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Ad Astra (2019)

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Love to see what this had for a budget and how much Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones were paid
Read that the budget was around $80-87 million.
 

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I'll likely rent it.

I look forward to it more than I do Ford vs Ferrari. CGI car crashes don't do it for me.

But CGI space stuff I can handle.

True it might not be worth the $20 a person to watch in a theater
 

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I went to go see this movie with my sister today. Entered the theater with the expectation of seeing 7/10 movie.

Without giving anything away, I came away thinking this was an 8 or higher. The special effects are incredible, BUT - not central to the movie itself. Thank God there are directors that still do this sort of thing.
 

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I really, really enjoyed it.

I heard one couple groan a bit about how long it was during the walk out and I suppose that I can understand that. I think how quiet the film was made it seem longer than it actually was. I remember being very surprised that I was only in the theater for a little over 2 hours. It's hard to explain but I actually mean that as a compliment. Honestly, the movie sort of put me in a trance. I don't recall a single moment in the movie where a character even raised their voice. At least not Pitt or any of the immediate supporting cast. There was one loud scene (if you saw it then you probably remember it) that was it.

I thought it was visually stunning, did a great job of building/maintaining suspense throughout the entire story and that the payoff was worth it. There was (at least) one scene that seemed stupid from a scientific standpoint but I'm not Neil DeGrasse Tyson and it didn't take me out of the movie.

Some of it had a '2001: Space Odyssey' sort of vibe.
 

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I thought it was terrible
 

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Heart of Darkness / Apocalypse Now, but set in space... and done very boringly. 1 Star.
 

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Heart of Darkness without the heart.
 

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Cost me $4 to rent and I still feel burned.

Shit on a stick.

Good thing I didn't rent it the other day then! Had it all qued up to rent on demand but didn't do it
 
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