Project Hail Mary: sci-fi that is able to amaze, amaze, amaze | First Take
My oh my, have cinemas been crying out for a film like this. Sci-fi is a complex genre to navigate, and a more difficult one to master for a modern, mainstream audience - enter Lord and Miller. Yes, the directors who got fired from Star Wars for not towing the LucasFilm brand. They're known for visions that defy what some producers want to see, so giving them a film like this feels like a proper statement in a way... A science teacher wakes up alone on a spaceship. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing Earth's sun, and realizes that an unexpected friendship may be the key. Based on Andy Weir's book of the same name, this is a very faithful adaptation into film, with some elements tweaked by Drew Goddard for the usual big screen 'artistic license' - but what Lord and Miller have done is deliver a 2 hour 36 minute epic that is proper all killer, with zero filler. It is paced very well, has many tributes to bold sci-fi that...
