Another option would have been to have the story evolve into the horror genre, and present a situation where the protagonist has developed into the antagonist. Perhaps it would have been better to end the film in classic Twilight Zone-like fashion without revealing Aurora’s ultimate decision, presenting the question on the audience in a more direct way. Indiewire critic David Ehrlich has suggested a better Passengers ending which “would have been better served if Pratt died in Act Three and Lawrence then realized herself that she needs to wake someone up too to avoid a lifetime alone.” I think that the story could have benefited from this more tragic conclusion that challenges our supporting character with the same ethical dilemma.
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Not only that, but it’s a scenario that is uniquely sci-fi and likely couldn’t be explored in any other form.Ī Better Ending I believe they should have found a way to explore this troubled relationship and this really fucked up situation to its full conclusion instead of taking this story to a disastrous action-filled climax. The third act of this film is a complete mess and sidesteps the real problem introduced in this story. I think the terrible icky ethical decision that Jim makes early in this film and the consequences of his actions is the most interesting piece of this story. I think putting good people in impossible circumstances makes for fascinating storytelling.
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The movie looks, evenhandedly, at the dilemma everybody was in.
What I don’t believe the movie does is endorse or exonerate anyone. And I think that making a movie that leaves people room to argue about what they would have done, what they could have forgiven, what they can understand or fail to understand, I think that’s great. The decision at the front of this story is icky at best, and Spaihts has addressed the criticism of his hero’s highly unethical actions in an interview with: It’s not as if it’s an accidental oversight of the film, where we, through some cultural blindness, have failed to see the appalling nature of our hero’s actions. He, of course, does not tell her that he was responsible for her pod’s “malfunction,” and the two hit it off and it’s only a matter of time before she learns for herself. That is until he develops a stalker-like crush on fellow passenger named Aurora ( Jennifer Lawrence) and decides to do the morally-bankrupt thing of waking her up and essentially dooming her to share his same fate, but together. Facing the prospect of dying alone, Jim finds himself considering suicide. With no way to correct this error, he finds himself alone on the ship with nothing to do. Passengers: A Problematic Premise Chris Pratt‘s character Jim Peterson was woken up 90 years too early.
The rest of this article contains spoilers you have been warned. Sony has cleverly hidden the ethical quandary at the core of this movie from the trailers: The malfunction on the spaceliner has not woken up two passengers, but one. But the marketing presents a different version of the film than is seen in theaters. The premise for the film is that two passengers are awakened 90 years early on a spacecraft transporting thousands of people to a distant colony planet. Sony Pictures eventually won the project at auction and set director Morten Tyldum to helm a $110 million version of the project starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, and it’s in theaters now (though it’s ). For years the project struggled to the big screen, at one point lining up Keanu Reeves and Emily Blunt to star in a $35 million version of the story.
The History of Jon Spaihts’ Passengers In 2007, Passengers ranked highly on the Black List, a listing of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. It’s taken almost a decade for Passengers to hit the big screen. Now that the film is out in theaters, I thought we could discuss how the ending of the film failed its premise, and how the original Passengers ending from the screenplay was different from the final film. Inside the cockpit - a bubble of glass - sits a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.
An EXCAVATOR floats into view: a sturdy vehicle equipped with robotic arms.
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