MOVIE CRITIQUE
BY
ALOYSIUS A. GARCIA
Aloysius A. Garcia
10-Antonio Luna
English
Week 7
April 13, 2022
Performance Task
“VOYAGERS”
By Neil Burger
Movie Critique
Film Intro:
“VOYAGERS” is directed by Neil Burger. It is a movie about a group of people struggling with the
concept of space and isolation while travelling to a distant planet to establish a new future.
Plot Summary:
The futuristic film revolves around a scientist’s dream of going to a faraway planet to begin a new
human civilization now that the earth is doomed for destruction. The main character, Richard, wants to
embark with a group of young men and women to protect them while aboard the traveling space ship.
Their mission is going to another planet that scientists discover can support human life.
In 2063, Astro-physicists discover a habitable planet that human life can live in. They send a group of
kids of 15 boys and 15 girls for the mission. But, with the new planet being so distant, only their
grandchildren will be the ones who can reach the planet. Eighty-six years after launch, they finally made
it.
Setting Spotlight:
The story took place mainly aboard the space shuttle the characters are using to go to the target
destination. While on board, the passengers discovered that they being controlled and drugged to
suppress basic human emotions and instincts. After refusing to drink the “blue” water they experienced
the sudden surge of some violent emotions which led them to quarrel with one another.
Character Limelight:
Christopher is symbolized as “The Control”. After he stopped drinking The Blue, he began to think and
touch Sela’s hand. After that, he hallucinated and so he tried to control himself.
Sela, as “The Power” was doing her duty and didn’t want to give up on anything and she’s always ready
no matter what happened to her.
Zac, as “The Hunger”, like Christopher also stopped drinking The Blue because they thought that The
Blue was controlling them. Zac suddenly couldn’t control his emotion when he grabbed Sela’s hand.
Richard, one of the leaders, told Zac to stop. After a couple of hours, Zac and Christopher saw Richard
touch Sela’s shoulder. Zac got mad and jealous and after a couple of days killed Richard while fixing the
LCT transmitter.
Likes and Dislikes:
It is admirable that the movie stresses human triumph against all odds. Even after so many challenges,
the main characters of the movie prevailed and were able to leave the whole group to successfully
complete the mission.
It is unfortunate, however, that they had to kill Richard’s character early in the movie because he was
showing a strong presence and advisory role for the whole youthful group.
Lesson Learned:
The moral of the movie is that it shows that we must control our emotions, be our own man and accept
reality, and that no matter the difficulties, everyone should persevere and not lose hope.
Recommendations:
I recommend watching this movie. It’s awesome and enjoyable because the movie offers hope amidst
great problems encountered.
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