The answers we seek are just outside our reach.
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.
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Contemporary, contemplative, grave and epic.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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- Matthew Bradyon TMDB · Jan 20208/10
“Work hard, play later.” Once a year ever since ‘Gravity’ was released, we seem to get new stories about the voyage of space where certain characters “do not go gentle into that good night.” I wasn’t wowed over the trailers for Ad Astra, because when you work at a cinema and spent most of your day watching trailers, well trust me when I say this didn’t stand out from the rest. I originally thought it was about saving the world or something like that. For what it didn’t advertise was a slow burn sci-fi movie that’s on the same level as ‘Blade Runner 2049’ and the emotional side as ‘First Man’. A personal story told through a first person narrative about unresolved issues from past relationship. Basically an art house movie with a huge budget. ‘Ad Astra’ was pretty good. After only seeing it once, I feel that this will grow on me overtime and so far it has. A mixture of both ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and Terrence Malick movies. While not as great as those two comparisons, but while watching I couldn’t help to be reminded of those two. There's some beautiful and impressive shots through out the movie, especially when the movie constantly shows you the entire scale of space and planets t
Read the whole review on TMDB - The Movie Dioramaon TMDB · Jan 20208/10
Ad Astra galactically depicts sorrow, proving that no one can hear you cry in space. For the past few years, dramas set in the expansive dangers of space have been my bread and butter. Devouring them during my annual breakfast as I purposefully starve myself for the taste of space traversal. Every year, the likes 'Arrival', 'Blade Runner 2049', 'First Man', 'Interstellar' and my all-time favourite film 'Gravity', have secured scores ranging from outstanding to perfect. Whilst Ad Astra may be tilting towards the former adjective, it's still irrefutably one of the best films of the year thanks to Gray's understanding, yet again, of what makes a character study captivating. After unearthing the possibility that his missing father may still be alive, his astronaut son travels across the Solar System in search for him and to unravel a mysterious power surge phenomenon that threatens humanity's survival. Immediately, one thing I need to brush off my chest is the horrendous marketing. This is not a sci-fi blockbuster. There is limited "action". And if you're wanting the next 'Star Wars' or 'Avatar', then remove yourself from the cinema and watch mind-numbing nonsense like 'Angel Has Falle
Read the whole review on TMDB - Gimlyon TMDB · Dec 20195/10
I like quiet moments in big action/sci-fi type movies. The family sitdown at Avengers Tower in _Age of Ultron_ is probably the best part of that movie. The contemplative moments of John Wick are what make that character who he is. What is a little more odd, however, is when a quiet, reflective drama, is broken up by moments of big action/sci-fi type sequences. _Ad Astra_ is certainly the latter. The majority of _Ad Astra's_ runtime is taken up by Brad Pitt narrating environmental cosmic shots, or having quiet conversations about his father, or his mood. Then suddenly! Space pirates! It's unusual, and I don't know that it really works. _Ad Astra_ is something different, and if that's all you're looking for, by all means, give it a chance, but I don't know if I'd personally call it very good. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
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Cast
- Brad PittRoy McBride
- Tommy Lee JonesH. Clifford McBride
- Liv TylerEve
- Ruth NeggaHelen Lantos
- Donald SutherlandThomas Pruitt
- Kimberly EliseLorraine Deavers
- Loren DeanDonald Stanford
- Donnie KeshawarzCaptain Lawrence Tanner
- Sean BlakemoreWillie Levant
- Bobby NishFranklin Yoshida
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- James GrayDirector
- James GrayScreenplay
- Ethan GrossScreenplay
- Hoyte van HoytemaDirector of Photography
- Max RichterOriginal Music Composer
- John AxelradEditor
- Lee HaugenEditor
- James GrayProducer
- Brad PittProducer
- Anthony KatagasProducer
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