An average movie

Even though this movie was a flop when it was released, since it was directed by Doug Liman, I was still eager to check it out. Well, even though this movie didn’t get much love, I think the concept was actually cool and, in my opinion, it had so much potential. Indeed, I just loved the idea of this young man, illiterate, who grew up without women on this wild unknown planet suddenly meeting a girl who grew up on a spaceship and who was never been in contact with nature. I mean, they could have explored how this relationship evolved and the possibilities were rather endless. Unfortunately, they spent most of the duration focusing on some kind of ‘ET-phone-home’ mission which was just so underwhelming. Concerning the ‘Noise’, it was visually pretty neat and the concept was not bad but I’m afraid it was rather poorly developed after all. Indeed, most of the time, we just heard what the characters were going to say anyway which made the whole thing rather pointless. It was also not consistent enough in the sense that, too many times, the characters were all completely silent which was obviously not possible. Eventually, even though the ‘Noise’ must be, well, noisy and annoying, on the long term, I think it could be a blessing in the sense that you can’t hide anymore who you actually are which would be, in my opinion, a good thing. Sure, some people like the Mayor and the Preacher would be able to master the ‘Noise’ but it would then mean that they are definitely hiding something. Concerning Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, I thought they were not bad and they had a solid chemistry together. Anyway, to conclude, I was probably too generous with my rating here but, even if the damned thing turned out to be really half-baked, I still liked the concept and I think it is worth a look, even if it could have been so much better.