My review of "Passenger"

Passenger. I was skeptical of this movie at first. We are very skeptical of any movie which relates to space. A bit of professional bad habit you can say. But my god it was beautiful. Just the right amount of science with some fiction. Kudos to the writer for coming up with such a beautiful storyline. It's one of those stories where it keeps you thinking even when the movie is over. Like the fabulous pastry that leaves a good flavour.

It's fascinating to think, how man fails to his value of ethics and morals at critical hours.How survival instinct redefines us. How we fail to suppress our inner demons. How we decide whether to let a severe crime go unnoticed or take action against it.

I also loved how subtly writer brought out mankind's greatest weakness, our lust for more. We never seem to settle. It's good in one sense that it keeps us on the edge, keeps us going, thriving for more. On the other hand, it never really let us have peace of mind. We remain so busy gazing into the distance future that we completely miss our present. We haven't really managed to live the moment yet.

How the future is changing us. Our need for more performance, forces us to ignore the beauty of mechanics; mechanics of the machines around us. Our need for a better life, enabling companies to profit out of nothing.

Truly a brilliant piece of story telling. In the end it is upto you which message you want to take with yourself.

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I used to pray to God, that I wanna be somebody who will make a significant contribution to science and I want to work in a big Lab in some corner of the world. Although I haven't been awarded Nobel Prize or anything, I kind of made it. It is not as awesome as I dreamt, but the important bits are there. I wanted be a big scientist that people would remember my name. I could not get my name on children text books, but I did manage to get a picture of me on the newspapers. I rent a beautiful studio apartment overlooking Mountains in a peaceful neighbourhood. Since I'm already here, I realize I forgot to make some other wishes.