With the new release of the movie “Atlas,” starring Jennifer Lopez on Netflix, many people who have watched the film criticize it and give it a ton of hate.
Jennifer Lopez is very well known for her rom-com movies and action movies. Most of her hits get good reviews from fans and critics. But her recent release hasn’t been very good with the audience.
Why is that? What about this movie makes people decide it wasn’t the best?
Atlas
The movie “Atlas” is about our main character Atlas Shepherd who has tried her best to fight against an AI terrorist named Harlan. A mistake in her past caused her to be forever fearful of any AI and never to trust it.
But as they uncover where Harlan has been hiding, she and a team of military soldiers set off, with their ARC-Mech that creates mental links to their AI, to capture Harlan and bring him back.
The team was discovered and attacked, leaving Atlas alone and with her ARC, Smith.
The movie was about Atlas needing to let go and understand her past while learning to trust others, so she doesn’t have to be alone.
Hate
With the great plot of the movie and the futuristic and sci-fi logic, many people thought the movie would have been a great hit. But it turns out it wasn’t. There were a lot more mixed feelings and dislike for this movie, especially on Metacritic.
The way the movie was executed caused a lot of viewers to be disappointed with the production or angry because of the money lost for watching it in theaters. Many fans believe that the whole movie could have been good if it had been done differently.
The movie is just played out like any other futuristic movie, like a copy of other in one, and isn’t original.
There was also the attention grabber of how Atlas personality was portrayed and acted in the movie which caused many people to be upset.
Atlas was so passionate through most, if not almost all, of the movie that she didn’t want to listen to Smith at all which caused much agitation among the viewers. With her refusal, Atlas always seems to be ‘breaking down’ in the scenes making many people not enjoy the movie because of that.
There are many factors that people thought that this movie could have done better than it did, but these were the main complaints and dislikes for the movie.
Ratings
The reviews split both ways between “Atlas” being a good movie and being a bad one. Rotten Tomatoes for the film are sitting at 19% with 89 reviews, and the audience score is even worse.
With a whopping 48% with more than 1000 ratings, the movie is sitting at a low with it already being out for a week, almost two. IMDb is also sitting at a 5.6 out of 10 rating, along with Metacritic at 38 out of 100.
These ratings are pretty low and might get even lower as time passes. But we’ll have to wait and see. Maybe the Public will change their mind about the movie.
Overall, from having watched the movie, some of the critiques about the movie were valid.
Atlas’ personality got to me, and she was always stressing me out because of her lack of thinking outside the box because she refused to trust Smith. But I don’t think the movie was that bad.
Some changes could have made it better, but the plot was good minus the bit of rushing near the end. It did seem like any other “AI gone wrong” movie with different factors though.
In the end, if you are looking to watch the movie, do it. Hate, dislike and comments shouldn’t stop you from watching something. Go and make your own opinion on the movie and decide for yourself. Happy movie night!
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