Warning: Passengers spoilers below.
Cosmic if that was you what would you have done to keep from being alone?
In movies like this one, where one person wakes up to an empty world and discovers that they're all alone, they tend to go stir crazy rather quickly, which I never really get. As long as there was still electricity, I think I'd be fine for at least a few years on my own. That's one thing I liked about the set up for
Passengers. We know that Jim was there for over a year before succumbing to the temptation, which I think is far more realistic timeline for most people.
I'm a rather pragmatic person. If I felt like I had to wake someone up, I highly doubt I'd wake up an attractive person just because I was lonely. While the actual crew was locked in a separate hibernation area, there were bound to be other people with technical and mechanical skills in the passenger hold who might be able to help figure out what went wrong and whether it was possible to go back into stasis. If I had been there past my breaking point, or if anything seemed wrong with the ship, an author would probably be my last choice.
Even if I don't think that I'd do the same thing, I do think that, however wrong they were, Jim's choices were realistic and relatable for a lot of people. I just didn't like the fantasy fairy tale ending they got and how it implied that the ends justified the means.
WARNING: "Passengers Ending" spoilers below
I would've preferred it if Jim and Aurora did not end up back together. If Jim wasn't going to die while venting the reactor (which I think would've been a fair ending allowing him to go out nobly), I think an ending where Aurora took the opportunity to go back into hibernation would've been preferable as well.
Ideally, however, I would've loved it if the film played more with that whole loneliness aspect, and the question regarding if it's right to drag someone else down with you. In my ending, Jim either dies in the reactor or is not able to be resuscitated after Aurora drags him back in. Aurora is then left alone on the ship, facing the same circumstances as Jim at the start of the film. This would allow her to fully understand the reasons why Jim woke her up in the first place, as she would then be faced with the same conundrum. Whether or not she decides to take the moral high ground would not be revealed.
I would've preferred it if Jim and Aurora did not end up back together. If Jim wasn't going to die while venting the reactor (which I think would've been a fair ending allowing him to go out nobly), I think an ending where Aurora took the opportunity to go back into hibernation would've been preferable as well.
Ideally, however, I would've loved it if the film played more with that whole loneliness aspect, and the question regarding if it's right to drag someone else down with you. In my ending, Jim either dies in the reactor or is not able to be resuscitated after Aurora drags him back in. Aurora is then left alone on the ship, facing the same circumstances as Jim at the start of the film. This would allow her to fully understand the reasons why Jim woke her up in the first place, as she would then be faced with the same conundrum. Whether or not she decides to take the moral high ground would not be revealed.
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That moral dilema is why I like the film so much. Actually when I watched the film I had thought along the same lines as you did here:
