The Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt Movie Critics Hated Just Got Unexpected Praise From NASA
The sci-fi romance movie did poorly when it was first released, but kinda redeemed itself thanks to an actual scientist almost 10 years later.
Sometimes it’s not all about the star powerhouse in a movie that’s just outright badly written, with a sci-fi flick starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt proving this point.
Released back in 2016, Passengers was a pretty turbulent thing in regard to its success among critics and viewers, initially getting mixed reviews and failing in the box office, but then suddenly securing two technical nods from the Academy (and winning none).
With time, Passengers has become a matter even more controversial after Jennifer Lawrence revealed she regretted having starred in the movie — still, it somehow ended up being one of the most accurate space films of the past decade, according to a NASA scientist.
NASA Astronaut Says That ‘Passengers’ Scene Did Look Pretty Real
- On Rotten Tomatoes, Passengers holds scores of 30% and 63% from critics and audiences
- On IMDb, the movie is rated 7/10
Even though Passengers’ low scores lead to believe that not many actually trusted the space adventure which Lawrence and Pratt’s characters had, retired NASA astronaut Nicole Stott has recently confirmed that the movie’s team in fact did some research on how exactly water and other fluids behave in space.
In a video shared by Insider, Scott broke down the scene where Jennifer Lawrence’s Aurora Lane is seen swimming through a giant ball of water that later crashes the spacecraft’s floor.
“Water and all fluids in that environment of microgravity, or where there isn't gravity, will form into a ball. I would rate this scene a seven because I like the way they really tried to portray the reality of how liquids behave in a microgravity environment”, Scott said.
Jennifer Lawrence Says Adele Didn’t Want Her to Star in ‘Passengers’
This might seem like a pretty random piece of advice from the legend of the music industry, but it turned out to be some kind of bad omen for the movie that already had Lawrence on board.
As the actress once revealed in an interview with The New York Times, she regretted not listening to Adele who kinda knew that Passengers was about to flop.
“Adele told me not to do it! She was like, ‘I feel like space movies are the new vampire movies.’ I should have listened to her. Everything was like a rebound effect. I was reacting, rather than just acting”, Lawrence said.
