05-26-2025, 08:49 AM
I was so excited for this I almost made the trek to Oakhurst to see it when it came out. But things came up. Finally, it appeared on HBO Max.
Bong Joon Ho directs the story of Mickey who signs up for an interstellar expedition to the new planet of Niflheim. His job is to die over and over again for the sake of the crew. Orson Scott Card explored similar story themes back before he went to crazy town. The rule is you can only have one printed version of a person at a time. It breaks a fundamental religious law. Naturally at some point, this law gets broken.
The story wasn't very compelling. Mickey 17 isn't a very compelling guy. There was nothing in his character to root for. The characters around him were equally awful. Mark Ruffalo and Toni Colette play a terrible religious couple leading the expedition. Mickey has two women chasing him and they aren't great.
I should have known from the lack of chatter after the movie came out that this wasn't going to be very good.
Bong Joon Ho directs the story of Mickey who signs up for an interstellar expedition to the new planet of Niflheim. His job is to die over and over again for the sake of the crew. Orson Scott Card explored similar story themes back before he went to crazy town. The rule is you can only have one printed version of a person at a time. It breaks a fundamental religious law. Naturally at some point, this law gets broken.
The story wasn't very compelling. Mickey 17 isn't a very compelling guy. There was nothing in his character to root for. The characters around him were equally awful. Mark Ruffalo and Toni Colette play a terrible religious couple leading the expedition. Mickey has two women chasing him and they aren't great.
I should have known from the lack of chatter after the movie came out that this wasn't going to be very good.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm