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Almost no Alia, events that take years in the novel are so compressed she still hasn't been born by the end of the film.
Chani's character rewritten to be sceptical of Paul's destiny rather than supportive of him.
The last shot was effectively saying "Part 3 coming soon".
The premise is pretty daft. If a country was able to invent human cloning there are a hundred better things they could do with the technology than have them immediately executed as substitutes for tourists who can then commit further crimes with impunity.
It is funny how she usually goes dark for her "serious" films.
The plot is truly bizarre. Are we really meant to believe after years of trying to get everyone home Buzz would let his friends and colleagues waste their lives on a faraway planet and die without ever seeing their families on Earth again because of a girl he's known for a couple of days? And Old Buzz is supposed to be the "bad guy" for not giving up and still trying to complete the mission?
If old Buzz succeeds Izzy isn't born, but Alisha returns to Earth and probably goes on to have a happy life, kids and grandchildren with someone else instead, not to mention the rest of the crew which Buzz seemingly doesn't give a second thought to.
No wonder the film did relatively poorly by Pixar standards, they took a heroic character and made him into a selfish jerk.
The plot hole all these subterranean cannibal/mutant/inbred films ("Deathline", "The Descent", "Creep" (2004)) have are creatures which have little exercise, exposure to sunlight, water or nutrients yet somehow have superhuman strength and can get up from repeated severe injury. In reality if she were still alive at all she'd be almost as weak as Frank was.
For the first half hour I assumed he was mute.
Finally saw it thirty years after release, no way would this get made today but still better than most modern romances which are anaemic and devoid of chemistry.
The final act really should also have been set at Christmas. Bizarre to have the whole first act in December and then abandon the Christmas theme for the rest of the film.
Are we really meant to believe there were no caves, cellars, wardrobes, containers etc where at least some of the islanders could have hidden from the sun?
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