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Saw Project Hail Mary (2026), directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir, at the pictures.
A movie project which began even before the book it is based on was out. Ryan Gosling stars and produced this major blockbuster science fiction movie, attached to it since it was just a manuscript. So is it any good?
Well, I consider the book to be the defining science fiction novel of the 21st century. I truly believe it will be an all time classic when some times has passed. And; if that is true; this might be the defining science fiction movie of our time. (It is better than Interstellar.) It's a homerun. Absolutely captures the book and remains faithful to it throughout, while translating it to the new medium with extremely good results.
It is not The Martian 2.0. That is one thing which I'm quite surprised about. It leans in on other things than the technical solutions so prominent in that movie & book. It would have been so easy to just follow the blueprint considering the similarities. Instead it is more ambitious, and surprisingy some of the most memorable scenes are the flashbacks back to Earth where Sandra Hüller does an amazing job as the head of the mission project.
Purists will be happy to know every set was built for real, no green screen was used (not even for Ryan Gosling in space), and the alien is a puppet like the original Yoda. There's a timeless feel to it, mixing modern and classic looks. I see it repeated in review after review that this story doesn't do anything new. I believe that couldn't be further from the truth, and I'll be waiting while they list feelgood buddy cop stories set in space; filled with humour and friendship. I believe they are mistaken, and that I will be waiting a very long time. There isn't anything like this. Not since E.T has the genre been challenged like this.
A movie project which began even before the book it is based on was out. Ryan Gosling stars and produced this major blockbuster science fiction movie, attached to it since it was just a manuscript. So is it any good?
Well, I consider the book to be the defining science fiction novel of the 21st century. I truly believe it will be an all time classic when some times has passed. And; if that is true; this might be the defining science fiction movie of our time. (It is better than Interstellar.) It's a homerun. Absolutely captures the book and remains faithful to it throughout, while translating it to the new medium with extremely good results.
It is not The Martian 2.0. That is one thing which I'm quite surprised about. It leans in on other things than the technical solutions so prominent in that movie & book. It would have been so easy to just follow the blueprint considering the similarities. Instead it is more ambitious, and surprisingy some of the most memorable scenes are the flashbacks back to Earth where Sandra Hüller does an amazing job as the head of the mission project.
Purists will be happy to know every set was built for real, no green screen was used (not even for Ryan Gosling in space), and the alien is a puppet like the original Yoda. There's a timeless feel to it, mixing modern and classic looks. I see it repeated in review after review that this story doesn't do anything new. I believe that couldn't be further from the truth, and I'll be waiting while they list feelgood buddy cop stories set in space; filled with humour and friendship. I believe they are mistaken, and that I will be waiting a very long time. There isn't anything like this. Not since E.T has the genre been challenged like this.
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