Line #47 YMMV/JupiterAscending


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9	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
10	** The Matriarch. Pretty much all information about what she was like comes from her children, all of whom are {{Unreliable Narrator}}s.
11	** Kalique. Is she actually in denial of the family business' nature, or does she just want to ease Jupiter into it (since she's the only one of the three [[spoiler:at least not initially planning to kill her]])?
12	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The entire score by Creator/MichaelGiacchino, which echoes the works of Music/JohnWilliams.
13	* BaseBreakingCharacter:
14	** Jupiter Jones. [[http://collider.com/wachowskis-jupiter-ascending-interview/ According to the Wachowskis]], they wanted to evoke a protagonist akin to Dorothy from ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' and avoid having her use her fists instead of her empathy. Whether or not this was a good decision is up to the viewer. One camp considers her a PinballProtagonist even as that character type goes, not to mention she gets a lot of CharacterShilling that isn't quite warranted. Another camp feels that she behaves realistically, given her circumstances, and goes through some CharacterDevelopment to justify her prior passivity. A third lies somewhere in the middle, feeling that Jupiter was a good attempt at a subversion of RealWomenDontWearDresses, but could have used a couple of rewrites to become a better character.
15	** Balem Abrasax. Some viewers find him extremely entertaining to watch due to Creator/EddieRedmayne's way-over-the-top performance, while others hate him for the exact same reasons.
16	* BileFascination: The story is a popular target of hatred due to it being so ludicrous, which is probably the main reason for curious moviegoers to give it a watch.
17	* ClicheStorm: A RagsToRoyalty PluckyGirl meets a NinjaPirateZombieRobot SuperSoldier and [[TheDulcineaEffect falls in love with him]], while they team up to fight through each member of a {{sibling\|Rivalry}} [[AristocratsAreEvil villain trio]] who want to [[PeopleFarms destroy humanity]]. In the end, [[spoiler:the AGodAmI NonActionBigBad receives a DisneyVillainDeath, EverybodyLives, and the two protagonists get a RelationshipUpgrade]].
18	* CultClassic:
19	** While it didn't gather enough critical or commercial success to warrant a franchise, it did garner a fanbase--especially among female sci-fi fans who appreciate the campy nature and idiosyncratic take on gender roles. Quite a few found it to be an archetypal teenage girl's first fanfic brought to life on the big screen; not good, by any means, but certainly a lot of fun to watch.
20	** The film has a ''ridiculously huge'' fanbase within the concept art and VFX community. Around the time of release, many concept artists, especially those who worked on the film, cited it to be "an evolution of the sci-fi genre", and even going so far as to claim that its box office bomb status was due to "the masses not being ready for it".
21	** There are also a number of fans who genuinely love it for its ambition and lack of irony, a welcome change from most modern blockbusters, as well Mila Kunis' and Channing Tatum's performances.
22	* DesignatedHero: Pretty much none of the people who help Jupiter express any moral objection to mass murder in and of itself except Titus, [[spoiler:who's lying, and planning to kill her]]. The ''Aegis'' crew want to protect her legal inheritance, [[RightForTheWrongReasons not because doing so will stop mass murder, but because they believe it's legally hers and don't like Balem trying to dodge inheritance law]].
23	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
24	** The two bounty hunters who go after Jupiter; there were probably many watching who wished the film could have been about ''them'' instead.
25	** Kalique has proven to be quite the darling on Website/{{Tumblr}}, having gained a small but vocal fanbase.
26	** Diomika Tsing, the no-nonsense ''Aegis'' ship captain who is also a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
27	** Jupiter's mother, Aleksa, particularly for fans of Creator/MariaDoyleKennedy. Bonus points that she's the most tolerable of Jupiter's family and [[TheWoobie actually has a backstory]].
28	* FanficFuel: The film already has gotten a lot of fanfics ''just days after release and maybe even before that''. This is helped by the fact that it has a KinkMeme [[http://jakink.dreamwidth.org/ that opened on February 8, 2015, just two days after the film's release]]. Hell, there's even speculations that fanfiction (not a specific one, just the writing style) was Creator/TheWachowskis' primary inspiration. And now we have [[http://septamaticloveaddict.tumblr.com/post/113961451428/evilregalking-so-lets-get-this-straight this post]], which breaks down how the film is basically a fanfic for ''Anime/InuYasha'' brought to cinemas.
29	* FanNickname: Some have taken to call the film "That 3070's Show" in reference to ''Series/That70sShow'', considering Creator/MilaKunis takes a lead role in both works.
30	* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Film/TheEagle2011'', owing to a shared Creator/ChanningTatum.
31	* GeniusBonus: Stinger explains to Jupiter that the truth birthplace of humanity is in the Cunabulum System. "Incunabulum" is Latin for "birthplace" or "cradle".
32	* HamAndCheese: Clearly Creator/EddieRedmayne enjoyed playing Balem, with his borderline CampGay demeanor and his SuddenlyShouting moments.
33	* HarsherInHindsight:
34	** The scene where Titus explains to Jupiter what 'nectar' is - and she accidentally drops a container of the fluid, causing her to go into a HeroicBSOD. The ''true'' horror arises when you consider the start of the scene when Titus and Jupiter walk into a storage area filled with ''thousands'' of the containers, it's implied that the area may be only one of several aboard, and Titus (not to mention Kalique speaking earlier) mention ''that what Jupiter has seen is an infinitesimal glimpse of the genocide visited upon uncounted worlds filled with human beings'' just to maintain the supply of 'nectar' to meet the universal demand.
35	** This also explains the suicide of the Abrasax matriarch, who was said to be over 91,000 years old at her death. [[GoMadFromTheRevelation Living that long and knowing it's at the cost of billions upon billions of lives has to eat at your soul...]]
36	* HilariousInHindsight: Eddie Redmayne's ''extreme'' overacting in this film became even funnier after he won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward sixteen days after it began its North American release for ''Film/TheTheoryOfEverything'', [[https://twitter.com/misterpatches/status/569721127443963904 with many joking that it was really for this film.]]
37	* HoYay:
38	** As this movie does have Creator/ChanningTatum, there's a bit of it between Caine and Stinger. Their fight when they're reunited is not unlike that of a SlapSlapKiss couple. Stinger is the one person Caine trusts above everyone else and Caine regards Stinger being stripped of his rank as MyGreatestFailure.
39	*** Kiza: "don't drag me into your male mating rituals"
40	** Les Yay: Jupiter doesn’t seem to have a problem with Katherine walking around in her underwear in the same room, or Kalique stripping naked and bathing in front of her.
41	* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Jupiter and Caine. If something or someone stands in a room with them, they get shipped with them.
42	* MagnificentBastard: [[OnlySaneMan Kalique Abrasax]] is the most level-headed of the three Abrasax siblings, and the most effective in accomplishing her goals. Upon learning of her psychotic brother [[PsychopathicManchild Balem]]'s aspiration to summon Jupiter Jones, their mother's genetic reincarnation, Kalique pays off his bounty hunters to instead collect her and to bring her to Kalique. Sacrificing humans for her business and eternal youth but [[AffablyEvil constantly affable]], Kalique politely explains Jupiter's situation to her, before Jupiter's bodyguard Caine arrives to protect her. When Caine arrives, Kalique lets the two go amicably and even notes that Jupiter leaving safely and claiming her title was what she wanted all along, completely claiming victory over her brothers and achieving all her goals through one stroke of brilliant planning.
43	* {{Narm}}:
44	** Caine explains to Jupiter that they can't be a couple, seriously and heartfelt-ly, because he has more in common with a dog than with her. And instead of telling him that she doesn't care about things like that, or that being a genetic hybrid doesn't make him inferior, whatever people say… she says she ''loves dogs''. It's so offbeat and out of place that it's hilarious, especially given her equally serious delivery. After Caine leaves moments later, Jupiter winces and repeats it to herself, lampshading just how awkward the line was.
45	** Just about any time Balem switches from his slow, deliberate speaking style to SuddenlyShouting. It always comes out of nowhere and sounds more petulant than threatening. For that matter, Balem's slow manner of speech feels very affected, like he's trying to sound interesting. Creator/NathanRabin compares this whisper to acting as if "being strangled by ghosts or invisible assassins." Eddie Redmayne later admitted he auditioned for Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' using ''the exact same performance'', which he suspects destroyed his chance for getting it.
46	--->'''''I CREATE LIFE'''''... and I destroy it.
47	** Greeghan's line to Caine before Caine kills him is either really threatening or gut-bustingly hilarious.
48	--->'''Greeghan:''' You hurt me. And I'm going to make you regret it.
49	* OneSceneWonder: Advocate Bob, an android pro bono lawyer assigned to Jupiter to [[spoiler:help her be officially recognized as the rightful owner of Earth]].
50	%% ** Also, [[InspirationNod Terry]] [[Creator/TerryGilliam Gilliam]] of ''Brazil''.
51	* QuestionableCasting: Jupiter Jones can't seem to get another job besides cleaning houses, making it odd that they cast the lovely Creator/MilaKunis to play her. One would think that--although Mila herself says that Jupiter is too lazy to improve her situation--she could at least find a more comfortable job as a receptionist or some other PR figure.
52	* RetroactiveRecognition: A pre-''Series/TheCrown2016'' Creator/VanessaKirby as Jupiter's friend Katherine.
53	%% * ShipsThatPassInTheNight: Thanks to [[http://jabberwocky1996.tumblr.com/post/117256614820/the-future-at-last-can-be-held-in-our-hands this post]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/3839965 the fanfic]] that spawned from it, Aleksa Jones and Stinger Apini are slowly becoming this.
54	* SoBadItsGood: Creator/TheWachowskis ''tried'' to make a grand space opera à la ''Franchise/StarWars'', with laser dogfights in UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} and a RagsToRiches heroine taking down the evils of space capitalism. Instead, they made [[http://bonesmakenoise.tumblr.com/post/110389313528 a movie populated by bad DeviantArt OCs]] in which bees recognize space royalty, plot threads dangle like fringe on '70s leather jackets, and a fallen-angel werewolf fights with rocket skates. Best watched with funny friends in all its trashy glory.
55	* {{Squick}}:
56	** Titus proposes to marry Jupiter--who's clearly stated and shown to be uncannily similar to his recently deceased '''''mother''''' in genetic structure, appearance, and personality. Balem also seems disturbingly fixated on his mother, and thus on Jupiter. There's Balem's reaction to seeing a hologram recording of Jupiter bound and gagged in a hospital gown.
57	** The romantic thread in general gets a little icky. Jupiter tries to come onto Caine with the phrase [[BestialityIsDepraved "I love dogs!"]]
58	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Many interesting side characters deserved far more screen time, e.g. Kalique (for her cunning), the bounty hunters (just to know their backstory), and Jupiter's family.
59	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
60	** The conflict between Jupiter and her mother is only hinted at. The opening narration states that Aleksa became bitter and cynical after her husband was murdered, implying that Jupiter grew up distant from her. Mother and daughter learning to reconnect through the events of the film could have made a good plot. Instead Aleksa is barely featured.
61	** Some feel that the plot wasn't suited for a film's running time and would have been better served as a TV series. Especially given all the interesting characters and locations that didn't get touched on too much in the film.
62	** The premise in general. An ordinary girl from Earth finds out she’s queen of the Earth, which is threatened by her evil… previous incarnation’s children? However, rather than having her stepping up and trying to defend her realm, she spends most of her time [[DamselInDistress getting rescued]] by her LoveInterest before ''going back home to her crappy cleaning job'' despite the fact there are still two villains out there murdering ''billions'' of lifeforms to make a profit and live forever.
63	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously:
64	** Whereas Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, and Tuppence Middleton overact on purpose as the villainous Abrasax siblings, Mila Kunis commits to the material to make herself entirely believable as the OnlySaneMan swept into all the wackiness. One very genuine scene in the film has [[spoiler:Titus revealing that humans are being harvested to preserve their youth]]. Mila's performance is shockingly good there, and probably would have been better had the story been more coherent.
65	** Channing Tatum also imbues Caine with a lot of personality and genuine emotion. He says "I have more in common with a dog than I have with you" with a kind of hopeless bitterness that turns him into a StoicWoobie of sorts.
66	* TrappedByMountainLions: The extended sequence of various aliens chasing Jupiter and Caine around Chicago. Notably, the only plot-relevant thing--Caine's ship getting destroyed, requiring them to find Stinger--happens at the beginning of the scene. The rest is just a series of encounters with aliens who are quickly dealt with and don't come into the plot again. Then again, the entire scene is running on RuleOfCool.
67	* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Balem is revealed as his mother's murderer in a way that suggests it was supposed to be a dramatic twist. Given that he's established from the beginning to be determined to own the Earth, he's the only obvious culprit from the moment Kalique reveals their mother was murdered.]]
68	* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome:
69	** In an interview after production wrapped, Lana mentioned that the effects in this movie were much more complex than those in ''Film/CloudAtlas''. They spent a lot of time and energy creating a unique feel for every set, from the claustrophobic and crowded Orous to the ostentation of Titus' ship.
70	** The scene of the hunters chasing Caine and Jupiter around Chicago has some truly stunning cinematography. Some of the shots were pulled off by having helicopters fly around the city, catching as many possible angles as they could.
71	* TheWoobie:
72	** Aleksa Jones. Maybe not at first, but think about it: she loses her husband at the very beginning of the movie, then [[IHaveYourWife her daughter gets kidnapped]], and for most of the movie, she's worried sick about her. [[spoiler:She and the rest of the family then get kidnapped and almost killed by Balem]], and in the end, [[spoiler:her mind gets wiped after Jupiter saves her, so that she doesn't remember anything that happened over the past few days]]. To say she goes through a lot would be correct.
73	** Caine. He's born the runt of his litter, is essentially considered genetically defective even among other Splices, whom the human ruling class treat horribly, manages to claw his way up to legendary soldier status only to be dishonourably discharged for attacking an Entitled, and then spends an uncertain amount of time in the Deadland before being sprung to find Jupiter. Poor guy needs a hug.

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