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Jupiter Ascending is good BECAUSE it's so bad. It's a high-budget princess fanfiction that was crafted with love and 0 sense. Lana and Lily really sat down and were like "remember how we're trans women and always wanted to be discovered as the beautiful important princesses we are? Yes? Let's throw some ham-fisted capitalism critiques and also a Beautiful Albino Wolf Angel in there and we got a whole-ass movie". And they did! And Eddie Redmayne was the only one who understood the assignment was "space, but high camp". He put his whole life in every line.
Here's the thing - is Jupiter Ascending every thing the bad criticisms say? Absolutely? BUT is it perfect for that? ABSOLUTELY!! It's a teenage girl's fanfic come to life, but on crack! It's Steven Universe but drunk!! (and yes, with severe mommy issues lol) It's a big budget trashfire and I love it. IT CREATES LIFE! LOLOL But I must admit that a lot of my affection for it is due to a good friend of mine both seeing it's a mess and unironically loving it (then again, she *does* pronounce 'gif' incorrectly - like the peanut butter - so take that with a grain of salt lol) and I wouldn't have sought it out otherwise. Even so, I think the basic bones for a good story are present but the execution is what went a little awry.
i thought you were joking when you said this movie was steven universe but drunk, but the more I went through this video, the more connections the two have. now I wish the connection was never made
Same! It was dry and mostly confusing but I was fascinated because I thought it was building up to something. I was disappointed in the end, but I enjoyed the whole experience.
This is the first time you're talking about a movie where i can confidently say: its so bad i love it! The Story makes no goddamn sense, but its pretty to look at and fun to leave on in the background while i do crochet xD
I love this movie in spite of itself, and I agree with the general consensus. Also, no Kennie, you're not crazy. This movie is incredibly convoluted and confusing - which is a miracle since, when all the confusing crap is stripped from it, it's a painfully simple story. I throw this movie on in the background a lot, so I've seen it more times than anyone realistically should. It took way too long for me to really "get" what the plot was. Despite that, I love this movie for the batshit insanity, dumb choices, and the clear ambition on part of the creators. This is NOT a movie you make out of laziness of cynicism; there is clear passion here. It's one of those movies where it's more fun to write fanfiction to flesh out the world and characters than the actual movie is.
this is so true, it's one of those movies for me that feel either too long or too short depending on how you watch it, and it's so fast paced in some areas but also extremely slow in others. Just in general really bad, but I love it.
@@kimberleywilliams7802 I actually showed this movie to a friend of mine. We both smoked some weed and slept through the boring parts and woke up for the dumb parts. She absolutely loved it XD
ok so my dad watches this movie at least once a week when he cooks and drinks (a lot) of wine, so this could be stockholm syndrome, but seeing this movie at least a million times has led me to believe that Eddie Redmayne was the perfect casting choice no one could’ve played it better.
I highly recommend looking at universities in your area that have psychology grad programs for ADHD testing. My friend was tested by a Michigan university and it was about $800. It was still A LOT to shell out, but way less than private practices. Also, since it's part of a college education, you end up with more professionals interpreting your results in order to keep tabs on student progress.
I think either my mom or me watched it on Netflix and I genuinely don’t know what either of us thought about it. When I saw the people in this movie in your video, I was like, “I saw it at some point right?” And then I realized I just completely erased it ever existing in my mind. I don’t know if that’s a good thing yet though.
Life-long sci-fi fan with ADHD here. This movie couldn't hold my attention, and I think it was more the lack of interest in the characters than crappy plot for me. Love to see you back for In Defense Of Season 2, Kennie💜💜💜
Same with the ADHD and sci-fi loving, but I did get the plot. It just seemed a bit overwrought and nonsensical to me. Like, internal logic-wise, clearly they're already breaking a lot of rules here, I don't know why her permission was needed for planet harvesting but not for kidnapping. Seems like they all had a different plan as to how to get her to hand over a planet legally but all their plans involved doing illegal things anyway.
I love how Kendall pronounced Titus correctly the first time and then assumes she pronounced it incorrectly and continued pronouncing it incorrectly for the rest of the video. 🤣 Also, Titus was one of the most normal names in the movie. 🤣
if i had to guess, she may have been thinking of tidus from final fantasy x and how the fandom argues 24/7 abiut the pronounciation 😂😂 the general consensus from the developers is that it's "tee-dus" but most of the players think that's dumb LOL so they stick to "tye-dus"
Yo, I haven't thought about this movie in like 4 years. My friends and I watched it during a slumber party in 2018 and, all I remember was us clowning it, falling asleep and waking up to it *still* going. You could offer me a million dollars and, for the life of me I wouldn't be able to tell you what this movie is about.
I remember going to see this in like the first semester of film school with a bunch of other classmates… and at the end we were like….”well….that was something”. Jupiter spent the whole movie descending (falling) instead of ascending. But I believe after this the wachowskis came out with sense 8 which is a masterpiece
it says a lot for kennie's charm that I just sat here and watched her trash one of my favourite movies for 24 minutes, and i even enjoyed the experience
Jupiter Ascending IS THE HILL I WILL DIE ON Still lowkey hoping for a sequel since I was genuinely interested in the world-building. Maybe it would've had a chance in an episodic format? Oh well, there's always fanfiction.
FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GETS IT. FanFiction is so embarrassing to talk about, let alone to get someone to watch a movie because the fanfic is so good. My life was complete when I found the fics ‘Rise’ and ‘Jupiter Ecliptic’ because they expand on all the potential that movie set up
@@KariTalks Fanfiction gets a bad rep (especially because of the cringy fanfics turned movies *coughAftercough*) so I feel you. But some of the best stories I've read have been fanfic. And the fact that they're free still blows my noggin.
I was today's age old when I learned that even good actors can get stuck in bad studio contracts that force them to star in crappy or even decent movies that they have no interest in or they could just make questionable choices 😂. Hey money has to be made right? 🤷🏽♀️
This is one of my comfort movies. Watching it feels like reading a self insert fanfic of a completely different piece of media and I just think that's great 😂
This is one of my favorite “bad” movies, I liked that the writers didn’t base it on a book or anything like that so I thought it was worth giving it a chance. At the time it felt like there were so many books being turned into movies or remakes & I was tired of it. Also I loved Channing Tatum a lot at the time. I went to see it in theaters & I bought it on Dvd when it came out. I just watched it again two weeks ago & still enjoyed it, despite the things that could’ve been done better. I tend to fix stories from movies in my head though so even if it’s a bad movie I still manage to enjoy it most of the time.😌😌😁
People will also say their movie Speed Racer was terrible but it has actually become more critically acclaimed over the years, especially as CGI loaded films are pretty much the norm nowadays, people can appreciate it for the visual masterpiece that it is. They were definitely ahead of their time making Speed Racer and got shit on because people didn't understand it yet. My friend dragged me to the imax one night and I had no idea what we were even seeing and it ended up being freaking Awesome!! A treat for the eyes and whimsical yet intense and emotional when it needs to be.
I love the worldbuilding of _Jupiter Ascending,_ I love it's aesthethic, but really the writing is very weak. Also I suspect they only cast Mila Kunis because they wanted an Eastern European lead for the heavy-handed symbolism of Earth's rightful owner being a girl born in international waters, and she was the higher profile actress who filled that bill (sorry Noomi Rapace)... that's the main problem of the movie, the Watchowskis made all this interesting backstories for everyone but failed translate that into compelling characterization
don't worry girl, I've got ADHD, like me some hard sci-fi and I still thought this movie was a mess. hell, Mila Kunis herself couldn't summarise what this movie was about. Did love the visuals and costumes, though. Was stoked when I saw you were covering this, wonderful to see your brain shortcircuit :D Happy you guys are back!
Mila Kunis is a GREAT comedy actress but that's it. She was awesome in that 70s show and Bad Moms because that's her niche. She doesn't really have the range for action/adventure stuff
I will always defend Jupiter Ascending. Is it good? NO! But is it wonderful and fresh and Sci fi that doesn't have the same boring ass asthetic and actually has fun, yes!
I saw this movie when it came out and many times since. I know that most people don't like it, but I found it enjoyable. Are there many problems with this movie? Absolutely. But I am a hard core sci fi fan, so if you give me enough action scenes, you get a pass from me. Also, I was overwhelmed by the beautiful visuals. This was a visually pleasing movie to watch. I know that I am probably in the minority on this one. I'm fine with that.
As a counselor in training, an easy way to know if you have ADHD especially in black women, is daydreaming. Try to watch how much youre daydreaming, especially when resting. Also, remember to drink water and be kind to yourself everyone
This is one of my favourite movies, a guilty pleasure for real. I was in a Divergent rabbit hole at the time and this movie was a perfect similar-ish vibe. Was in my fantasy sci-fi y/n era
I watched this in a movie theatre and it's definitely something to watch with a bunch of friends to just laugh at the badness and how strange the plot is, similar to how you would watch the room. I can't get out of my head about how they make such a point of using a sanitary pad to cover an open wound, but when it's taken off it's the sticky side on the wound (ouch!!), which implies that Jupiter has been applying pads with the sticky and non-absorbent side up her whole life! This conundrum lives rent free in my brain.
It's bad. No ifs, no buts. I can't help but laugh when Cain says that city will be rebuilt after the alien attack. I wonder how on earth does the actors agree to this?
this movie is fascinating because there's some genuinely interesting worldbuilding in there but it's WAY too much for the runtime. i genuinely think jupiter ascending should have been a serialised graphic novel because its visual identity is great and they could have done SO much more with jupiter navigating the complex galactic politics of her "family" if they'd had WAY more room to let it breathe
First off whisper whisper scream is a great drinking game. Cain was busted and almost executed for ripping that guys throat out. Sean Bee defends him and shares his punishment to save his life.( and side note tragically his bee daughter has colony collapse syndrome) But the scene got cut so the whisper screams seems entirely nonsensical instead of only 50% nonsense
Kennie, you never fail to give me the triple shot of endorphins needed to uplift my unpredictable state of being. I can always count on you to make me choke on the air I’m already struggling to breathe through my hysterical cackling. So excited for season 2 of IDO & Camp Counselors!! So, Jupiter Ascending SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD! They spent too much mf money for it to have been as bad as it was. The writing & casting was piss-poor, but I did like the visuals (the costumes were deffo an issue though). Tbh, I haven’t watched this in years out of spite, bc Ik 7 year olds who would’ve written it the way it always should’ve been. I love Sci-Fi, I was raised on Sci-Fi (& SyFy) and it’s so crazy to me, especially in this genre, how easy it is to make so many missteps that accumulate into such a large-scale mess of media. Sci-Fi is a genre where you can get away with A LOT. Shit doesn’t have to make sense, shit doesn’t have to adhere to ANY rules that humans perceive to be real or not real, shit doesn’t even have to have dialogue. You can literally do ANYTHING and just make it entertaining enough to get people to watch it & talk about it. The thing is… ppl who love the sci-fi genre & are passionate about the art of it, aren’t TYPICALLY the ones in any seat of power within these film productions. Writers who know how to build worlds & lore that could rival any religion, creatives who see exactly what could be & find ways (no matter how unconventional or excessive) to bring the collective vision to life. Fans who spend years pouring over any & every shred of story & characterization, sensory clues & research. Fckn cosplayers & independent artists with less than 1/4 of the resources these massive productions are allowed; It’s incredible. Kennie, loml, I NEED you to cover Sucker Punch on this series. I’m terrified of what you’ll say but I need you to acknowledge this movie & it’s journey both production-wise & critically. Zach Snyder is public enemy #3 BUT he almost had the video game-movie/psychological action thriller/cultural critique movie of the past 3 generations… but it’s Snyder so we can’t have nice things. The cast was incredible, the visuals/sequences were kinda excellent, & the costumes were so gorgeous. The writing was clumsy but the STORY was a juicy mindfuck. Also, the soundtrack alone makes it a cultural staple, the covers are so haunting & just beautiful. I love this movie and I’ll never not love this movie, so pls validate my taste OR completely rip it to shreds; I’m not complaining regardless.
This movie falls under Chris Stuckmann's category of movies called Hilariosity. "A movie such an atrocity that its hilarious." At least Sean Bean didn't die in this one😂
I'm a huge sci fi fan, with loves that range across a wide variety of media and fandoms, BUT - there is definitely a difference between a well-executed sci fi world that uses verbal and visual language to give context to their world-specific terms, and sci fi that gets lost in self conscious fake languages. Good sci fi explores universal concepts in a technofantasy setting. Like we don't need a lot of context when Luke Skywalker whines about how he wanted to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters. We've all wanted to go to [place] to get [thing] and been thwarted by a family authority. We don't need to know where Tosche Station is, what it's a station for, how to put a power converter in a landspeeder; it's irrelevant. We feel Luke's feelings and we think his landspeeder is cool af. Contrast this with, say, Lady in the Water. Narfs and Scrunts and Vessels and everything needs explanation. What the thing is called is tangled up with what it is for. We need to memorize a whole vocabulary to watch the thing, it distracts from relating to the characters, and it requires more explanation than the plot can support. The action itself depends on us knowing all this nonsense. TL:DR - Jennifer Ascending is Space Lady in the Water. IDK WTF is going on.
I love sci-fi and I was excited to learn about this film when advertised because the Wachowski's created one of my favorite films of all time: Cloud Atlas (although to be fair, you have to watch it several times to understand the flow of the editing). Having established that, the only thing good about Jupiter Ascending was the visuals. The Cell with JLO was just as visually stimulating but had more concise storytelling and was genuinely scary. And that was made 15 years prior.
I've seen this movies so many times. You were right the acting, writing, basically everything about this movie gives 2013 Tumblr fanfiction but honestly I love how ridiculous this movie is.
The only recolection I have of this movie is the scene where armed men irrupt into Jupiters home and shoot her parents, the whole theater was silent and my boyfriend at the time just busted out laughing really loudly because he felt it was so random.
I watched it with my whole family and afterwards we all looked at each other and collectively said, "That movie sucked". It was one of those rare moments where we all agreed with each other.
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but my hubby and I loved it 😊 We actually wished we had seen it in the theater, but avoided it because we heard so many bad things about it. We both love sci fi and fantasy, occasionally that includes movies not liked by most people... not sure why this happens to be one of them.
I love a good Sci-Fi and I’m a sucker for one with a female lead and good romance. My issue with this movie is it is just a huge repeating pattern of “Jupiter gets captured. Trusts wrong person and makes wrong choice. Kane saves her.” I think they tried to make her seem like a “strong female lead” by making her royalty and protective of her family but they ultimately made another repetitive damsel in distress storyline.
OMG, i watched it when it came out and I was so confusedddd. and it looks so hugh boudget so i was thinking like: yeah, i guess i am the only one who didnt get it
I'm a lifelong Sci-fi fan and I can honestly say that although I loved the aesthetics in some parts of the movie, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I don't think I'd give it a second watch, but there were parts that were so absurd that they made my mom and I laugh really hard when I don't think that was the intention at all. PS: The part-wolf thing was already weird, but her saying "I love dogs" made it weirder.
i saw Jupiter ascending IN THEATERS and i was very confused but my very good friend was obsessed with it..... i did think it was pretty funny tho especially the bees part
So funny story about this film is I remember seeing the ads for it the first time before it got delayed for a year and I was so inspired by it I went on a book binge looking for anything with a similar tone! Cue my discovery of Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt! It’s basically everything I wanted Jupiter Ascending to be with the MC being a Martian princess who’s discovered on Earth and has to reclaim her planet and lost thrown while also falling in love with the man who revealed her true identity to her! Ofc there’s a sequel, Startcross where a rival is introduced but overall it’s a very charming and underground series! Also this is a guilty pleasure film lmao. I saw it in theaters and went away amused if not confused. I was just annoyed that it was too long but I honestly enjoyed it none the less 😂
You guys should do the butterfly effect if you haven't already . I remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing ever when I was like 7 but it could have been horrible I have no idea haha . It's one of those fever dream type memories for me I couldn't tell you what it was about whatsoever
Don't say a word with Brittney Murphey is another on that's like that for me I loved it when I was a kid but don't remember a single thing about it . I thought that movie was the height of good movies when I was like 8 I wonder what I would think now
Anything kennie is in is an immediate watch...I have never heard of half of these movies and yet I still love watch her analysis for her flavor and humor. . . . Also....girl 6:56 its pronounced like "cas-tea-yo"
Thai movie was my childhood I loved it and remember watching it with my dad 24 7 and at 3am I was thinking of it and seeing the characters just brought a wave a nostalgia
I saw it in the theater. It's not all that good but I had fun with it. The Wachowski's are undeniably creative, but sometimes their reach exceeds their grasp.
What you said about not being able to enjoy sci-fi perfectly described why I can't get into it either. Also high-fantasy like Lord of The Rings and stuff. It's just too overwhelming
Kennie, can you watch the 2001 Planet of the Apes? I’ve rewatched it recently and died laughing a few times. The ape scene where they talk about how sterilization resulted in “A welfare state that nearly bankrupted” the apes killed me. 😂
Thank you Kendall! I've been asking for this one, glad you were as confused as me. But I do like sci-fi romance and i did buy the dvd because its an interesting mess.
I saw this movie in a small theater and you're absolutely right, it was hard to follow. The plot was stupid and the good actors were really bad and they set it up like it was supposed to be huge but it just couldn't do it
I remember we went to the drive in and not even 5 minutes into it I fell asleep. Now is that my fault cause it was like 1 am maybe, but when I woke up I couldn’t stay with the plot. It was just so bad.
I think I saw this one in theaters and yeah, it is so bad and forgettable. The only plot points that really stuck with me were the bees and Channing being part wolf 🤣
When you screamed about your “transhuman” pronunciation mistake as soon as you screamed a notification popped up on my phone screen to “turn my volume down on my headphones” lmao
omg i just remembered when i saw the poster that i HAVE seen this in the cinema as a tween, but i guess it was very forgettable bc i don’t remember anything from the plot💀
ok so I feel like I saw this around when it came out and for some reason the ONLY thing I remember is Mila Kunis like slowly walking into a fancy bath??? someone pls tell me if that's a thing that actually happened in this movie lmao
I really like most sci-fi nonsense bs and i missed this movie in theaters but was excited for it, and I’ve tired to watch it 4 separate times and fallen asleep in the first 20 minutes every single time.
Yep, I tried watching this movie. I really, really tried to watch it through to the end but the whole film was so boring that I couldn’t make it past 35 minutes before quitting and never bothered to watch it again.
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Edit your intro to have clips of you wearing that shirt 😆❤.
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I DONT CARE IF THE MOVIE WAS SHIT ITS ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING MOVIES I SEEN IN AGES
Jupiter Ascending is good BECAUSE it's so bad. It's a high-budget princess fanfiction that was crafted with love and 0 sense. Lana and Lily really sat down and were like "remember how we're trans women and always wanted to be discovered as the beautiful important princesses we are? Yes? Let's throw some ham-fisted capitalism critiques and also a Beautiful Albino Wolf Angel in there and we got a whole-ass movie". And they did! And Eddie Redmayne was the only one who understood the assignment was "space, but high camp". He put his whole life in every line.
Also, this review from the Mary Sue sums it up: "Jupiter Ascending is the worst movie ever, go see it immediately"
Yes this movie was terrible, although that one part when she kept slapping our main villain and he kept screaming like a little girl, that was funny.
Here's the thing - is Jupiter Ascending every thing the bad criticisms say? Absolutely? BUT is it perfect for that? ABSOLUTELY!! It's a teenage girl's fanfic come to life, but on crack! It's Steven Universe but drunk!! (and yes, with severe mommy issues lol) It's a big budget trashfire and I love it. IT CREATES LIFE! LOLOL
But I must admit that a lot of my affection for it is due to a good friend of mine both seeing it's a mess and unironically loving it (then again, she *does* pronounce 'gif' incorrectly - like the peanut butter - so take that with a grain of salt lol) and I wouldn't have sought it out otherwise. Even so, I think the basic bones for a good story are present but the execution is what went a little awry.
I saw it too with my bff and we were laughing our asses off the whole time. I can’t hate this movie no matter how stupid
i thought you were joking when you said this movie was steven universe but drunk, but the more I went through this video, the more connections the two have. now I wish the connection was never made
She said Jennifer Ascending I'm weak 💀💀💀
Much love, glad to get more More Butter! 💖
Thanks for the love!
Sequel to Jennifer’s Body: She has risen.
Jennifer Ascending. The exciting sequel to Jennifer's Body.
I'd pay to see it!
Us too!
I thought the same thing and now I feel unoriginal 😂
I'm such a Jupiter Ascending apologist 😂. Is it good? No. But did I watch the whole thing in the cinema with a grin on my face? Yes.
Yes
preach, it's so bad it's good TO ME.
Me!
Same! It was dry and mostly confusing but I was fascinated because I thought it was building up to something. I was disappointed in the end, but I enjoyed the whole experience.
Absolutely. Very middle school fanfiction creative writing class.
This is the first time you're talking about a movie where i can confidently say: its so bad i love it! The Story makes no goddamn sense, but its pretty to look at and fun to leave on in the background while i do crochet xD
Yep
I love this movie in spite of itself, and I agree with the general consensus. Also, no Kennie, you're not crazy. This movie is incredibly convoluted and confusing - which is a miracle since, when all the confusing crap is stripped from it, it's a painfully simple story. I throw this movie on in the background a lot, so I've seen it more times than anyone realistically should. It took way too long for me to really "get" what the plot was. Despite that, I love this movie for the batshit insanity, dumb choices, and the clear ambition on part of the creators. This is NOT a movie you make out of laziness of cynicism; there is clear passion here. It's one of those movies where it's more fun to write fanfiction to flesh out the world and characters than the actual movie is.
Thank you I agree. Fucking love this movie. It was kinda so bad it's good type
this is so true, it's one of those movies for me that feel either too long or too short depending on how you watch it, and it's so fast paced in some areas but also extremely slow in others. Just in general really bad, but I love it.
@@kimberleywilliams7802 I actually showed this movie to a friend of mine. We both smoked some weed and slept through the boring parts and woke up for the dumb parts. She absolutely loved it XD
ok so my dad watches this movie at least once a week when he cooks and drinks (a lot) of wine, so this could be stockholm syndrome, but seeing this movie at least a million times has led me to believe that Eddie Redmayne was the perfect casting choice no one could’ve played it better.
it reminds me of voldemort somehow
I highly recommend looking at universities in your area that have psychology grad programs for ADHD testing. My friend was tested by a Michigan university and it was about $800. It was still A LOT to shell out, but way less than private practices. Also, since it's part of a college education, you end up with more professionals interpreting your results in order to keep tabs on student progress.
I think either my mom or me watched it on Netflix and I genuinely don’t know what either of us thought about it. When I saw the people in this movie in your video, I was like, “I saw it at some point right?” And then I realized I just completely erased it ever existing in my mind. I don’t know if that’s a good thing yet though.
omg same!! i watched it w my mom n then just dipped out at some point and completely forgot about it until now
Life-long sci-fi fan with ADHD here. This movie couldn't hold my attention, and I think it was more the lack of interest in the characters than crappy plot for me. Love to see you back for In Defense Of Season 2, Kennie💜💜💜
Same with the ADHD and sci-fi loving, but I did get the plot. It just seemed a bit overwrought and nonsensical to me. Like, internal logic-wise, clearly they're already breaking a lot of rules here, I don't know why her permission was needed for planet harvesting but not for kidnapping. Seems like they all had a different plan as to how to get her to hand over a planet legally but all their plans involved doing illegal things anyway.
I love how Kendall pronounced Titus correctly the first time and then assumes she pronounced it incorrectly and continued pronouncing it incorrectly for the rest of the video. 🤣
Also, Titus was one of the most normal names in the movie. 🤣
if i had to guess, she may have been thinking of tidus from final fantasy x and how the fandom argues 24/7 abiut the pronounciation 😂😂 the general consensus from the developers is that it's "tee-dus" but most of the players think that's dumb LOL so they stick to "tye-dus"
Yo, I haven't thought about this movie in like 4 years. My friends and I watched it during a slumber party in 2018 and, all I remember was us clowning it, falling asleep and waking up to it *still* going. You could offer me a million dollars and, for the life of me I wouldn't be able to tell you what this movie is about.
Now I know what JD is for ! Kennie JD: Kennie Jupiter Descending
I remember going to see this in like the first semester of film school with a bunch of other classmates… and at the end we were like….”well….that was something”.
Jupiter spent the whole movie descending (falling) instead of ascending.
But I believe after this the wachowskis came out with sense 8 which is a masterpiece
it says a lot for kennie's charm that I just sat here and watched her trash one of my favourite movies for 24 minutes, and i even enjoyed the experience
Apparently Natalie Portman was supposed to play Jupiter originally, so that may be why Mika Kunis doesn’t…fit
Oh my god that makes so much more sense
Natalie gave a look at the script and noped out LMAO
I wonder if she refused because she read the first page and had Star Wars Prequels ptsd flashbacks.
Jupiter Ascending IS THE HILL I WILL DIE ON
Still lowkey hoping for a sequel since I was genuinely interested in the world-building. Maybe it would've had a chance in an episodic format? Oh well, there's always fanfiction.
Yaaas
Yeeeeeeeeees
FINALLY SOMEONE THAT GETS IT. FanFiction is so embarrassing to talk about, let alone to get someone to watch a movie because the fanfic is so good. My life was complete when I found the fics ‘Rise’ and ‘Jupiter Ecliptic’ because they expand on all the potential that movie set up
@@KariTalks Fanfiction gets a bad rep (especially because of the cringy fanfics turned movies *coughAftercough*) so I feel you. But some of the best stories I've read have been fanfic. And the fact that they're free still blows my noggin.
I was today's age old when I learned that even good actors can get stuck in bad studio contracts that force them to star in crappy or even decent movies that they have no interest in or they could just make questionable choices 😂. Hey money has to be made right? 🤷🏽♀️
This is one of my comfort movies. Watching it feels like reading a self insert fanfic of a completely different piece of media and I just think that's great 😂
Omg yes. Ever since I saw this in theaters I’ve felt like I didn’t have enough people to share my pain with.
This is one of my favorite “bad” movies, I liked that the writers didn’t base it on a book or anything like that so I thought it was worth giving it a chance. At the time it felt like there were so many books being turned into movies or remakes & I was tired of it. Also I loved Channing Tatum a lot at the time. I went to see it in theaters & I bought it on Dvd when it came out. I just watched it again two weeks ago & still enjoyed it, despite the things that could’ve been done better. I tend to fix stories from movies in my head though so even if it’s a bad movie I still manage to enjoy it most of the time.😌😌😁
The movie is AWFUL but it's definitely a fun guilty pleasure.
Plus Channing Tatum with Wolf ears? I am HERE for it.
He's like Four from _Divergent,_ Jacob from _Twilight_ and Daniel Grigori from _Fallen_ where all rolled into one Channing Tatum. What not to love?
I spy with my little eye, a furry
People will also say their movie Speed Racer was terrible but it has actually become more critically acclaimed over the years, especially as CGI loaded films are pretty much the norm nowadays, people can appreciate it for the visual masterpiece that it is. They were definitely ahead of their time making Speed Racer and got shit on because people didn't understand it yet.
My friend dragged me to the imax one night and I had no idea what we were even seeing and it ended up being freaking Awesome!! A treat for the eyes and whimsical yet intense and emotional when it needs to be.
I love the worldbuilding of _Jupiter Ascending,_ I love it's aesthethic, but really the writing is very weak. Also I suspect they only cast Mila Kunis because they wanted an Eastern European lead for the heavy-handed symbolism of Earth's rightful owner being a girl born in international waters, and she was the higher profile actress who filled that bill (sorry Noomi Rapace)... that's the main problem of the movie, the Watchowskis made all this interesting backstories for everyone but failed translate that into compelling characterization
This movie is 100% my brand of trash, I know it by heart and love it in all its cheesy glory.
don't worry girl, I've got ADHD, like me some hard sci-fi and I still thought this movie was a mess. hell, Mila Kunis herself couldn't summarise what this movie was about. Did love the visuals and costumes, though. Was stoked when I saw you were covering this, wonderful to see your brain shortcircuit :D Happy you guys are back!
Mila Kunis is a GREAT comedy actress but that's it. She was awesome in that 70s show and Bad Moms because that's her niche. She doesn't really have the range for action/adventure stuff
I will always defend Jupiter Ascending. Is it good? NO! But is it wonderful and fresh and Sci fi that doesn't have the same boring ass asthetic and actually has fun, yes!
I saw this movie when it came out and many times since. I know that most people don't like it, but I found it enjoyable. Are there many problems with this movie? Absolutely. But I am a hard core sci fi fan, so if you give me enough action scenes, you get a pass from me. Also, I was overwhelmed by the beautiful visuals. This was a visually pleasing movie to watch. I know that I am probably in the minority on this one. I'm fine with that.
It's such a feast for the eyes!
As a counselor in training, an easy way to know if you have ADHD especially in black women, is daydreaming. Try to watch how much youre daydreaming, especially when resting. Also, remember to drink water and be kind to yourself everyone
Nope! I will die on this hill. Jupiter Ascending is the girliest, campiest, space opera I have ever seen and I love it for that!
This is one of my favourite movies, a guilty pleasure for real. I was in a Divergent rabbit hole at the time and this movie was a perfect similar-ish vibe. Was in my fantasy sci-fi y/n era
I watched this in a movie theatre and it's definitely something to watch with a bunch of friends to just laugh at the badness and how strange the plot is, similar to how you would watch the room.
I can't get out of my head about how they make such a point of using a sanitary pad to cover an open wound, but when it's taken off it's the sticky side on the wound (ouch!!), which implies that Jupiter has been applying pads with the sticky and non-absorbent side up her whole life! This conundrum lives rent free in my brain.
YAS WE'RE BACK LETS GO!!!!
Haha the best part is when Eddie Redmayne goes "I create life....and I Destroy it"... The rest of it was so confusing.
I saw that thumbnail and said "oh hell yeah" like some kind of pervert, this trainwreck is definitely some prime Kennie bait
It's bad. No ifs, no buts. I can't help but laugh when Cain says that city will be rebuilt after the alien attack. I wonder how on earth does the actors agree to this?
this movie is fascinating because there's some genuinely interesting worldbuilding in there but it's WAY too much for the runtime. i genuinely think jupiter ascending should have been a serialised graphic novel because its visual identity is great and they could have done SO much more with jupiter navigating the complex galactic politics of her "family" if they'd had WAY more room to let it breathe
First off whisper whisper scream is a great drinking game.
Cain was busted and almost executed for ripping that guys throat out. Sean Bee defends him and shares his punishment to save his life.( and side note tragically his bee daughter has colony collapse syndrome) But the scene got cut so the whisper screams seems entirely nonsensical instead of only 50% nonsense
Kennie, you never fail to give me the triple shot of endorphins needed to uplift my unpredictable state of being. I can always count on you to make me choke on the air I’m already struggling to breathe through my hysterical cackling. So excited for season 2 of IDO & Camp Counselors!!
So, Jupiter Ascending SHOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD! They spent too much mf money for it to have been as bad as it was. The writing & casting was piss-poor, but I did like the visuals (the costumes were deffo an issue though). Tbh, I haven’t watched this in years out of spite, bc Ik 7 year olds who would’ve written it the way it always should’ve been.
I love Sci-Fi, I was raised on Sci-Fi (& SyFy) and it’s so crazy to me, especially in this genre, how easy it is to make so many missteps that accumulate into such a large-scale mess of media. Sci-Fi is a genre where you can get away with A LOT. Shit doesn’t have to make sense, shit doesn’t have to adhere to ANY rules that humans perceive to be real or not real, shit doesn’t even have to have dialogue. You can literally do ANYTHING and just make it entertaining enough to get people to watch it & talk about it.
The thing is… ppl who love the sci-fi genre & are passionate about the art of it, aren’t TYPICALLY the ones in any seat of power within these film productions. Writers who know how to build worlds & lore that could rival any religion, creatives who see exactly what could be & find ways (no matter how unconventional or excessive) to bring the collective vision to life. Fans who spend years pouring over any & every shred of story & characterization, sensory clues & research. Fckn cosplayers & independent artists with less than 1/4 of the resources these massive productions are allowed; It’s incredible.
Kennie, loml, I NEED you to cover Sucker Punch on this series. I’m terrified of what you’ll say but I need you to acknowledge this movie & it’s journey both production-wise & critically. Zach Snyder is public enemy #3 BUT he almost had the video game-movie/psychological action thriller/cultural critique movie of the past 3 generations… but it’s Snyder so we can’t have nice things. The cast was incredible, the visuals/sequences were kinda excellent, & the costumes were so gorgeous. The writing was clumsy but the STORY was a juicy mindfuck. Also, the soundtrack alone makes it a cultural staple, the covers are so haunting & just beautiful. I love this movie and I’ll never not love this movie, so pls validate my taste OR completely rip it to shreds; I’m not complaining regardless.
"What is transhuman? Is it a human....thats trans?"
I DIED. RIGHT THEN AND THERE. DEAD
If ur curious tho, philosophytube has an excellent video on transhumanism. Highly reccomend
I’ve seen this movie 3 times, and I still didn’t know what was going on.
This movie falls under Chris Stuckmann's category of movies called Hilariosity. "A movie such an atrocity that its hilarious."
At least Sean Bean didn't die in this one😂
I love Hilariosity.
Personally I love this movie. It's a guilty pleasure right up there with the Underworld and Fast and Furious franchises
I'm a huge sci fi fan, with loves that range across a wide variety of media and fandoms, BUT - there is definitely a difference between a well-executed sci fi world that uses verbal and visual language to give context to their world-specific terms, and sci fi that gets lost in self conscious fake languages. Good sci fi explores universal concepts in a technofantasy setting.
Like we don't need a lot of context when Luke Skywalker whines about how he wanted to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters. We've all wanted to go to [place] to get [thing] and been thwarted by a family authority. We don't need to know where Tosche Station is, what it's a station for, how to put a power converter in a landspeeder; it's irrelevant. We feel Luke's feelings and we think his landspeeder is cool af.
Contrast this with, say, Lady in the Water. Narfs and Scrunts and Vessels and everything needs explanation. What the thing is called is tangled up with what it is for. We need to memorize a whole vocabulary to watch the thing, it distracts from relating to the characters, and it requires more explanation than the plot can support. The action itself depends on us knowing all this nonsense.
TL:DR - Jennifer Ascending is Space Lady in the Water. IDK WTF is going on.
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Why am I the only one I know who LOVES this movie
This is one of those movies my mother will sit down and watch EVERY SINGLE TIME it’s on TV. She’s seen it like ten times plus
I love sci-fi and I was excited to learn about this film when advertised because the Wachowski's created one of my favorite films of all time: Cloud Atlas (although to be fair, you have to watch it several times to understand the flow of the editing).
Having established that, the only thing good about Jupiter Ascending was the visuals.
The Cell with JLO was just as visually stimulating but had more concise storytelling and was genuinely scary. And that was made 15 years prior.
Oh I read Cloud Atlas! I heard it was a film, that sounds neat
It was really bad but I had a good time watching it (found it on tubi lol) and I love her makeup in the wedding scene ♥️
Omg yes!
I've seen this movies so many times. You were right the acting, writing, basically everything about this movie gives 2013 Tumblr fanfiction but honestly I love how ridiculous this movie is.
Channing Tatum is a conventionally attractive man and they did that to his face as the love interest. They should’ve known it was not gonna go well.
The only recolection I have of this movie is the scene where armed men irrupt into Jupiters home and shoot her parents, the whole theater was silent and my boyfriend at the time just busted out laughing really loudly because he felt it was so random.
Saw it. Expected greatness but it ended with me wondering when the greatness would begin.
I watched it with my whole family and afterwards we all looked at each other and collectively said, "That movie sucked". It was one of those rare moments where we all agreed with each other.
It's been awhile since I've seen it, but my hubby and I loved it 😊 We actually wished we had seen it in the theater, but avoided it because we heard so many bad things about it. We both love sci fi and fantasy, occasionally that includes movies not liked by most people... not sure why this happens to be one of them.
Kendall not being able to say "Wa-cow-skee" or "Titus" is the best part of this review to me lmao
I love a good Sci-Fi and I’m a sucker for one with a female lead and good romance. My issue with this movie is it is just a huge repeating pattern of “Jupiter gets captured. Trusts wrong person and makes wrong choice. Kane saves her.” I think they tried to make her seem like a “strong female lead” by making her royalty and protective of her family but they ultimately made another repetitive damsel in distress storyline.
OMG, i watched it when it came out and I was so confusedddd. and it looks so hugh boudget so i was thinking like: yeah, i guess i am the only one who didnt get it
I'm a lifelong Sci-fi fan and I can honestly say that although I loved the aesthetics in some parts of the movie, I didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to. I don't think I'd give it a second watch, but there were parts that were so absurd that they made my mom and I laugh really hard when I don't think that was the intention at all.
PS: The part-wolf thing was already weird, but her saying "I love dogs" made it weirder.
i saw Jupiter ascending IN THEATERS and i was very confused but my very good friend was obsessed with it..... i did think it was pretty funny tho especially the bees part
So funny story about this film is I remember seeing the ads for it the first time before it got delayed for a year and I was so inspired by it I went on a book binge looking for anything with a similar tone! Cue my discovery of Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt! It’s basically everything I wanted Jupiter Ascending to be with the MC being a Martian princess who’s discovered on Earth and has to reclaim her planet and lost thrown while also falling in love with the man who revealed her true identity to her! Ofc there’s a sequel, Startcross where a rival is introduced but overall it’s a very charming and underground series!
Also this is a guilty pleasure film lmao. I saw it in theaters and went away amused if not confused. I was just annoyed that it was too long but I honestly enjoyed it none the less 😂
I will never apologize for my love of this movie. Never ever ever.
Yay!! So glad you're back! X
Very happy that this series is back!!
fun fact i saw this movie while on a date with a situationship boy…. i’m not saying our relationship was doomed to fail but i’m not *not* saying that
You guys should do the butterfly effect if you haven't already . I remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing ever when I was like 7 but it could have been horrible I have no idea haha . It's one of those fever dream type memories for me I couldn't tell you what it was about whatsoever
Don't say a word with Brittney Murphey is another on that's like that for me I loved it when I was a kid but don't remember a single thing about it . I thought that movie was the height of good movies when I was like 8 I wonder what I would think now
more butter is baaaaaaaaack, all hail judge kennie!
I watched this a long time ago, and it was just a trip, and I thought that it was the Divergent movie for the longest time.
Aliens? Wolves? Is this a Wattpad story?
Anything kennie is in is an immediate watch...I have never heard of half of these movies and yet I still love watch her analysis for her flavor and humor.
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6:56 its pronounced like "cas-tea-yo"
So excited for season 2!
This hurts my brain so much
It was supposed to be three movies and they got part way through filming before they found out it was only going to be one.
What a gift to see this in my recommendations!
It's a gift to have you with us!
my sister played this at her birthday party the year it came out, but i still havent actually watched it
Thai movie was my childhood I loved it and remember watching it with my dad 24 7 and at 3am I was thinking of it and seeing the characters just brought a wave a nostalgia
I’m with you on the sci-fi thing. It’s never been a genre I could grasp, and if the story and world building isn’t done well that doesn’t help.
I saw it in the theater. It's not all that good but I had fun with it. The Wachowski's are undeniably creative, but sometimes their reach exceeds their grasp.
Favorite line . He says I’m no better than a dog. She says I like dogs. What so cringey LOL
What you said about not being able to enjoy sci-fi perfectly described why I can't get into it either. Also high-fantasy like Lord of The Rings and stuff. It's just too overwhelming
Kennie, can you watch the 2001 Planet of the Apes? I’ve rewatched it recently and died laughing a few times. The ape scene where they talk about how sterilization resulted in “A welfare state that nearly bankrupted” the apes killed me. 😂
I watched this thing while on a plane. Very uncomfortable experience.
Thank you Kendall! I've been asking for this one, glad you were as confused as me. But I do like sci-fi romance and i did buy the dvd because its an interesting mess.
I saw this movie in a small theater and you're absolutely right, it was hard to follow. The plot was stupid and the good actors were really bad and they set it up like it was supposed to be huge but it just couldn't do it
I remember we went to the drive in and not even 5 minutes into it I fell asleep. Now is that my fault cause it was like 1 am maybe, but when I woke up I couldn’t stay with the plot. It was just so bad.
Jupiter didn't pass the lamp test
I think I saw this one in theaters and yeah, it is so bad and forgettable. The only plot points that really stuck with me were the bees and Channing being part wolf 🤣
When you screamed about your “transhuman” pronunciation mistake as soon as you screamed a notification popped up on my phone screen to “turn my volume down on my headphones” lmao
so happy this series is back!!!!
My sibling convinced themselves this was a good movie and I just can’t 😂
omg i just remembered when i saw the poster that i HAVE seen this in the cinema as a tween, but i guess it was very forgettable bc i don’t remember anything from the plot💀
this was a very forgettable movie for something that I was really psyched to watch at the time. the only thing I really remember was the bees
ok so I feel like I saw this around when it came out and for some reason the ONLY thing I remember is Mila Kunis like slowly walking into a fancy bath??? someone pls tell me if that's a thing that actually happened in this movie lmao
My first real date was to see this movie and I fell asleep not even half way into this film in the theater
Kenny is completely confused about this movie but this is why I watch these videos
I really like most sci-fi nonsense bs and i missed this movie in theaters but was excited for it, and I’ve tired to watch it 4 separate times and fallen asleep in the first 20 minutes every single time.
Yep, I tried watching this movie. I really, really tried to watch it through to the end but the whole film was so boring that I couldn’t make it past 35 minutes before quitting and never bothered to watch it again.