Yeah, I adored Mickey 17, however we’ve to speak concerning the one factor that I simply wanted extra of from this movie.
Mickey 17 has truthfully felt prefer it was by no means going to occur, as announcement after announcement has been made about it for years. However lastly, it’s launched as a part of the 2025 film schedule, and I acquired to see it a number of days early (in IMAX, besides), and it was simply a lot enjoyable.
I imply, any time Robert Pattinson does a humorous, little voice, I believe the film is about up for fulfillment, however there are quite a lot of different elements that make this film a good time. Nevertheless, there’s one factor it was lacking that I wanted so way more from—and we’ll get into that now.
The Movie Itself Is Artistic, And Robert Pattinson Was Nice In The Lead Function
If you happen to’re right here, I’m assuming you’ve seen Mickey 17, and if not, the primary plot is that it follows a person named Mickey Barnes who indicators as much as be expendable on a spaceship – i.e., somebody who may be killed time and again as a result of he’s cloned time and again. Nevertheless, one time, he’s believed to be useless, and so they have already cloned a brand new model of him – Mickey 18- resulting in him and Mickey 18 dwelling on the similar time.
Mickey 17 is a enjoyable time. Certain, it has its moments of strangeness and scientific cases that don’t fairly make sense, however the story is artistic. I imply, you by no means count on one thing horrible from Boog Joon Ho. His films have all the time been pleasurable.
Robert Pattinson is nice for the function. I’ve to present him so many props that he looks like one of many few actors who leads an enormous franchise (the Twilight films) and has efficiently reintegrated himself again into the Hollywood scene as a gifted actor who isn’t typecasted in any respect. Each single one in all his roles is tremendous numerous, and truthfully, I may see this turning into one of many finest Robert Pattinson films on the market. He’s nice.
Taking part in totally different variations of your self is tough, however he pulls it off with ease, and also you really consider he’s portraying two totally different personalities. They really feel like opposites, and that’s exhausting to do when it’s the similar actor. I’ve no notes on that. However there’s one character I actually wished I noticed extra of.
However I Wanted A Lot Extra Unhinged Steven Yeun
I’m sorry, I wanted to see Steven Yeun a lot extra on this movie.
He performs Timo, a good friend from Mickey’s childhood who’s the rationale Mickey will get into hassle on Earth within the first place. Mickey decides to move off to area with Timo to run from mortgage sharks. Timo is…sort of a jerk, for lack of a greater, acceptable phrase.
He makes use of Mickey’s identify for the mortgage sharks, which will get him in serious trouble. However even then, he treats Mickey terribly. At one level, he utterly loses it and exhibits simply how unhinged he actually is when trapping Mickey and his family members in cages for the mortgage shark and all the pieces else. Like, he’s simply horrible.
And man, I wished a lot extra.
It’s a must to perceive—I grew up loving Steven Yeun. I really feel like such a proud supporter as somebody who watched him on The Strolling Lifeless (and his character Glenn and all these heartbreaking TWD deaths) after which noticed him tackle so many various roles. Minari, Beef (one of many finest exhibits to binge on Netflix), Invincible—he’s simply been everywhere in the map.
However to see him in Mickey 17 felt like a jumpscare to my notion of him as a result of he performs all the reverse of virtually each character he has ever performed. Heck, even in Beef, the place he performed sort of a jerk, it wasn’t practically as horrible as this, and I wished to see it a lot extra as a result of he performed it so nicely.
I Would Have Beloved To See Him Extra By The Finish Of The Movie
There may be one level the place Timo (Yeun) is knocked out due to Mickey 18, however after that, we…actually don’t see him that a lot. Actually, from what I can recall, we don’t see him in any respect after that, solely within the epilogue. I might be misremembering, however we definitely don’t see him a lot.
That annoys me. I do know he wasn’t the primary character, clearly, however he was marketed as a giant identify for the movie (third in billing), and to see him get sidelined for the ultimate act felt like a disservice to the character. You’ll be able to have no less than given him a kind of redemption, have him assist the Mickeys of their quest to carry peace with the Creepers as a approach of exhibiting his thanks for not getting killed. However he’s simply…left within the air till the tip.
Don’t get me incorrect. I’m completely satisfied that we noticed him as a lot as we did, however I simply want we may have seen extra unhinged Yeun. Hopefully, due to this, we’d get to see him tackle one other performing function like this sooner or later. That may be superior.
If you happen to haven’t seen Mickey 17, I’d counsel heading to the theater to take pleasure in it. And now I’m simply going to attend impatiently for the subsequent Bong Joon Ho film – suppose I can watch another nice sci-fi within the meantime.