Topic: LIFE (2017 Sony Pictures space station thriller)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 10-31-2016 09:19 AM
From Sony Pictures Entertainment, in theaters May 26, 2017:
LIFE tells the story of the six-member crew of the International Space Station that is on the cutting edge of one of the most important discoveries in human history: the first evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. As the crew begins to conduct research, their methods end up having unintended consequences and the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected.
Directed by: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-05-2017 03:31 PM
New trailer released Sunday (Feb. 5):
Wehaveliftoff Member
Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 02-19-2017 10:32 PM
Advance screenings of "LIFE" listed here.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-15-2017 04:55 PM
IMAX will offer an exclusive Mondo poster:
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
Daniel Espinosa believes NASA might forbid his new movie "LIFE" — which takes place on board the International Space Station — from being screened by the astronauts living aboard the real orbital outpost.
"I think it would give them a bit of nightmares!" the director said. "I would love that to happen, though."
Wehaveliftoff Member
Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 03-24-2017 03:57 AM
The director is one sick puppy if he would like the ISS crew to die, or have nightmares, whichever his mood strays...
posted 03-24-2017 04:12 AM
His comment is just referring to nightmares, although that would be pretty bad.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-24-2017 06:04 AM
Espinosa wasn't wishing nightmares on the space station's crew. His desire was to see his film screened on the space station, but he was acknowledging, in jest I should add, that it would traumatize the crew. (Past expedition crews have watched "Alien" and other sci-fi thriller and horror films while in orbit.)
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
"LIFE," Sony Pictures' new science fiction thriller featuring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds, has been described as a modern day "Alien" set on board the International Space Station. The movie, which opened in theaters on Friday (March 24), follows a space crew as they encounter an emerging life form, not unlike the basic plot of the 1979 Ridley Scott classic.
And that's not by accident.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-24-2017 11:47 AM
Several theaters are running "LIFE" promotions:
Regal Cinemas is giving away a cast-signed movie poster to one of its followers on Twitter who retweets this tweet.
ArcLight Cinemas is giving away a prize pack, including LIFE-branded astronaut ice cream and a LIFE t-shirt to a follower on Twitter who retweets this tweet.
crash Member
Posts: 318 From: West Sussex, England Registered: Jan 2011
posted 03-24-2017 01:54 PM
I just watched "Life." Great film, enough said.
jimsz Member
Posts: 616 From: Registered: Aug 2006
posted 03-25-2017 07:25 AM
I watched Life last night in a very large and empty theater (four other people besides me).
Unfortunately, it was a pretty bad film. I don't want to go into details and be a spoiler but I absolutely disliked the story. The effects were very good, acting was okay but the story was awful. Even the attempted surprises were seen a mile away.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-25-2017 06:17 PM
From Scott Kelly on Twitter:
Just saw the movie Life set on the International Space Station. Yikes! Glad that didn't happen while I was there. The zero-G was very well done, however.
It was pretty good. The space station is smaller than the one in the movie, but some of it looked realistic.
I was entertained. But I have a different perspective and was looking for different things than most people.
posted 03-27-2017 06:16 AM
I saw it yesterday — good sized crowd. I found the movie disappointing, simply because of the storyline. I don't criticize a space movie because, for example, the Soyuz switches are in the wrong console or something like that.
Ted Member
Posts: 32 From: UK Registered: Sep 2014
posted 03-28-2017 05:11 PM
It was alright, but too similar to "Alien" in many respects. Didn't care for all the button punching "thrusters go" type stuff. Some great special effects. Pretty disturbing ending. Not a bad way to spend a rainy night in Leamington Spa.
Wehaveliftoff Member
Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 03-30-2017 01:04 AM
Really bad film. Left open a sequel (like Jurrassic Park meets Aliens meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers), sci-fi gory possibility, but certainly hope not.
Wehaveliftoff Member
Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
posted 05-31-2017 05:57 PM
June 20th is the DVD release date for "Life," according to DVDsreleasedates.com.
p51 Member
Posts: 1642 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 06-26-2017 01:12 PM
I saw it last night.
One word? "Meh."
It’s a very scary and creepy movie (I’m normally no fan of horror as a genre) but they make all the standard mistakes that most space movie do. They have the Commander making an EVA (and taking about 10 minutes to suit up, without all the pre-breathing you actually have to do), they’re very formal with how they interact, and a JAXA astronaut has a beard. They’re also wearing flight suits that look like a mix between the T-38 Nomex ones and the brown suits from the Skylab era. No mention of Houston is ever made, instead it’s referred to as “control.” They also do the old trope of “Nobody on the ground has a clue what’s happening here, but they’re going to kill us anyway” halfway through the film, as if Houston would have a clue with the communications down (of course that happens).
The alien being sure is different, as it looks like a cross between a starfish and an octopus. At first it simply wants to live any way it can, but eventually I swear it gets downright personal. It’s not a bad movie, but it’ll never be in the same level as the original, “Alien” movie from 1979.
Heck, Gravity was a better film than this one was. It's a film where the less you know about the real space program, the more you might like it. Anyone with a clue, though, is going to spend a lot of time eye-rolling...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 06-26-2017 01:45 PM
Daniel Espinosa, the director, said that the tropes were intentional. He wanted to pay homage to just about every sci-fi thriller that has come before and so included many of the tried and true plotlines as nods to those films.
Of course, without knowing that, most of your points are valid.
And just to point out, there is nothing unusual about a commander doing an EVA. For example, Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough performed three. (As for pre-breathing, if I recall correctly they do acknowledge it as a step being skipped, so there's that).
I saw the film with a physiologist who works with space station science daily. She was pleasantly surprised with how much the film gets right about life on the space station.
As you say, it is far from being a classic like "Alien," but there are films that have done far worse in their portrayal of reality-based spaceflight.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 08-07-2017 01:46 PM
I have just seen this film, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I note with interest what Robert has said about the portrayal of life on board ISS. I think many viewers without much knowledge of the ISS will be surprised by the rather claustrophobic nature of ISS with its narrow modules.
It certainly helps to suspend disbelief (much as one does while watching most horror films!) but my overall impression was the relentless full-throttle nature of the film once the threat became apparent. If you haven't seen it, give it a go!
AlanC Member
Posts: 147 From: Scotland Registered: Nov 2014
posted 08-08-2017 06:21 PM
Watching Hiroyuki Sanada in LIFE made me appreciate how much better "Sunshine" was.
Blackarrow Member
Posts: 3118 From: Belfast, United Kingdom Registered: Feb 2002
posted 08-09-2017 05:01 PM
I suppose it's a matter of personal taste. I've watched "Sunshine" twice and fell asleep both times. Third time lucky...?
posted 10-31-2016 09:19 AM
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