Channing Tatum boxes a flying dinosaur in “Jupiter Ascending,” a ridiculous and joyful moment in a movie full of ridiculous and joyful moments. The scene even has its own score cue, courtesy of composer Michael Giacchino: “Flying Dinosaur Fight.”
That title is “Jupiter Ascending” in a nutshell. Obvious, garish, silly and so damn fun. “Jupiter Ascending” is bananas in the best and worst ways, an excessive, over-the-top amalgam of other science-fiction works (“Star Wars,” “The Fifth Element,” “Brazil,” “The Matrix,” “Dune,” H.P Lovecraft and Moebius). It’s the movie version of larceny. I can’t believe someone gave Andy and Lana Wachowski $175 million to make this movie; I get the feeling they can’t either.
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What’s funny is that the Wachowskis have given us familiarity here too, and people still don’t like it. Maybe I shouldn’t either? Whatever. How am I supposed to hate a movie that gave us a scene like this?
