Where The Aeronauts suffers is that half of the movie is derived of flashbacks for both of the characters to provide motivations why they ended up in that balloon basket. Her co-star Eddie Redmayne does his usual Redmayne bashful, mumbly, soft-spoken, head-tilting stuff. Felicity Jones is our protagonist, a woman who yearns to be accepted as a scientist as well as recovering from a personal tragedy, and she performs some impressive feats of physical acting when the film requires her to be very limited. The special effects team on this movie perform a minor miracle with how they're able to translate what I assume was just a balloon basket and a giant green screen stage into a soaring, visually rich landscape of awe and terror. The film does an agreeable job of letting an audience understand the dangers that await and the mini-goals needed to avoid those dangers as well as the rising stakes or their limited options. Director Tom Harper (Wild Rose) uses modern camera techniques and lenses to make this old timey survival story feel immersive and alive. When it's up in the clouds, The Aeronauts can be a thrilling, visually gorgeous, and viscerally compelling movie about survival. Based on true events, we follow a pair of nineteenth century scientists pushing the bounds of understanding when it comes to weather atmospherics. It's been deemed "Gravity in a hot air balloon" and that succinct blurb is both unfair and also entirely accurate. Now streaming on Prime Video, I recommend checking this one out. The emotion, excitement, and overall look of the movie outdo any glaring cliches that arise throughout the events. As a film on its own, it's very well done, even though it may not feel all that original. Personally, I didn't even learn about these changes until after viewing the movie, so it had no effect on me. In the end, The Aeronauts provides a very satisfying experience for those who don't find an issue in the historical changes. Tom Harper did a great job directing this film and his writing, accompanied by Jack Thorne also provided some very solid dialogue throughout. Although there's nothing entirely perfect about this film, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that I was swept up in the emotion of it all. The way the aspect ratio changes and fills the entire screen during the sequences in the sky was breathtaking. There are moments that are clearly fictionalized and exaggerated, but the way these moments are presented, feel natural and plausible. Not knowing anything about how this story ended in reality definitely helped, but The Aeronauts is a very well-made film nonetheless. From very well-done visual effects, showcasing incredible vistas to very committed performances, I found myself enthralled and worried about the outcome. I found this to be very effective and the two leads made it that much more enjoyable. The film begins with its launch and flashes back to how they got here in the first place throughout the movie. This film doesn't take any time in getting them into the air. I thoroughly enjoyed my experience with this movie from beginning to end. Becoming a fight for their lives, this movie provides quite a few thrills and intense moments of realization. Teaming up with fictional pilot Amelia Rennes (Jones), the two of them take flight in a hot air balloon, venturing into the unknown. Redmayne portrays James Glaisher, a scientist who wishes to discover weather patterns and break the record for the highest point anyone has travelled into the sky. ![]() Seeing Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones reteam once again was very nice, as I loved their chemistry in The Theory of Everything. With all of that aside, let's discuss the film itself. ![]() If you're going to complain about things like this, then you have to complain about Quentin Tarantino's films like Inglorious Basterds or Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. Personally, I think a film is a film, regardless of what reality actually was. ![]() This classic story involved two men, but for our times, it was updated so that it could be evened out. The Aeronauts is yet another true story that has been drastically altered and many viewers seem to be using the big change as a way to tear down the movie as a whole. Filmmakers try to make the best films possible, regardless of what they have to change from the source material. When it comes to bringing true stories to the big screen, it should go without saying that things are going to be intentionally overlooked or changed in order to fit the version on-screen.
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