[tps_header]Most inconsistently DOPE: (tie) The Wachowski’s for JUPITER ASCENDING and SENSE 8[/tps_header]
Being dope is tough; you have to take big chances to ascend above the basic ranks. When you swing big, you risk missing big. Jupiter Ascending took a HUGE swing, and make no mistake about it, it whiffed; but it’s hard not to appreciate what the Wachowskis tried to accomplish. The Wachowski’s aim was to create an epic space opera on a scale that rivaled Star Wars. Sadly, what they produced felt more like an unfinished mess. While the film’s effects were technically gorgeous, the movie stands out for its sillier aspects such as Channing Tatum’s part canine bounty hunter, Caine Wise, speaking with the vocal inflections of a dude-bro. Sense 8 comes much closer to realizing the Wachowski’s epic vision, it intermittently cycles between good, bad, silly and great, never really sustaining any one tone. The Wachowski’s Netflix series soars and crashes more often than a college freshman tearing through their RedBull stash during an all-night study session.
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