I read and enjoyed the book, but the movie improved on some story beats and trimmed some sciencey stuff that wouldn’t have translated well to the screen. Pretty great adaptation.

If you’re considering watching it, do try to avoid the trailers for it. I understand that you have to market the story, but introducing things in ads that should have been delightful surprises kinda stinks.

“Project Hail Mary” is bringing audiences to movie theaters in numbers the industry hasn’t seen for a non-franchise film since “Oppenheimer.”

So, 3 years ago?

non-franchise

Are you really saying that people might actually be fed up with recycled and reheated remakes or yet another addition to a superhero universe? Color me shocked...

Went and saw it. Despite “Rocky” being a little bro to the Galaxy Quest Rock Monster and kinda being cheesy with the “coos” and decidedly un-alien thought processes that were very human…

It was a relief to watch and enjoy.

Not dark, not apocalyptic like supervillains bent on world destruction, not yet another rehash of a franchise or live action reboot.

I was glad to see it. A decent, feel-good original movie.

Makes sense. The book was really good and had a lot of the same energy that The Martian did. Weir very clearly grew up on Whedon/Tarantino and the constant self-quipping lines up with that. But, at its core, it is competency porn driven by a refusal to fail. The Martian was about Wattney's personal survival whereas PHM is more about the survival of a species. Of course it is going to be good.

That said: never read Artemis. That ALSO makes it very clear that Weir grew up on Tarantino an Whedon and why it is probably only a matter of time until "nobody could have seen this coming". Jesus fucking christ. Jim Butcher isn't even that creepy and there are a LOT of open secrets about who his characters are "inspired by".

I’m honestly fatigued with all the reboots/rehashes and marvel slop, glad this one is doing well.

Because its actually good and has real humans. Listen up Hollywood.

Since Oppenheimer, you say?! That must have been released like a hundred years ago, right?! Amazing. The world we live in. Truly the future.

It was a decent book and I guess I'll see the movie eventually. We just have a really lousy theater locally.

This movie wasn't on my radar at all. After seeing Adam Savage talking about the production, I definitely want to see it.

Read the book, but the audiobook is so much better.

I still haven't seen Oppenheimer, it just sounds like a long boring movie. I'm 70% through the PHM book and I can't wait to see it.

Amaze!

“ Good movies bring people into the movie theater.” Who knew?

So were just ignoring Sinners then?