I Fixed Jupiter Ascending (You're Welcome?) 

"... It is Sean Bean, we could just kill him off" ... Very nice

"Killed by falling plot" is probably my favorite line. I often speak of plot as an object or force when discussing movies with friends. So I liked hearing someone else do it too.

"Let" "Sean Bean" "Survive" I know what each of those words mean, but all together, in that order, it's just gibberish.

I can't believe I forgot Sean Bean's character was part Bee

I think my favorite part of this whole video is, "-and the... char... ac...ters?"

I want: "I don't need to be cognisant of your mundane frame of reference" on a T-shirt or Mug

Not really a good movie but the costume design is *chef's kiss*

So, if I'm ever making a movie, I'm definitely hiring you as stunt coordinator.

As you kept fixing (as much as anyone can) what is wrong with Jupiter Ascending, I really appreciated how you seemed to become more and more frazzled, culminating in tea. I thought it was a nice touch and it made me smile.

Hearing a run-through of the plot of Jupiter Ascending just makes me realize how much it sounds like a Wattpad story.

Continuity call out: How Jill's hair becomes unkept as the video progresses and the process takes it's toll

“See also the Last Airbender”. Yeah, that’s probably the only way that the Last Airbender made something DARKER.

Your line "and the characters?" Reminds me of when I worked as a projectionist. As a projectionist, you cannot leave, no matter how bad, unless the entire audience walks out. And hoo boy, Wild At Heart by David Lynch was a stinker. It had: the roof of a dance hall, a match being lit in slow motion, a hand clutching a sheet, the wizard of Oz, and Elvis impersonation. So overloaded with symbolism, you get the feeling shooting ended before anyone had the courage to ask "and the plot...?"

I recently had a discussion about B-movies and their potential to be good, and someone mentioned this movie, but I think this movie suffers from the fatal flaw of TRYING to be an A-movie but ending up as a B-movie, rather than just embracing the things that make B-movies good and therefore being enjoyable on a B-movie level. Great video, though. I'd be interested to see someone whose professional job is video editing try to do a mockup of the changes you suggested, with either storyboards like you did or amateur actors filling in the scenes you completely rewrite.

"Expensive and time consuming and it does not look good" - I feel like this pretty much sums up the whole movie.

Man, every time I reflect on Jupiter Ascending, my brain melts. It's not just that it's so fundamentally broken in so many glaringly obvious ways, but that it's from filmmakers *who know better.* That's what I don't get. The Wachowskis understand how to tell a good story. They understand how to use clever editing in service to the film. They understand how to make amazing action scenes. They understand how to write... reasonably interesting characters. HOW DID THIS MESS HAPPEN? It's like they literally took crazy pills and forgot how to movie.

Thought this was going to be about how the directors could have deleted the movie from their computers but this is cool too

"No jokes, please" *cries in 12 year old boy

Random thought: Could we get some Jill merch that reads, "The Story Goeth Thusly"? I feel the burning need for at LEAST a mug and a tshirt with that written on it.

So you're saying we need an HBO series? That's what I thought. **nods** With more bees.

Haven't seen Jupiter Ascending, but uhh I guess I'm here for it?

Yep, I'm definitely adding "What the Jeff?!?!" to my vocabulary.

"That's a little beyond our scope here." Aww that's not giving yourself enough credit. There's an excellent opportunity to also go old school with a "Stuff You Like (About Things You Know Are Objectively Terrible -- I Didn't Say It Was Good I Said I Liked It)". ;-)

I know that Jupiter Ascending is a peculiar flavor, but I genuinely enjoy. Even so, I have always wanted to ‘fix’ certain plot lines, visuals, the incessant rescuing by Kane 😅 ... so thank you for making this video. It was very well done with a fine mix of humor and serious critique.

I love this video. I found Jupiter Ascending a great idea / universe but terribly executed, so seeing how it could be executed well is really exciting!

No idea what this movie is, but I can tell you're having fun

I never watched it when it came out, because the trailers alone convinced me this would be a shit show, but the way you fixed it made me happy enough to think I would have watched it had it been your cut. Not enough to see it outside the dollar theater due to the everything in the kitchen sink problem, but still.

0:29 yeah, we all had thoughts on the characters. And story (?). And the acting (which wasn’t bad, I don’t think, just, they tried). And ....yeah, I like this movie.

I have never seen this movie but I completely agree with everything you said

"It *is* Sean Bean. So we could just kill him off." This poor man has been tied to his role of the condemned like no other.

This... This is beautiful. It is so refreshing to hear someone who genuinely knows their stuff critique a "not good" film, explain WHY it's "not good", and try to actually make it better. So much more satisfying than the usual complaints of "I didn't like it" I usually hear.

Having it laid out like this makes me REALLY realize why I've always said I want to like the movie, but can't quite bring myself to do so. There's a good core here, but the action is just too bland and repetitive to feel compelling. I think what really hurts it is how easily small changes to the script could have recontextualized the rescue-rescue-rescue, and just little bits of dialogue in said scenes could have made character arcs work and really solidified the development. Just imagine if, as the movie progressed, Jupiter grew more willing and better able to participate in the action, not necessarily as a competent combatant, but just more willing to take risks and act, grab a stray weapon and use it (which then pays off by reaffirming her unwillingness to kill in sparing evil-bro and provides additional character context for putting a stop to soylent shenaniganery), show the growing bond of trust and the sense of betrayal after being rescued only to IMMEDIATELY have the shady political backstabbing bite her for trusting. It wouldn't have taken much to make the phrases rhyme but build on each other instead of being the same chorus in a new venue. Also, making the delays during the big ship rescue where EVERY SECOND is supposed to be vital arise from external factors to be overcome rather than dilly-dallying would have sold the urgency rather than undercutting it. Want to like it. Really, I do. But it's not just Jupiter that needs saving in this movie. Like you point out, what can you do when just all the choices that went into the movie are the way they are?

I couldn't help but notice that as your edits progressed towards the finale of this increasingly incomprehensible movie, your hair seemed to get messier. Now that could just be cause filming videos takes a long time and hair is definitely not static, but coupled with how everything gets better when the tea comes out, it seemed like a fitting metaphor for what this movie must have put you through. Well, I'm assuming its tea; if it's not tea, you earned that, too.

"Youth regenerating soylent green bubble bath," Nice!

The point Jill makes about "not enough dialogue" in action scenes is a great one! Before the Revenge of the Sith movie came out, there was a video game that more or less spoiled the movie, and I played it before watching the movie. During the final boss fight, which is Obi-Wan vs. Anakin, every transition from one part of the battle to the next was accompanied by a few seconds of dialogue. For example, Obi-Wan gives Anakin an in-depth apology for failing him as a mentor. He says he wished he'd warned him about all the pit-falls of the Dark Side. I remember feeling a bit cheated when I got to the actual fight in the movie and they barely speak a word to one another. Having Obi-Wan try to talk him down every chance they got made it feel more like this really was an old friend he was trying to save rather than like he'd simply accepted the fact that Anakin was his enemy now. In short, yeah, dialogue is HUGELY important in fight scenes.

Loved the ruthlessness of 'This scene would have been improved if the camera operator was hungover.' Also the Busted reference.

I think I used the phrase "cinematic clusterf--k" in my review of this film. Good video!

If you haven't already, you really should check out RWBY, starting with the Red, White, Black and Yellow trailers. The fight animation and choreography is out of this world

i watched Jupiter Ascending in its entirety, I listened to your synopsis, and I STILL don't fully understand this movie.... a true achievement in incomprehensibility by this film

The perfect movie would be directed by FoundFlix, written by NandoVMovies, and have Jill Bearup as the Stunt Coordinator.

"Bees. My God." Also, is that tea in that mug or is it something more... Irish?

It’s a sad day when the people who made THE MATRIX put out such lackluster action scenes

I haven't seen it, I kinda wanna guilt watch it. Then come back to this.

I liked Jupiter Ascending. Still do. Guess there's no accounting for taste.

"It is Sean bean so we can just kill him off", most likely a discussion brought up in every movie with Sean bean.

I actually genuinely love Jupiter Ascending for reasons that are not easy to articulate, but I appreciate this video anyway. The constant cutting and dark lighting in fight scenes definitely are not appreciated and take away from what I do love about the movie. "Show more of Channing Tatum's body" made me lose it

Watched on Nebula, came here to applaud the Busted quotation. Also, I really like that you come at this subject with a real understanding of what serves the story, it makes your videos really insightful as well as entertaining :)

Hooray for learning shiny new skills and doing a thing.

I needed the "goeth thusly". Not the plot recap, I had seen it. But just hearing you say that :) cheers on this one, thanks for slogging through it!

It would have made for a great twist for Jupiter to rescue Kane once. It got very trite with Jupiter always needing rescuing by the hero. It would have been nice to see her gain some self preservation skills as the plot progressed. At a couple of points I found myself thinking, just let her die and we can move the plot along with a different twist, or just the end credits. I felt very little empathy with any of the characters, they were just pretty looking versions of tired tropes in a movie held together with exposition and too many special effects. They had some good actors and Channing Tatum, but wasted their skills. I think your edit would have made the film easier to watch, but the lack of character arc or any development would still leave me regretting spending money to see the film.

_"See? I told you we were keeping Sean Bean alive for a reason."_ 😊😊😊

I've yet to watch a video of yours that I didn't like, but this is a step above in itself. Your ability to identify and articulate problems and their solutions as well as successes and what makes them noteworthy is uncanny, hope to see more of your re-edits in future uploads.

I won't be able to watch all at once. 😭 OK watched it now. Maybe I have just been single for way to long, but why does she need a bloke to rescue her. I mean if she saved him once or twice it might have been slightly more interesting?

I still love Jupiter Ascending !

Love your video! You do make valid points and I think they could have done the action scenes differently. I must confess, I do really like Jupiter Ascending. To me it feels like one of those self-insert fanfics brought to life, and I just dig it. It does have problems and is such a wild ride... I understand why it's not everyone's cup of tea. Super fun to watch it theatres though. The audience reaction was hilarious

Okay, I'm genuinely impressed by *both* of your plot summaries. They were both accurate, and pointed out differents sets of important things about the movie's ... plot? ... that get missed, and they made coherent sense in and of themselves. That's really hard to do for this movie (and it's telling that your two summaries go about it differently), so yeah. Very impressed. Outside the scope of what you were going for, but I think the main problem with the movie is that it didn't know what story it wanted to tell. It had cool ideas for high concept (space bureaucracy, planet harvesting, reincarnation via DNA signatures), backstory concepts (what are gray aliens?), and probably specific character concepts (wolfman! dragonman!), but it didn't really know how to connect the dots to make it a *story*. They ended up trying to jam it into a Cinderella story and the result was something that has no depth beyond a Cinderella story, but was basically copy-pasted sequentially a few times to fill out runtime and create space to show off different parts of the universe. Without that structure, it's not surprising that the individual scenes came off as chaotic and confused, since they had no structure to be fleshing out. I mean, there are five factions: the three siblings, Earth, and Aegis: and three of them are in play for every scene with a conflict in such a way that it makes the stakes pretty unclear. Ultimately, though the unifying problem is this: there didn't exist any proactive action for Jupiter to take such that she would win the day. For a movie that throws so many chips into the worldbuilding pot, it just needed that one thing to rebuild the story around and apparently no one had any ideas. (My solution is probably to make it so she had a way to disinherit the siblings, but legally requiring that she do so in-person so that they have a chance to dissuade her. That makes it harder to put her in a wedding dress, but I think that's the only genuine loss.)

One of the "symbolic actions" that didn't really come together in Jupiter Ascending was the parallel falling and rising of Jupiter, both conceptually/thematically/psychologically and physically. She is constantly tumbling and falling through situations and physical spaces. We're given some sense of rising when she "stands up" to each sibling, refusing and defying them, but that feeling always gets lost in the noise. It's only during the literal escape from planet Jupiter do we get a literal sense of ascent. I think that could've been better executed and may have helped with the overall reception of the movie. Also, for being the presented love interest, Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum couldn't get any chemistry to manifest.

I do kind of think that the Wachowski's problem is that they have all these ideas, want to do them all at once, and no-one dares to rein them in because they're the duo that made the Matrix. Like, how much better could this movie have been if when they had said "Okay we want to do a big flashy set piece where kain rescues jupiter" there was someone like Jill in the room to go "what, again?" like she is in this video. Just because everyone considers them creative geniuses doesn't mean every idea is good, guys, don't be afraid to tell them no

Thank you Ms. Bearup, Not just for this one video in particular, but for the understanding you've provided in describing and discussing these scenarios that occur in movies and TV shows. I've often had a curious unease watching a movie and feeling something was wrong, but not having the insight to describe the problem to myself, let alone to someone else. All too often, I've looked at action scenes (or fights) as just ... action; not having the requirement of building a character or advancing a plot. It's something that, when done well, you don't notice it but just luxuriate in the moment. When it's not done well, there's a restlessness that occurs and I feel myself reaching for the fast-forward button, even in the movie theater. Kudos to you. Thank you again for your insights. And I'm looking forward to more of your videos in the future.

Every time she says "shooty shooty" my smile gets bigger.

Oh my! Now you're doing fight scene fanfiction... Good on you for bringing my two favourite shows on your channel together.

Did you say the FIRST time you watched it? You...you...you KNEW what it was...AND YOU WENT BACK? Brave and self-sacrificing. Also, at 2:01? My name is not "Shirley". AND "doodley-doo description-thing" should be in the dictionary. I got to twenty minutes in...then you were mean to me. Well...Okay...whoever voted for you to do that was mean to YOU. However, I am SO completely impressed and excited by your vast knowledge and wide array of talent! You one woman production team, you! So this video, subject matter that movie, was in deed well worth it! I will sing it's praises...once you finish the sheet music (I assume you're doing that next) until then...I'll just talk about it and highly recommend it! Kudos!

Jill, your suffering was not in vain; I enjoyed this video immensely (and not solely because of the aforementioned suffering) and am very happy to be subbed to your channel.

I'm honestly impressed you could summarize the plot. I couldn't describe it if I tried. Its just a hot mess of phrases that if I were to tell someone they'd think I'd gone mental. " bees detect royalty" or that a person chose cleaning toilets over ruling over an advanced alien race for reasons or saying that a person named Jupiter Jones is not the next marvel superhero. Good job!

I totally love Jupiter Ascending, and I love it more every time I watch it, but I have to admit, the Jill Bearup cut would be much better!

I enjoyed this "behind the curtain of scenes" look very much! And also your delivery. I hope you had fun making this, because it definitely was fun to watch.

1:09 What are the rich people doing to that toilet that requires Jupiter Jones to get down on her knees and give it such an intense scrubbing?

... more of a plot summary than you could possibly want... Thank you, oh so much, Jill. LOL I thought you meant you were going to make SENSE out of it. :)

definitely different, wasn't expect that. But really fun and love to hear your analysis of things like this!!

I love that you keep referencing Soylent Green. Such a classic.

I absolutely loved this video! Please do more like it! I actually love Jupiter Ascending but couldn't figure out why I struggled to watch it more often and the things you explained about the lighting and editing of the action sequences helped put words to what I had felt but couldn't articulate. Thank you!

See they should have just had him teach her how to fight but her not being the best and then use her wits to get out at the end. Would have allowed her some agency if she knew how to fight or was shown saving herself with her smarts

I've always enjoyed these videos as they do something that very important, namely pointing out what can be improved while pointing out just how bad something is. Like many, I've had beer and bad movie nights with friends where we riff on B-movies, but to deconstruct these films in such away that we can see the particulars of why they don't work is refereshing. Seeing the structure of why this comes across as a slap dash mess serves as a learning experience for creative folk as well, and something I greatly appreciate!

Both the fixes and the summaries (yes both of those as well) were AMAZING, I loved it

This was a super fun video! It's a great format!

Hahaha Dang.. I appreciate you taking on such an insanely huge project as fixing this movie! Thanks for the video, Jill!

Your videos are always impeccable and detailed even when the subject matter is an eldritch horror ground up and served to the masses with popcorn. It is for this reason that I enjoy them so much.

So happy that I found your channel. Your videos are always very informative and you have a great sense of humour too! You are obviously very talented at theatrical fighting, and the passion you have for your craft shines through. Keep up the good work, girl!

Thanks for the video, great as usual. And I enjoyed the new format, yes :)

This must have taken you AGES to put together. Much appreciated. Enjoy your content for whatever that means to you. A++

This whole review and you didn't even mention how her owning the earth meant nothing because they weren't going to harvest it in her lifetime anyway....

I like the improvements you made. Though making me snicker and almost laugh was worth it too.

I am amazed. You have actually made me glad to have seen Jupiter Ascending. Because I just spent 23 minutes going "Oh my god, that was a thing wasn't it?" instead of "Surely you're making this up!"

Thanks for doing this. As much as I found your fight scene analysis interesting, I was a little sad when I realised it would be displacing your traditional critiques of the work as a whole, so I am happy to see you come back full circle. (Also I've also had an unreasonable soft spot for this movie because Jupiter makes the same decisions that I would for so much of the movie, and I was so happy to find a reasonable non-action heroine in an action movie.)

Greetings, Mrs. Bearup. I hope this message finds you well! I quite enjoyed this video format, and I hope you consider adding it to the repertoire on your channel. I have been working my way through your catalog of videos, and it has been a wonderful experience. Not only are your videos entertaining, but they are extremely informative. I adore the Plus Points videos, and I want to say that it has been a pleasure watching you grow as a creative; and I wanted to thank you for sharing your journey with us. Please do continue to multiply the gifts you were given. It is a joy watching you do so!

listen, i for one was super excited to see a 20+ minute video from you and will happily take more

Excellent analysis! Just rewatched this movie and felt shell-shocked after, needed someone to reassure me I'm not crazy :) Thanks!

Two years later... I so enjoyed the visual design I just forgave all the badness. The idea of a cathedral ship, a habitable sphere in the center of a maelstrom, double penetration of a red spot... oh wait. I found the movie and the scenes quite pretty. It seemed to me (at the time) like they tried to stuff three or four movies into one (that's why we get the excessive repetitiveness, the bits that would add variety are missing). Any-who. Thanks for being you Jill! I hope present you is having even more fun than past you seems to be.

(1) such an amazing video. There's a lot of... room for improvement... in Jupiter Ascending's action, and these suggestions are very much the Tim Allen 1990s sitcom of improving rooms (because he had a show called Home Improvement and I wrote a minute ago that it had room for.. *loses train of thought and gives up*). (2) I get the impression that most viewers seem to have taken Jupiter Ascending seriously, but I thought it was the funniest film I've seen in years. The "bees don't tell lies" part nearly killed me. Then again, I'm not *entirely* sure the comedy is intentional. But that's why it works! With the best will in the world though, the action is objectively terrible, and it's hard to believe it's made by the same people behind The Matrix, home to some of the greatest sequences ever filmed. At this point they really do need a Jill in the editing room.

Yay it’s here!! And just in time for lunch, impeccable timing ma’am

Congrats, you saved the earth with editing!

This is really cool what you're doing in this video.

I can't tell you how many times I almost watched Jupiter Ascending, so glad this was my first exposure to this trainwreck. Thanks for all your editing work.

Somehow I completely missed the existence of this movie, and I think I do not regret that

Thank you. This movie is my trash and I appreciate all attempts to deconstruct or improve it. Fight scenes are a great place to start.

Lots of fun! Lol I agree with your cuts.

Appreciate the Dress up! Time Princess mention, I have a deep abiding fondness for the game

After watching your vids for a good while (and loving every minute of it, mind you) I think I've finally pinpointed why I sometimes get a headache trying to keep up with the tempo of some of your videos. Especially these longer, talking head ones. I think they would benefit greatly from more text windows and bullet lists. To get some sort of visual to connection to the spoken information. The movie samples do this as well, and they do it great. But they are somewhat hard to remember when they are called back to 10 minutes later. (Especially when calling back to scenes from such a messy, all over the place movie like this one). I think this becomes especially true when I haven't seen the movie you're talking about. Maybe it becomes a bit easier to remember what has happened earlier if they were represented by text as well, since most people has seen letters before and can remember them better when called back to? I don't know, do with his comment what you will, of course... ^^

That's....quite the sum-up. Good job!

This is gold and I agree with all of your suggestions