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This is the same as The Space Between Us

posted 8 years ago by catdogpyro
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Here are the similarities

- Teenager is confined to an isolated location (house, Mars) and desperately wants to be able to leave their home.

- Teenager makes contact with someone outside of their home (on her street, Earth) and they start to bond and fall in love

- Teenager cannot leave home due to medical complications (allergies, enlarged organs) but is taken out by their lover (Tulsa, long haired white guy)

- Teenagers go on exciting location to somewhere the main character has always wanted to go, until the main character falls ill or gets injured

- They are taken to a hospital or space and forcibly returned home

It's the same damn movie with a couple of differences. As if TSBU wasn't *beep* enough, this looks even worse, somehow.

[–] MandrasAndPelagia 8 years ago

Yes it's like A Walk to Remember, Fault of our Stars, and Space Between Us

We have seen this kind of motif so many times before.

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[–] gcarras (2770) 7 years ago

Fault in our Stars particularly was my own personal connection. :-)

[–] brianful 8 years ago

so what is your point

[–] lisac_2829 8 years ago

Yes, this theme has existed in movies for like 30 years. Is it original ? Obviously not. Does it mean it's a bad movie? To be determined...

[–] Angela-35 8 years ago

There's a twist to the story that makes it different. I read the book the movie is based on. Some people found it very upsetting, but others didn't mind it.

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[–] Acinca (104) 8 years ago

I hope the twist isn't like "Bubble Boy," where she never had medical conditions, and her mom just wanted to keep her daughter with her. That would upset me.

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

That sounds intriguing.