Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Passengers

When thinking back to films I've seen, the one that always seems to come to mind is the film Passengers (2016).

Actors- Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen

Budget- $110 million Box Office- $299.5 million

Released- December 14th 2016

Plot

The starship Avalon is transporting 5,000 colonists in hibernation pods (the ship's crew are also in hibernation) to the planet Homestead II, a journey taking 120 years. Thirty years into its journey, the ship hits an asteroid while traversing an asteroid belt, which causes a malfunction. The malfunction awakens one passenger, mechanical engineer Jim Preston, 90 years too early.
After a year of isolation, with no company except Arthur, an android bartender, Jim grows despondent and contemplates suicide. One day he notices Aurora Lane  in her pod. Her video profile reveals she is a writer with a humorous personality. After struggling with the morality of manually reviving Aurora for companionship, he awakens her, claiming her pod also must have malfunctioned. Jim makes Arthur promise not to tell Aurora why she really woke up. Aurora, devastated that she will grow old and die before the ship reaches Homestead II, attempts a fruitless effort at re-entering hibernation, just as Jim tried. Eventually, she accepts her situation and begins writing a book about her experiences. Jim and Aurora grow closer. The story then continues to show their relationship and the altercations that they have to go through in order to survive on the ship with no help from the crew. 










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