SPOILER. No jail?


Brad Pitt snuck on the ship to Neptune and killed the crew. At the end, no trial, etc? Just him having coffee?

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Wow...it all has to be tied up in a neat little bow for you, huh?

Did you also need to see the characters going to the toilet?

The consequences of Pitts characters actions were not relevant to the plot of the movie.

And I will freely admit that the movie has massive flaws in other areas...but you're just needlessly nitpicking.

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I think it's implied that they evaluated the log and potential footage and found he was not guilty based on acting in self-defense. This is based on his quote that "footage and history will judge him" (sic).

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they just deserved it

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The space agency lied about Tommy Lee Jones' character. Making a hero out of someone that murdered his crew.

Brad Pitt didn't mean for the crew on the ship to Neptune to die. Also, he basically saved the Earth by destroying the Lima Project. He also brought back years of deep space research. It was probably much easier to just make Pitt a hero, then try and throw the savior of the Earth into prison.

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I'd say in reality he'd be court martialed. In civilian courts he'd be convicted of manslaughter.

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If soemone shoot at you, hits an appenrelty toxic valve and suffocates himself you are guilty of manslaughter?

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he should've got himself one of those Logans Run guns and stormed the shuttle blasting all the crew dead then said 'howd you like them apples' as he jessisoned their bodies

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Remember that they made his father a hero because it's more convinient? They would made Brad Pitt's character a hero too, again out of convinience.

I mean, what's the other option? Yay, billions were saved by this man. But wait, he killed 3 people that wanted to kill him. Jail him! Ha, served him right!

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The crew was going to go nuke the ship, so what was the point of him rushing the ship, killing the crew just to do the same thing?

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The crew wouldn't have found out we are alone tho

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How much of an idiot are you? Do you even have ears with which to listen to dialogue?

He did not intend to kill anyone on the ship you fucking moron. He even mentioned that he meant no harm when boarding the ship. He also mentioned that the crew would not be successful without him because he knew from prior events that the pilot was incompetent.

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The crew idolize his father. And the pilot, their leader, was incompetent. The three of them didn't even manage to kill Brad Pitt in their own spaceship let alone their hero and idol, the best astronout there ever was. They would easily be tricked and then annihilated when Tommy Lee knows that they wanted to nuke his space station.

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Should have sent in the space baboons.

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Space baboons would be more convincing that they could actually CLIMB UP onto a big ass interplanetary space fuckin' ship from the bottom of the rocket fuckin' thrusters mere seconds before fuckin' launch.

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"Remember that they made his father a hero because it's more convinient? They would made Brad Pitt's character a hero too, again out of convinience.

I mean, what's the other option? Yay, billions were saved by this man. But wait, he killed 3 people that wanted to kill him. Jail him! Ha, served him right!"

The ones who were killed would make far better candidates for conferred hero status, since people who died while saving the planet adds compelling drama to the story, and they didn't break any laws or disobey any orders. All they need to do is cook up a cover story about how they completed their mission, which saved the Earth, but were tragically killed in the process.

As for the father, his mission was publicized from the start, so making a hero out of him makes sense as a PR move. The son's mission was highly classified, i.e., the public knows nothing about it, so they have no incentive to make him a hero. They do have an incentive to orchestrate an "accidental" or otherwise "untimely" death for him though, due to him knowing too much and potentially becoming a PR nightmare for them.

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Either way, no jail for Brad Pitt. He either comes off as a hero or be dead.

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Brad Pitt sent a message right after killing, expressing the tragedy that had transpired. Furthermore, he went on the successfully carry out the mission and saving humanity from extinction. Furthermore still, the men on board knew they were going on a suicide mission because there wasn't enough resources for a return trip for so many people.

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Wait, what? That last part...the men knew they were going on a suicide mission, there wasn't enough resources for a return trip? Just finished watching it and didn't see that...are you sure?

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I'm not sure if it's said explicitly, but it's implied.

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