11-08-2014, 06:32 PM
Long. Earth is dying and someone has to go on an expedition to find a new home among the stars. Reminiscent of 2001 in a lot of ways - slow moving, and also of Gravity, but much more watchable than that. I saw it in IMAX. It wasn't particularly great on it, IMHO.
McConaughey is a good choice for a "Right Stuff" type space cowboy, but having seen so much of him in the recent past (Dallas Buyers Club, True Detectives), he seems to be playing his "McConaughey" character which can be distracting. Lithgow plays his step-dad. Michael Caine plays an old boss(?). Matt Damon plays a pioneering astronaut. Anne Hathaway plays a scientist.
The robots are unbelievably functional. They irritated me.
No spoilers, but "Occurrence at Owl Creek" comes to mind.
--tg
PS: His son has a son and decides to name him Cooper in honor of his dad. But Cooper is the family name. So is the kid named Cooper Cooper? They don't really get into it.
McConaughey is a good choice for a "Right Stuff" type space cowboy, but having seen so much of him in the recent past (Dallas Buyers Club, True Detectives), he seems to be playing his "McConaughey" character which can be distracting. Lithgow plays his step-dad. Michael Caine plays an old boss(?). Matt Damon plays a pioneering astronaut. Anne Hathaway plays a scientist.
The robots are unbelievably functional. They irritated me.
No spoilers, but "Occurrence at Owl Creek" comes to mind.
--tg
PS: His son has a son and decides to name him Cooper in honor of his dad. But Cooper is the family name. So is the kid named Cooper Cooper? They don't really get into it.