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Ad Astra (2019)
Person preference and right timing
This movie is fundamentally about a culture and social encouragement to be detached and seek prosperity and answers out into the literal void of nothing while living as an inhuman cog in a machine. The end point SPOILERS is about how many of us use space and other destinations to project our dissatisfaction and unhappiness and do whatever we can to escape ourselves constantly without being able to see the insanity of our own unhappiness. The end is about the characters' exploration of basic humanity and how to be present with ourselves, with others, and finding fullfillment where we are. Not being a deranged machine, but finding out about what separates us from our humanity to begin with and how at the end many of the characters discover wonderful things during their journey and capture it but are unable or unwilling to appreciate it. Everything about this movie points to the characters' inability to be at all present or happy in their own lives first before exploring the outside. Your essential life as a human and then explore from there. Roy at the end discovers this by contrast to everyone else who he met along the way except for the few sane ones. The whole point of the movie is about being present to the moment and being appreciated of where you're at instead of being psychopathically projected into an insane level of escapism and thus turning into a machine rather than allowing your full humanity. The slowness of it I think partially represents the characters' inability to be fully aware of the wonders around them and instead trying o push through environments that are not truly inviting or supportive of sentient life. I rated it higher because it worked well for me and I believe I understand it, but to each their own.
Inception (2010)
My Favorite movie of all time
When this movie was about to come out, my friends were excited to see it, but I was hesistant and didn't understand the hype at all. It looked generic. When we alll went to go see it in 2010, it turned out to hit every cylinder I had and was in perfect alignment with every preference, intellectual curiosity, and personality need I had. It's like it was made just for me and only me.
Multilayered plot, extended and uncovered narrative, core love story within a Sci-Fi context, character team dynamics that are fast paced and engaging, visuals that will lure your attention, and a depth of ideas that uncover a whole universe of possibiliy. The exposition may be outlined more than subtle, but it does keep the movie cohesive and streamlined. Not a perfect movie in general. but perfect for its own definitions. Also a soundtrack to play for the next generation.