Why remake a mediocre film, almost scene for scene, with 2 or 3 fairly small changes to the story?
The vfx and animation are a huge improvement over the makeup and live action shots of real mice running around.
But the plot is virtually identical, and there wasn't much to that plot to begin with.
When I saw Del Toro, Zemekis and Cuaron's names, I thought I was in for something special. Damn was I wrong. Essentially you could give this book to 100 directors to adapt and direct their way, and you get maybe 4 or 5 versions that could be great, and this is not one of them.
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2 Reviews
Away
(2020)
Binged 10 eps in a Day
5 September 2020
As a huge fan of The Martian, Apollo 13, Sunshine etc I was surprised and excited to check out this show when it appeared yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed it, so much that I watch the entire thing in a day.
As others have said, it has it's fair share of family drama back on Earth. But it has even more drama on the shuttle. Like Lost, most episodes tell a story in flashback, helping flesh out each member of the crew. But it's never overdone and adds to the present day drama.
As for production, cinematography and direction, it's well done, it doesn't look cheap or hacky. The space stuff is particularly good with perfect VFX and enough grounded science to aid in the suspension of disbelief required.
Looking forward to season 2.
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