Review of Ad Astra (2019) by Roduka — 02 Oct 2019

First of all, this movie has nothing to do with Interestellar. Interestellar is the same movie as Inception, but in space. It's clever, extremely well done, and that's it. I don't even think Ad Astra is a sci-fi movie, as the space is only a metaphor for the main character's journey in life through solitude.

Always looking out, trying to find reasons and answers, with goals in mind, and never looking in. It's about how our parents are in many ways our heroes, how much they are an example in our lives. But as we grow older, we end up learning that they're only humans, with flaws, and resentment and maybe also capable of grandious things.

People can trash them, or put them on pedestals, but the truth is nobody is perfect nor the devil. It has strong religious conotation. The cinematography is amazing, and it's Brad's best acting ever. I didn't have problems with the pace and narration of the movie, but some people did.

I must admit that Max Richter did let me down. I'm waiting for the 3 hour cut from Criterion, since some scenes from the trailer were not in the movie. And don't read those reviews trashing the movie.

The character was not on a trip to f*cking Neptune for Christ's sake. He just went on a journey inside himself to find out how he became that person, and how he didn't want to be that person anymore. People are just so f*cking used to get everything chewed up that they can't even think for themselves nowadays.

I'll tell you what, you want to go on a journey? Watch the movie and then read some reviews trashing it. It's really like going on a trip to human stupidity.