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    The first half of Ryan Gosling’s “Project Hail Mary” is damn near perfect


    The first half of Ryan Gosling’s “Project Hail Mary” is damn near perfect

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    1. DigLeading9650 on

      Okay well that site is cancer and the article reads like it was written by a 15 year old but thanks anyway

    5. toddywithabody on

      It was a tiny bit too long but otherwise the entire movie was great. Fist my bump is an all timer.

    6. ZV2Cox on

      As a fan of the book, I thought it was a bit too quipy in the beginning, but it grew on me

    7. frolie0 on

      I definitely think the final act was the weakness, only because the book was so damn good. I get it would have been rough to have a 3+ hour movie, but they absolutely rushed through the weight of the final act. Hopefully we’ll get a director’s cut.

    8. Tibbaryllis2 on

      I went last night with my wife and daughter. Neither have read the books and enjoyed it immensely.

      I reread the book 1-2 a year. I really enjoyed the movie.

      I understand why they cut what they did for time, but it’s odd because everything they cut is what actually made Grace and Rocky deeply bond.

      They cut or greatly truncated:

      * >! The initial contact between the two. !<

      * >! The process of learning to communicate. !<

      * >! Figuring out that Rocky’s species are tremendous engineers but not very technologically advanced in physics and biology. Leading to the understanding of why Rocky’s crew died. !<

      * >! Designing and building the Predator catcher !<

      * >! Grace trying to save Rocky and ultimately almost killing him. !<

      * >! Designing and building the taomoeba chambers !<

      * >! Rocky helping to fix Grace’s ship !<

      * >! Grace figuring out the malfunction with the taomoeba chambers and determining to save Rocky’s !<

      * >! Most of the details of the Grace’s other two crew members. !<

      Again, I think it was a very good movie anyways and I don’t know how you keep these in their full detail while keeping a reasonable runtime, but it does cheapen a lot of the emotional payoff IMO.

      Also

      * >! They cut out a lot of the hard science and most of the ongoing monologue going on with Grace. They handled that a lot better in The Martian IMO. !<

    10. ThatsSoAnthony on

      I fell asleep a little bit in the middle, I think it could’ve shaved off 15 mins.

    11. FlimsyConclusion on

      I feel after the mission was effectively completed, it took too long to end the movie. There’s also a few nit-picky moments I found too cutesy and could’ve been trimmed in the edit to zero narrative difference. Personal preference really, but overall had a great time with it. 9/10

    12. unbelievablydull82 on

      The whole thing is near perfect. Best film I’ve watched for a long long time

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