We do like our SciFi here, recently watching The Mandalorian and Grogu at the cinema and having a LOT of Star Wars stuff in our flat… so we approached Project Hail Mary expecting good things! Were we happy? Well yes and no…
The screenplay is taken from the 2021 book by Andy Weir and basically is another man saves humanity (plus other civilisations) feel good film. Of course, the man doesn’t want to save humanity, and of course, he finds himself along the way helped by his new best buddy, a creature he names Rocky! And this is where for me the film falls down, it is so much better after Rocky comes along and he makes the film. So the first half of this almost 2 and a half hour epic seems a bit flat compared to the second half, and I reckon they could trim a good 30 mins to make it a better film and an easier watch at around the 2 hour mark! So it’s a bit slow, it’s not exactly action packed, but it does work because of the whole premise of being stuck in space with nobody, until Rocky comes along, to talk to or interact with. The visuals are great, even the sound decent I just feel it could be shorter, more concise maybe more condensed but overall it’s a hit not a miss.
Project Hail Mary Review
A decent if slow paced SciFi epic. Ryan Gosling is well, Ryan Gosling and the FX are great. Could be shorter though it feels a bit slow and overblown…
Pros
Story is good even if this film adaptation is slow to begin
Gosling is well ahem Gosling. Plays it well
It looks and sounds great
Cons
Slow to start. I feel it would be better as a 2hr movie
You do kinda know what is going to happen. Again.
Good but not great!