Jim woke her up because if he didn't everyone would've died. He didn't know this, but she should still be aware of this fact and conclude that everything happens for a reason
sharethey didn't know that would happen, neither did you
shareShe should have smashed his face in. He was a POS
shareI think she wanted to but realized she loved him before she knew he woke her up. You can't just turn that off. But mostly... then she would be alone. No thanks!
shareCall him a POS if you want, but since you can't honestly say for absolute certain that you'd never do the same as he did in that situation, you're on very thin moral ice.
Maybe you would, maybe you wouldn't, but it's literally impossible for you to know for certain.
Tommy... how's the peeping?
Nah he’s human. You saw him struggle with his choice and the guilt.
A POS would’ve had no remorse and made excuses. For example, your woke racist making excuses for their racism.
I think grateful in capitals is pushing it, but in my mind it's one of the reasons she's able to make her peace with it.
shareYes. Making peace is not only about Jim, but for Aurora is also about her overall situation. On a going forward basis we often benefit from consequences of decisions not fully understood at the time we made them. It goes into the mix when things work out for the best, or even just the better.
shareJim awoke Aurora for selfish reasons. He had no idea she would be needed to help save the ship a year later. I find it all very interesting since once she realizes she would have died if not for Jim's actions, then her feelings change instantly. Before he departs the ship at the end she says "come back to me, I can't live here with out you"
That statement suggested she would have released somebody else from the pods if Jim had died. She realized Jim was lonely and going crazy which is why he released her, and she knows deep down she would probably do the same thing after enough time had passed.
However the knowledge that she was ultimately doomed if not for Jim's selfish yet desperate actions is the reason I think her hatred for Jim transformed into love again instantly. If it turned out all that was needed to save the ship was Jim then how would she have reacted to Jim suiting up and walking to his doom? When Jim was floating off into space would she have quickly suited up and made a desperate attempt to save his life? The answer is probably not. In the end she ignored the immoral decision Jim made since she ultimately benefited from it.
Personally I think her feelings only changed once she realized she might lose Jim.
She's already been given some food for thought with Gus's line about the "drowning man." And by the time she said, "you die, I die," she was already well aware that they were both necessary to save the ship. At that moment, though, she actually forgot that their whole purpose was saving the ship. At that moment, she realized what Jim had faced and learned to forgive him. She'd already fallen for him once, so going from forgiveness back to love wouldn't be that big a leap.
agreed, if Jim died then the ship might have exploded or she would be alone for the next 80 plus years.
shareWell, she didn't know that at the time.
She seemed to get over it eventually and worked with him to save the ship and she seemed to be grateful by the end of the movie, so....mission accomplished.
Well at the end she could not let him go and maybe she did feel grateful after she forgave him and realized he actually saved her life by waking her up.
sharedoesn't mean he wasn't selfish to wake her up
she was right to be pissed
I agree. I think the screenplay missed an important point: Once Jim learned she had a return ticket that should have been a major "uh oh!". At that point he had to understand he could never admit he woke her. Because had she been any other passenger it couldn't be said he "murdered" her. The passengers were on a quest to inhabit a new world. No guarantees, I'm sure. So the new world, in the case of two of them, happens to be the ship. Given the circumstances, I don't think what Jim did was unreasonable. He just chose the wrong person to wake.
It's really a shame the story took such a well-worn path, because it's a great premise.
The way I'd have liked to see it go is maybe Jim, realizing Aurora won't forgive him, takes himself to some part of the ship as far off the beaten path as he can. Aurora, thinking perhaps he went out the airlock, is now alone. She experiences his isolation. Arthur, surely not designed to operate for a century without maintenance, starts to malfunction. She doesn't even have him. She studies the manuals, learns how to wake passengers. Maybe as a distraction, to keep from doing what Jim does, she explores the ship in greater detail, & finds Jim. Now she can forgive him.
I like that scenario better.
Also, why didn't they wake some of the crew, the captain in particular, after gaining access to the command module?