It is great to see big-scale space opera on the big screen, but it is unfortunate that Jupiter Ascending is such a ponderous and weak viewing experience, in spite of some excellent visuals and an enormous sense of scale. Clearly aiming for the coolness of The Matrix films at their best, a lot of the Wachowski's ideas and visuals here come across as routine or uninteresting. The frequently dull Lucas-sequels-level dialogue is not helped by surprisingly sub-par performances by Mila Kunis and Eddie Redmayne in particular, but Channing Tatum manages to give his (space-elf?) character some shading and interest. It was notable that the cinema audience escaped so quickly the moment the end credits started to appear.
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