The Tomorrow War (Amazon Prime)

[Andrew NDB]

So this came out today. Some pretty big "Well, that's dumb" logic things but overall decent. Also, it definitely had no business being PG-13 at all. When Amazon bought the rights to this during 2020 they might as well have amped up the violence... because as is its a movie about giant aliens with claws ripping everyone to shreds but can't actually show anything. Or a drop of blood. Very weird. To it's credit, there were a few big things near the end where it seemed like the movie was going to end with a big "stay tuned for the rest of the trilogy!" but it never does. It has a beginning a middle and an end.

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Though I don't know. That female alien they caught in the future at the middle of the movie... it seemed to immediately recognize the green toxic substance when the guy's daughter flashed it in front of it. The aliens at the ship at the end in the present saw the green substance... so maybe this means maybe the future wasn't changed much?

They actually have a "worldwide draft." Just think about that for a few moments. There's no way.

[Roseangelo]

Just finished it and overall liked it.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Spoiler:

Though I don't know. That female alien they caught in the future at the middle of the movie... it seemed to immediately recognize the green toxic substance when the guy's daughter flashed it in front of it. The aliens at the ship at the end in the present saw the green substance... so maybe this means maybe the future wasn't changed much?

I noticed that, too, with the first female. It definitely seems like a window for a sequel if they wanted to pursue that, but I do like that it is generally a wrapped up story.

They actually have a "worldwide draft." Just think about that for a few moments. There's no way.

I feel like the logistics and details of getting Chris Pratt to the future were definitely glossed over. There's no way people randomly showing up in the middle of a soccer game and going, "We need you to fight a war for us. Oh, and we're from the future," would be met with, "Ok, sounds cool." Let alone be willing to do the worldwide draft thing.

THAT SAID, I did enjoy the "normal people" soldiers that were on the initial strike team.