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* [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]: Complete with [[Dodge by Braking]], taken [[Up to Eleven]] by the ship’s rotating design. |
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* [[After the End]]: Of the [[Alien Invasion]] variety. |
* [[After the End]]: Of the [[Alien Invasion]] variety. |
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* [[Arc Words]]: “Are you an effective team?” {{spoiler|Director commentary explains that the Tet is so eager to have Julia because the Jack/Vika combination tends to eventually fail, and they want to see if Jack/Julia works better.}} |
* [[Arc Words]]: “Are you an effective team?” {{spoiler|Director commentary explains that the Tet is so eager to have Julia because the Jack/Vika combination tends to eventually fail, and they want to see if Jack/Julia works better.}} |
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* [[Rule of Pool]]: Vika pulls Jack into their pool for an impromptu [[Two-Person Pool Party]]. |
* [[Rule of Pool]]: Vika pulls Jack into their pool for an impromptu [[Two-Person Pool Party]]. |
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* [[Scenery Porn]]: This movie and [[Tron: Legacy]], both directed by Joseph Kosinski, exemplify his beautiful visual style. |
* [[Scenery Porn]]: This movie and [[Tron: Legacy]], both directed by Joseph Kosinski, exemplify his beautiful visual style. |
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* [[Sexy Discretion Shot]]: {{spoiler|Jack and Julia in the house by the lake—they kiss, the scene fades to an outside view of the cabin at night, and then fades again to the same view the next morning.}} |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Clearly takes inspiration from ''lots'' of other sci‐fi—[[Moon]], [[2001: A Space Odyssey|2001]], [[Planet of the Apes]], [[The Matrix]], [[WALL-E]]… Visually it also bears strong similarity to [[Tron: Legacy]] (by the same director) and [[Prometheus]]. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Clearly takes inspiration from ''lots'' of other sci‐fi—[[Moon]], [[2001: A Space Odyssey|2001]], [[Planet of the Apes]], [[The Matrix]], [[WALL-E]]… Visually it also bears strong similarity to [[Tron: Legacy]] (by the same director) and [[Prometheus]]. |
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* [[Sinister Geometry]]: The Tet, though it’s not sinister. {{spoiler|Except to the [[Genre Savvy]].}} |
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: The Tet, though it’s not sinister. {{spoiler|Except to the [[Genre Savvy]].}} |
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* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: {{spoiler|In the closing scene, Julia is shown to have [[Babies Ever After|borne Jack’s child]].}} |
* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: {{spoiler|In the closing scene, Julia is shown to have [[Babies Ever After|borne Jack’s child]].}} |
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* [[Special Effect Failure]]: The scene with Jack and Julia riding the bike under a bridge—a sweeping 12‐second shot—is, jarringly, [[Conspicuous CG|obviously entirely |
* [[Special Effect Failure]]: The scene with Jack and Julia riding the bike under a bridge—a sweeping 12‐second shot—is, jarringly, [[Conspicuous CG|obviously entirely CGI]]. |
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* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: Beech, whose look is obviously inspired by [[The Matrix|Morpheus]]. Wears his shades even underground and in fights. {{spoiler|He’s never shown without them until after he’s been critically injured in the final firefight.}} |
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: Beech, whose look is obviously inspired by [[The Matrix|Morpheus]]. Wears his shades even underground and in fights. {{spoiler|He’s never shown without them until after he’s been critically injured in the final firefight.}} |
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* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: {{spoiler|“There is no Titan. They lied to us!”}} |
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: {{spoiler|“There is no Titan. They lied to us!”}} |
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