A Massive Missed Opportunity

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[geographicaloddity]

This is what 25 years of JJ Abrams products have done to film making: all pretty pictures, mystery box nonsense and pew-pew.

[fearthehoneybadger]

This is what happens when you have great actors, great sets, and great effects, but poor writers.

[TheOneandOnlyDuck]

Basically an inferior version of Apocalypse Now wearing an Interstellar skin-suit.

[DruuzilTechGames]

In the words of Douglas Quaid/Howser: "Get your ass to Mars.".

[Shaigorath]

One of the first movies I ever fell asleep in the theater in.

[JohnDank-pyfd]

You have to be the son of an absent father to really get this movie. That's why for me this was Brad's best performance ever. The subtle indicators of his grief over his loss throughout the entire movie is genius, the mission itself, the pacing, the production and styling, is all just the journey to face his father and why he chose to do what he did. The briefing scene when they tell him his father is still alive, his reaction is some the best acting I've ever seen, delivered by a seasoned professional. It all really resonated with me. Obviously. ; - )

[awesomehpt]

Why are they keeping rabid baboons in a space station? What benefit does that provide when you can keep the baboons on earth?

Study the baboons on earth in a familiar environment with proper facilities and you’ll be safer!

[RoySATX]

Yep, I left Ad Astra feeling.... nothing. I thought at first I might have felt disappointment, but the movie couldn't even illicit that from me.

[Warriorx]

For me the biggest problem with the film is the misleading marketing. The trailer made it seem more action packed and fast paced than it actually was.

[bojackbojackbojack]

Are you serious? I watched this movie for the first time 4 days ago because someone recommended it to me. The ending makes no sense. You hijack a top-secret shuttle for a super-top-secret mission and all of the crew dies, and you return to Earth and... don't go to prison? I... don't understand the logic of this film.

[freedone.]

The film felt like it wanted to be epic but seemed pretentious to me at the time. It left me cold.

[COGiger]

Ad Astra is a retelling of "Apocalypse Now, " but set in space. Both movies are about getting from point A to B to find a renegade leader. The message is that we are alone in the universe so we have to appreciate living with each other. This was a good movie. Watch it again!

[ZgguratVertgo]

Don't casually dismiss the dangers of enraged primates in space in front of Charlton Heston is all I'm saying...

[censortube]

It was pretty silly, it was trying to be Apocalypse Now in space

[philoebeddo]

A massively underwhelming cinema visit in 2019. The space moon buggy pirates - Jesus..

[rudigarmisch]

I fell asleep in the theater watching this film for about 20 minutes. After waking up, I realized that I didn't miss anything.

[sharpsonmusic]

It reminded me of an 70s / 80s scifi film. Took its time, dependent on visuals and the story seemed like an afterthought.

[Nodux]

Pretentious - the only thing I felt leaving the cinema 5 years ago.

[PicardRiker]

I remember watching this. And that's about all I remember. I was excited for a new "semi grounded space movie", and aside from a few visuals that I remember enjoying (I'm a sucker for very tactile, lived-in feeling sci-fi mechanisms and interiors), I just remember the experience feeling hollow. The only thing I can truly recall about the movie was when they started communicating in real-time on the radio across vast distances in space... I think that was towards the end, but that's when it finally hit me that the movie never had any intention on truly taking itself seriously, and was just content with "pretending".

[gavinburke]

The bit where the crew all died had me eye-rolling and LOL'ing like 'Well that was convenient 🤣', plus there doesn't seem to be any consequences for these dead astronauts by the end he's just back in a bar with his ex-wife 🤷‍♂