I'm not looking to argue with anyone. I know that a great many people love this film. I just never cared for the film. As a comedy, it has a few good moments, but not very many. I just found the film very depressing, not to mention long and boring. As I said, I'm not looking for an argument. I just want to know, from a few people who really loved this film, what they loved about it. I must be missing something.
shareBecause it's not an outright comedy, for all that it has funny scenes & even some broad slapstick. It's about the human condition, with the ship being a microcosm of human society, with its hierarchies, its pettiness, its unjust authorities, its basic decency, and so on.
Anyone who's ever been in a similar situation—in school, with a harsh or mean-spirited teacher; at work, with a nasty boss; even in a dysfunctional family, with a cruel or petty parent—will recognize what the crew of this ship is living through, because we all live through it at some point or another.
And it's about choices, too—how we choose to conduct ourselves & live our lives, either yielding to our worst impulses, or rising above them—whether we think solely of ourselves, or of others—who we truly are & what we stand for in the end. That's why the film is loved by so many people. It's about life itself.