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[jason10mm]

Did you notice ATT Lily was the female astronaut.

she kept her shirt zipped up so no, I didn't notice her

 

[Boozeroony]

I thought it was okay. I was a bit put off by it's humor, but it certainly had charming moments.

And he put three Eppendorfs on the same side in the centrifuge. That is a rookie mistake, as a molecular biologist. You are supposed to distribute them evenly.

 

[Artoris]

One of the best films I have seen for a long time

 

[Days like these...]

Watched last night. It was ok the design of the creature was boring. They should have just cut out the sci-fi bit and made it a buddy film. Spaceman > Hail Mary

 

[AJUMP23]

Watched last night. It was ok the design of the creature was boring. They should have just cut out the sci-fi bit and made it a buddy film. Spaceman > Hail Mary

Here is a person that never had a pet rock.

 

[Pejo]

Watched last night. It was ok the design of the creature was boring. They should have just cut out the sci-fi bit and made it a buddy film. Spaceman > Hail Mary

But without the creature design, how would the "how do you eat?" scene land so well? Probably my biggest laugh in the movie.

 

[Pimpollo818]

Old lady at work saw it. "it's tooooooooooooooooo long"
I heard it in a ITYSL voice.

 

[AJUMP23]

Old lady at work saw it. "it's tooooooooooooooooo long"
I heard it in a ITYSL voice.

Tell her there is a 4 hour cut coming to streaming.

 

[Pimpollo818]

she's definitely snoozing lol

first thing my wife asks me when I say, "let's go watch a movie" is "how long is it?"

 

[AJUMP23]

she's definitely snoozing lol

first thing my wife asks me when I say, "let's go watch a movie" is "how long is it?"

My wife just doesn't like movies.

 

[IDKFA]

But without the creature design, how would the "how do you eat?" scene land so well? Probably my biggest laugh in the movie.

That scene made me choke on my popcorn.

 

[Wildebeest]

Film way too long given that not much actually happens and a lot of stupid stuff could be easily cut, including 95% of the earth scenes. 5/10.

 

[AJUMP23]

Film way too long given that not much actually happens and a lot of stupid stuff could be easily cut, including 95% of the earth scenes. 5/10.

Every earth scene works into him remembering things that push the plot forward. But I can understand that people don't like them, but it is where the character development happens.

 

[Wildebeest]

Every earth scene works into him remembering things that push the plot forward. But I can understand that people don't like them, but it is where the character development happens.

Maybe if the plot was well written then it wouldn't need as much flab to push things forward. In the end it doesn't even really serve to make sense and is just a lazy "chosen one" template.

 

[jason10mm]

Every earth scene works into him remembering things that push the plot forward. But I can understand that people don't like them, but it is where the character development happens.

Yeah, in the book his amnesia plays more into the spread out recovery of Earth memories, the film doesn't really dwell on that part very much.

 

[jason10mm]

Maybe if the plot was well written then it wouldn't need as much flab to push things forward. In the end it doesn't even really serve to make sense and is just a lazy "chosen one" template.

The plot is fine, what the book does is spread out the earth scenes to A. keep the plot moving instead of a looooong earth part 1 until he goes into space, B. ties in his earth experience with relevant space events, and C. draws out the reveal of exactly why he is on the ship in the first place, which, placed near his final decisions, amplifies his heroic self sacrifice for the reader/audience more than if we knew it from early in the book. IMHO it's one of the better "story telling via flashback" examples in recent years, though it is over used in shows.