In Ad Astra, Major Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) learns that there's a possibility his father, also an astronaut by trade, might still be alive somewhere far beyond Neptune, despite having gone missing decades ago. But how is this discovery tied to the strange power surges that threaten all life on Earth?
What Ad Astra is, most of all, is boring. Its story structures are very loose, don't tie up together at all and quite a lot of the running time of the film we're left floating in the proverbial vacuum of not knowing what's happening or why.
It doesn't help that Roy's defining characteristic is that he doesn't react to anything. He's very calm, very nondescript, very aloof. Even with Brad Pitt playing the role, does that sound like something you'd want to follow for over two hours?
It also doesn't help that the ending is so... nothing. This film clearly thinks it's saying much more than it is actually saying. Like it's examining these great big mysteries of the universe, being the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. And to be fair, there definitely is some resemblance, visual-wise. But the cold honest truth is that the ending falls flat on its face.
Not a movie I can recommend. It's visually interesting, but everything else about it is soulless and detached.
What Ad Astra is, most of all, is boring. Its story structures are very loose, don't tie up together at all and quite a lot of the running time of the film we're left floating in the proverbial vacuum of not knowing what's happening or why.
It doesn't help that Roy's defining characteristic is that he doesn't react to anything. He's very calm, very nondescript, very aloof. Even with Brad Pitt playing the role, does that sound like something you'd want to follow for over two hours?
It also doesn't help that the ending is so... nothing. This film clearly thinks it's saying much more than it is actually saying. Like it's examining these great big mysteries of the universe, being the next 2001: A Space Odyssey. And to be fair, there definitely is some resemblance, visual-wise. But the cold honest truth is that the ending falls flat on its face.
Not a movie I can recommend. It's visually interesting, but everything else about it is soulless and detached.