Hail Mary (2026)

[Greg]

Hail Mary!

That was a bit of alright. I read the book. And it was the usual Andy Wier competency porn. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller pare it way down but still keep the heart of a really good hard sci-fi movie. 

Grace is a scientist tasked with flying to Tau-Ceti in the hopes of finding out why this astrophage that is eating our sun is not destroying Tau-Ceti. Gosling does a really good job of playing astronaut grace bumbling towards the answer. There are numerous funny bits. There are numerous really tense action bits. And there are really sad bits. Even knowing a bunch of the twists going in did not lessen the impact of the movie. Sandra Hüller who plays Ezra Stratt as the no fucks to give head of the Hail Mary project does an astounding job.

Will see this again. Did I mention wears a 49er jersey?

[thatguy]

That was a bit of alright.

<snip>

Will see this again. 

That's a mixed review if I ever read one.

Do I spend money to see it in the theater or not?

--tg

[Greg]

Yes

[Drunk Monk]

If Greg was replaced by AI, how would we know?

Oh I know. AI would lie to us and tell us the IC doc got accepted to some film festival.

[thatguy]

If Greg was replaced by AI, how would we know?

In my limited experience, AI comes off as an enthusiastic yes man. 

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

If Greg was replaced by AI, how would we know?

In my limited experience, AI comes off as an enthusiastic yes man. 

--tg

Yea, that’s how they start. Then the next thing you know, they’re telling you to taste test all th wild mushrooms, or about some new religion they invented, or about rejections to their iron crotch expose.

[Greg]

How about this, if the theater were closer, I would go see it again today. Amaze. Amaze. Amaze.

[Drunk Monk]

How about this, if the theater were closer, I would go see it again today. Amaze. Amaze. Amaze.

Spoken like an enthusiastic yes man. 



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