Review of 3022

3022 (2019)
2/10
Minimum-effort storytelling. Again.
26 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
I knew I wasn't going to enjoy this movie when I realized the expository text at the beginning was very poorly written. I'm pretty sure Humankind didn't construct Jupiter's third moon. If they meant it's near the third moon of Jupiter, are they suggesting Europa is the third moon? That's not right no matter how you classify them. Then we get some pretentious shots of people doing something, followed by a low-res 3D shuttle flying to a space station, apparently to attend a funeral judging by the depressing music. When we finally see the station we are told, again, the station is between Earth and Europa One, but is clearly in Earth orbit. It doesn't appear any research (or God forbid math) was performed since the size and angular velocity of the habitation rings isn't close to being accurate for the Centripetal Acceleration depicted. Also, why are the solar arrays rotating and never angled to maximize exposure? After some shots inside we see the exterior and are shown another card repeating the date, but this time with the Anno Domini incorrectly added after the date instead of before. Next is a boring montage advancing year by year from one to five (told via cards), ending with some mildly interesting images followed by the title (3022). When we return to the story another card again tells us it's "year Five", followed by another card that says 'Year Unknown". Really? Smoking on a space station? Stop getting your technical data from other movies or trying to be Alien! No one smokes in space. Ever. From there the writing continues to make no sense and the editing is choppy. Significant events happen off screen while boring shots of nothing linger as the crew falls apart for no reason. This movie is an incoherent mess that feels as though they went into production with only an outline or rough first draft of the script.
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