Project Hail Mary - Movie

 While the big release for the movie is today, for some reason our local theater began showings yesterday. Chris and I were at the sparsely attended first showing at 2 PM yesterday. 

We both had read the book by Andy Weir and were concerned that the movie would have a difficult time with the subject. We were both pleased with the resultant movie. 

It is great!

David Rooney writing in The Hollywood Reporter describes the movie as follows:

‘Project Hail Mary’ Review: Ryan Gosling Proves He Can Have Chemistry With a Rock in Thrilling Space Odyssey Warmed by Humanity and Hope

Sandra Hüller also stars in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s sci-fi epic based on the Andy Weir novel about a science teacher who finds an unusual ally in a mission to save two worlds.

Gaerth, writing in Skewed & Reviewed, relates the following about the movie:

I could not say enough great things about this movie as it was an experience that was not only moving but stayed with me long after the film had ended and one that has made it one of the best films of the year and a genre classic in the making.

The movie was true to the book, about as well as can be expected. The film begins as abruptly as I remember the book beginning and the sense of disorientation adds to the realism of the movie with the intent of the mission becoming clearer as the main character remembers more of how he came to be on a spaceship headed into deep space light years away from Earth. It is science fiction, yes, but not the fantastical kind. It is believable, or at least the movie made me accept the situation and the solution. 

I laughed, I had tears, and I felt the danger. Similar to The Martian, another book by Andy Weir made into a great movie, Project Hail Mary is gritty and real. Ryan Gosling does a great job with the character.

Chris and I are making plans to see the movie again.

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL