Solitude is still the key word for Ad Astra, though, a lonely ache that the universe’s vast expanse only amplifies. “May you meet your redeemer face-to-face,” says a crew member about a colleague who dies in space. There’s a hope that the celestial adventure will reveal heavenly bo...
Ad Astra is otherwise a remarkable SF drama and undoubtedly one of the year’s greatest pictures. Brad Pitt delivered such a grounded, subdued performance in a fantastic, very rich and complex role. The visual effects are mesmerizing and the cinematography is strikingly gorgeous at times....
ultimately dull its overall impact. The uneven vibe is somewhat disappointing, to be sure, especially given the often enthralling nature ofAd Astra‘s opening hour, and yet it’s impossible, in the end, to deny the movie’s place as a fairly singular bit of sci-fi filmmaking....
Like “Interstellar” and “Arrival,”“Ad Astra” begins chiefly on Earth, where the settings are only moderately futuristic; plenty of contraptions are remote-controlled or voice-activated, transactions are conducted through fingerprints or hand scans, and the surface of the moon is hotly ...
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Movie Reviews: Ad Astra by Jeff Owens - Generally, I have no problem with long, thoughtful science fiction films. Some of the best science fiction films are long and thoughtful. So, that's not why I didn't particularly like Ad Astra. For a movie that goes from here to Neptune and bac...
Br Ad Astra is a good film. Hello from Earth, Moon, Mars, Neptune, Space. Brad is all over the place. The film starts with a great sequence for approx. 7 minutes, which is captivating and visually stunning. Unfortunately, then it gets to a slow-burn mode till the story develops a ...
Ad Astra, a film whose central narrative is very nearly eventless, does all the same echo its many models, though without being able to add much novelty (except for one central thing) to the long array of topoi, both Cinematic and written, to which it renders homage. Films clocked here...
RELATED REVIEWS Ad Astra [Blu-Ray] (2019) Reviewed byColin Jacobson(December 24, 2019) Based on its trailers, audiences likely expected a fast-paced action/sci-fi flick from 2019’sAd Astra. Instead, they got a slower, more contemplative piece. ...
Still, big space films likeAd Astraneed a lot of quiet time to invoke feelings of being alone with one’s thoughts. While the film delivers visually, with Hoyte van Hoytema’s (Interstellar) excellent camerawork and the performances mentioned above, I found the show-don’t-tell rule running...