Added movie review: Ad Astra

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+title = "Ad Astra (2019)"
+date = 2020-11-01
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+tags = ["reviews", "movies", "2019", "brad pitt", "tommy lee jones",
+"donald sutherland"]
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+[IMDB Summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2935510/):
+Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system
+to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that
+now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
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+I remember some friends saying that "The movie looks like sci-fi, but it
+isn't", but I have to say, it *is* sci-fi. It's not classic sci-fi, in which
+they use some futuristic/scientific-based upgrades to explore some other topics
+-- Star Trek is a classic in doing this. But this movie does a whole *metaphor*
+using sci-fi.
+
+One of the curious aspects is that they managed to make old actors look like
+old people. Tommy Lee looks old. Donald Sutherland looks old. Even Brad Pitt
+looks somewhat older than me (well, *almost* older than me). Gone are the days
+of 51-year-old Tom Cruise looked like 30-something in "Oblivion". No, Brad Pitt
+character looks 40-almost-50, Tommy Lee looks like the father or someone
+40-almost-50 and Donald Sutherland looks like the colleague of that father. It
+is a nice change, though.
+
+The visuals are impressive, almost "Gravity" quality. The space elevator/power
+generator looks like a real thing. I almost got pissed in that intro 'cause it
+seemed they forgot something, but then things happen and I wasn't that pissed
+anymore.
+
+The movie pacing is weird. There are not speed ups and no speed downs, but the
+whole thing moves like a crawl, to the point of boredom. I could watch
+something on my phone during the movie (I watched at home, not in the cinema,
+don't worry) and I didn't lose anything, in the end.
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+And, speaking of the end, that's when the whole metaphor downs to you. But
+then, you're tired of the crawling pacing and it feels really "meh".
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+I may watch again for the visuals, but would probably switch channels in some
+less visually appealing scene and get lost in some other movie.