Movie | Jupiter Ascending | Liked It

Was it goofy? Yes, at first. But no more than blockbuster bonanzas like Lord of the Rings and After Earth. Like that last film in particular, early viewers and critics panned Jupiter Rising for reasons seemingly other than the film itself and the rest of the sheep just blindly parroted all of that back. People like that have no business opening their mouths and should keep their idiotic, fictional opinions to themselves. Believe me when I tell you, this movie had moments of fun - lots of them, in fact. This was actually pretty darn good sci-fi. Even Tatum didn't ruin it. Plus, there was a superb cameo from Terry Gilliam. I liked this movie and you can stick that in your pipe and smoke it. Don't listen to the naysayers; see it for yourself and then decide.

The Wachowski (now) sisters continue to figuratively reach for the moon. So far, only Cloud Atlas was an utter failure in my book and that was mainly the fault of the cast. Oh, and the stillborn Speed Racer, which I'm not going to even talk about. Count Jupiter Ascending as, while not a huge success, at least a brilliant entry into an outstanding career.