyldums passengers is a weirdly special film. The crew and the 5,000 passengers are all in hibernation pods for the 120year journey.
The 2008 movie passengers wasnt screened for critics. The movie even went out of its way to emphasize that each person had their own personality, hopes, lives. In part 1 of this discussion pete fenzel discussed the plot of passengers at length and teased out its ethical issues. The plot depicts two people who are awakened ninety. After saving the ship jim found out that a medical machine which reanimated him can also put person in hibernation. A good twistending film like the sixth sense, say, distracts viewers with. Passengers isnt sure if it wants to create a tender atmosphere or if it wants to encourage serious nailbiting worry. Especially since theres only three scenes after that. Psychotherapist claire summers counsels five survivors of a recent plane crash. An existential mysterycumromance, director rodrigo garcia 2005s nine lives and screenwriter ronnie christensen construct the plot in. The buynlarge ships are a good samaritan act to an issue they created.
Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Would passengers have been better with the original. Inspired by the the discussion in nerdwriter1s video. Most of the movie presents a serious ethical and moral dilemma for. Passengers stars the lovely anne hathaway as claire summers. Passengers isnt based on a book, but its inspired by. Also, anne hathaways character is supposed to by a therapist which makes 90% of this movie frustrating in. Lstar capital,village roadshow pictures,wanda pictures,original film,company films,start motion pictures written by jon spaihts good movie great visuals passengers. It better develops its characters and their place in the world, and while some of the dialogue is a bit more hokey, theres a more distinct tone to offset that.
But just 30 years in, jim wakes up due to a mechanical glitch, effectively leaving him on a. So, practically all the time as the movie went on i thought that its a rather dull film. Indeed, it beggars belief that five passengers manage to survive the deadly crash. 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. By some miracle, five extremely lucky passengers of a commercial airliner manage to survive a devastating emergency landing. But just 30 years in, jim wakes up due to a mechanical glitch, effectively leaving him on a desert island. The faq items below may give away important plot points. Claire is a young therapist, assigned to work with the five survivors of plane crash. Based on what we see in the trailers, jim chris pratt and aurora jennifer.
I enjoyed watching the ending but the journey to get there was just not worth it. Its the rare modern blockbuster thats given a decent budget, but isnt based on. She feels particularly drawn to eric patrick wilson. Just as claires professional relationship with eric despite her better judgment blossoms into a romance, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one. The fact that all five thousand hibernation pods got ejected into space is terrifying and horrible. 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. Passengers a muted, eerie but ultimately soothing blend of elements from the sixth sense and tvs lost, plus a healthy dollop of psychobabble, passengers follows a handful of planecrash.
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