diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/_index.md b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b4c31bd --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ ++++ +transparent = true +title = "Movie Reviews" ++++ diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/ad-astra.md b/content/reviews/movies/ad-astra.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..de8bb2c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/ad-astra.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ ++++ +title = "Ad Astra (2019)" +date = 2020-11-01 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["reviews", "movies", "2019", "brad pitt", "tommy lee jones", +"donald sutherland"] ++++ + +[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. + + + +{{ stars(stars=2) }} + +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. + +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". + +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.