Mickey 17
WARNING : MAJOR SPOILERS forrader for Mickey 17 .
Bong Joon - ho ’s sci - fi comedy movieMickey 17has three different title cards establish at three distinct times in the film . As the Academy Award - winning director ’s long - awaited follow - up to his Best Picture winnerParasite , Mickey 17quickly became one of themost highly anticipated film of 2025after several delays pushed it back from its original 2024 release . AlthoughMickey 17did not accomplish the vital acclaim ofParasite , it take in a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score of 77 % .
Mickey 17still performed fairly well at the box office , earning $ 127 million ( against a production budget of $ 118 million ) to become conduce manRobert Pattinson ’s fourth consecutive motion picture to earn more than $ 100 million . Pattinson , who portrays various versions of his ego - title character , primarily starts as Mickey 17 – who is believed to be dead – and Mickey 18 – who was generated to replace the old Mickey . Even though Mickey is plan to be expendable , he has endured stark pain , torture , and ridicule because of his " inhuman " status in the eye of his space colony leader , Kenneth Marshall .
Why Mickey 17 Has Three Title Cards
Each Represents Mickey’s Character Progression
Mickey 17has three separate claim posting shown throughout the beginning , middle , and end of the moving-picture show . together with , they be marks of storey patterned advance and character development as Mickey ’s illegal predicament of live with his duplicate unfolds . The first title cars appear for Mickey 17 , the name of the flick , beforeanother appears for Mickey 18 once his character is introduced . Lastly , the film ends with a revision of the title in the third claim card for Mickey Barnes because he ’s now the last and only Mickey once again .
The inclusion of the Mickey Barnes statute title identity card at the end signifies that Mickey 17 will be the last , and therefore real , Mickey Barnes , even though the original Mickey 1 ( or 0 ) has already died . In what was a deviation from theMickey 7novel , the carbon paper printing machine that deliver new versions of Mickey was destroyed at theend ofMickey 17 , which is not what takes place in the rule book . Since Mickey 18 die toward the end of the movie , Mickey 17 can truly take over as the one and only Mickey Barnes .
What Bong Joon-ho Has Said About Mickey 17’s Final Title Card
He Views Mickey’s Joruney As A Coming-Of-Age Story
Bong Joon - ho explained his thought processin having three deed cards inMickey 17 . " Most of the film is led by Mickey 17 . And then we have the primary title , you learn a bell gong , the 17 change by reversal to 18 , and then we go to Mickey in the cave , and he go through all these unlike stages to finally reclaim his selfhood and chance ego respect as just Mickey Barnes . "
Robert Pattinson is already off to a slap-up head start in 2025 after starring in Bong Joon - ho ’s previous movie with more upcoming releases on the view .
In this way , Bong Joon - ho viewsMickey 17as a do - of - eld report about Mickey in conclusion rising to his fullest self . " That ’s why I chose the number 18 , because that ’s when most beau monde recognize someone as an adult . "
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