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I guess I'm one of the few that loved it?


Seems like it's pretty unfairly getting picked apart. I know it's not perfect, but I can't help but love how genuine it felt. There were no forced conflicts between crew mates, no love triangles, no overly exaggerated personalities, just seemingly real people trying to fix a problem on a planet they know nothing about. Personally I loved the speed of the film, or lack thereof. I guess I don't understand the need to point to minor inconsistencies as if they somehow diminish what was otherwise a refreshing take on the Michael Bay-esque plots we've all gotten so used to. This is everything I wanted the horrid Apollo 18 to be.

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Yep, couldn't agree more. The absence of the almost-obligatory know-all, brittle-tempered female was very refreshing. And there was none of that cliched "character whose secret weaknesses were revealed in a crisis" stuff, either.

All in all, a very honest story-telling exercise, not relying on the cliches or stereotypes that have become so common lately.

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I thought the movie was Great.

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If they'd thrown in some talentless A-list celeb and a few hundred millions in special effects, with lots of crazy drama, they probably would have been nominated for an Oscar. No, wait... I'm sure they would have been.

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

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I can't stand idiots walking wide-eyed, enchanted and hyperventilating into their obvious disaster. Clichéd and annoying in almost every second. At best tolerable, certainly nothing to love about it. I'll have it forgotten in half an hour or less...

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Great little gem of a movie. Well done, and very effective. And I can't resist the obvious comparison: better than Gravity (which was fine and watchable), and at 1/100 the budget. Minimalist plot, like Moon, which demanded that one focus (along with all those oh-so-horribly-mentally-challenging movements back and forth in time)...god forbid our culture of ADD viewers might actually have to pay full attention to it!

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I just watched The Europa Report and I got to say this is a great sci fi movie! I love to be taken on a trip in space, and this film did that very well. When I'm in movie spaceship I always feel so good. So much better than on Earth because it's so exiting. The unknown! New horizons, deadly dangers!

No personal family *beep* like in Interstellar, but sheer science. Safety first, than the mission, but if were beyond safety, it's only the mission that counts. Sent the data back home, push the button while our feet are already in Big Squit's mouth. That's my crew 😀.

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I for one loved it. Rated it a solid 10. It disappoints me to see people ranting on and on about the inconsistencies, which if you are really not trying to find out won't be even be noticed. The characters played their part perfectly and moments like when the first astronaut drifted of into space the way he breathed his last sent shivers down my spine.

I love reading everything related to space/astronomy and Europa Report was one brilliant novel in my humble opinion. This is one of the better movies out there that has been made at a fraction of the budget of the bigger films and I wish we get to see a second installment of this film. I would like to know what did mankind do after getting confirmation that life indeed exists on planets other than our own.

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I'm disposed to agree. Almost every sci-fi film produced in our lifetimes (and I was born when Truman was president) includes some suspension-of-disbelief dealbreakers. This one had fewer than most, and it seemed particularly plausible as the kind of expedition that might be undertaken by a consortium of internet billionaires with high confidence that a spectacularly-funded mission would of course overcome every obstacle en route and at its destination.

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