Corey S Powell16h ago

Good art makes me long for great art. So I enjoyed "Project Hail Mary," but I couldn't help wishing for the great, science-inspired movie it could have been.

My review for American Scientist (warning: contains mild spoilers if you haven't seen the trailer).

https://www.americanscientist.org/blog/science-culture/a-mission-to-rescue-earth #science #culture #projecthailmary

Show threadDavid Zaslavsky15h ago

@coreyspowell oof, well, I still think want to see it but it sounds like they made some unfortunate and critical changes from the book

#ProjectHailMary

Show threadTruhe11h ago
@diazona They added a ton of scenes to the movie so that Ryan Gosling can be a goofball like in Nice Guys. They changed somber scenes with rocky to a funny joke. They removed most of the science parts, which explained things. It's an okay-ish movie if you expect it to be a buddy movie like Ted and don't have problems with this kind of humour added to Hail Mary. In the second half, the movie gets a bit more serious and I will watch it again for that second part.
Show threadDavid Zaslavsky

@truhe Hm good to know

Probably means I will not like it as much as the book but I should see it regardless. I like humor in general, but the style of Ted is a little too crude for me to really love it.

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Show threadTruhe11h ago
@diazona I love Ted, but just not in Hail Mary. It's too much clowning around and felt off-character to me. I was deepy disappointing especially from the beginning. I started reading the book again after the movie and everything I disliked was added to the movie to make the movie more fun.