I was fully expecting this to be terrible. But it exceeded my expectations I guess. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot of terrible stuff about it, but I think the movie did an interesting thing with the character of Jupiter.
You see, this is a chosen one story with June as the chosen one. Usually in these stories, the chosen one turns out to be really special and have really special powers that they learn to master in a short time and save the world because they are so special. This wasn't the case with June. She was unremarkable at the start. She remains unremarkable through the story. She's unremarkable by the end. It really sounds like I'm making fun of her, but I'm really not. June is a nice girl with a decent heart. But she suffers from some self esteem issues, and she isn't the smartest. She also lacks the physicality to be the action star of this action movie. So she just stumbles through the plot, never magically overcoming her shortcomings, but trying to do the best she can given her limitations. Others around her do the rescuing. June is incredibly lucky. The tension in her story revolves around some ethical decisions she has to make. And well, that was refreshingly different enough to not make this a terrible movie in my opinion.
You see, this is a chosen one story with June as the chosen one. Usually in these stories, the chosen one turns out to be really special and have really special powers that they learn to master in a short time and save the world because they are so special. This wasn't the case with June. She was unremarkable at the start. She remains unremarkable through the story. She's unremarkable by the end. It really sounds like I'm making fun of her, but I'm really not. June is a nice girl with a decent heart. But she suffers from some self esteem issues, and she isn't the smartest. She also lacks the physicality to be the action star of this action movie. So she just stumbles through the plot, never magically overcoming her shortcomings, but trying to do the best she can given her limitations. Others around her do the rescuing. June is incredibly lucky. The tension in her story revolves around some ethical decisions she has to make. And well, that was refreshingly different enough to not make this a terrible movie in my opinion.