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I'm just so happy that this movie is receiving positive reviews across the board. Happy for Andy Weir, Ryan Gosling and the filmmakers, and quite happy to hear how people are falling in love with Rocky! A big win for us all!
With the success of Dune and Project Hail Mary, when does the run of bad movies based on sci fi novels because they want to duplicate the success without knowing/caring what made them successful begin?
With the success of Dune and Project Hail Mary, when does the run of bad movies based on sci fi novels because they want to duplicate the success without knowing/caring what made them successful begin?
With the success of Dune and Project Hail Mary, when does the run of bad movies based on sci fi novels because they want to duplicate the success without knowing/caring what made them successful begin?
With the success of Dune and Project Hail Mary, when does the run of bad movies based on sci fi novels because they want to duplicate the success without knowing/caring what made them successful begin?
With the success of Dune and Project Hail Mary, when does the run of bad movies based on sci fi novels because they want to duplicate the success without knowing/caring what made them successful begin?
What a mesmerizing, gorgeous adventure, unabashedly and unapologetically emotional and nerdy, with the right balance of science fact and science fiction. I lost count the number of times I wept with tears of joy at the film's direction and writing, along side the equally powerful tears of sorrow at its heartbreaking moments.
Much like The Martian, this film was an excellent adaptation of the Andy Weir novel, capturing the spirit of the story at its best while understandably leaving much of nit and gritty details of the science with the book. The impetus might have been saving Sol and Eridani but the core tale of the novel and the film was rightly focused on Grace and Rocky's poignant and unforgettable friendship. Best of all, the film perfectly captured how I imagined Rocky (although I did struggle imagining the mechanics of a five-legged being while reading), right down to his exuberant energy and misconstrued humor. I had hoped to see more of Erid and Grace's life there as we saw in the novel, but it was probably the right call not to drag out the ending with Grace content living far from Earth, teaching young Eridians, coming full circle.
This was easily the best science-fiction film since The Martian and Interstellar and it's not lost on me the parallels Project Hail Mary has with those two films.
This was easily the best science-fiction film since The Martian and Interstellar and it's not lost on me the parallels Project Hail Mary has with those two films.
Their movies have never really copied the plot of the blockbusters, they just have to look similar and have a similar name, like Top Gunner, Battle Star Wars, Atlantic Rim or Planet Dune (starring Sean Young!!!).
I loved how we got to see Rocky saving Grace after the fuel leak disaster, a scene that wasn't present in the novel because of Grace's first person conscious perspective. Likewise, the film made the wise choice of showing Eva receiving Grace's video logs and Taumoeba samples.
"Two of Us" was the perfect song choice for The Beatles probe reveal. The thematic relationship of that song hits hard with Grace and Rocky's friendship and journey and how far they would go each other. I wept with joy at hearing that song in that moment. The Martian had David Bowie and this film has The Beatles. Can't get much better than that.
As a Beatles fan I loved it. Saw the probes on screen and mentally paused thinking “did I see Ringo on a probe?” Sure enough it was and the other lads as well. Then the song. Sort of a theme song for me and my best friend, who happened to be sitting next to me in the theater.
I saw the movie yesterday. I loved it. I think the 4 things that stood out the most to me were:
1) It faithfully adapts the book. The main plot, flashback sequences, and heart of the book are all there.
2) The friendship between Rocky and Grace is very well done. It will make you laugh and cry. I legitimately cried in the scene where
Grace finally tells Rocky that he cannot go home and he has made peace about dying. Rocky then says he will give Grace some of his fuel to get home and says "Rocky save Grace". Grace tears up at the prospect of going home.
3) It is a stunningly beautiful movie, especially some of the space scenes. There is one scene in particular that made me tear up just with the sheer beauty.
when Grace does his space walk to collect astrophage in the Tau Ceti system and he is inside the Petrova line. You see him bathed in red with the astrophage like fire flies all around him. It is incredible.
4) The score really heightens the emotional impact of the scenes.
Agreed on all of those points, but especially points 2 and 3. I bowled over how stunning some of those visuals were (and not just the moment you described) but the emotional scenes between Grace and Rocky were on a different level.
The movie sticks very closely to the book imo. The movie starts the same as the book, uses the same flashback format to fill in the backstory, follows the same plot arc, emotional beats, and has the same ending as the book. The movie does have some minor plot tweaks but they don't change the overall story.
I think the main difference between the book and the movie is that the movie shortens some of the science scenes. The book goes into more detail about the science and how Grace figures things out. Also, the movie does skip some of the "side plots" in the flashbacks on Earth in the interest of time.
Which is almost exactly how the adaption of The Martian worked. I feel like both of these films are primary examples of how to adapt novels.
The only thing I wish was kept in the film was revealing Eridians' precise sleep cycle. I forget the exact numbers but it was something like 28 minutes every several days or something along that extremity.
A big win for us all!
