Review of Ad Astra (2019) by Compi24 — 24 Sep 2019

In a kind of bizzaro "Interstellar" meets "Apocalypse Now" sort of way, co-writer and director James Gray's "Ad Astra" is the kind of movie that presents some of the prettiest, most aesthetic interplanetary imagery you can possibly imagine, whilst simultaneously posing some truly sobering ideas about humanity's purpose (or lack thereof) in the universe.

The kind of movie to spend a healthy chunk of running time depicting characters thinking silently to themselves, interacting with parts of a futuristic environment, or having quiet conversations with other characters, whilst also having set pieces involving vehicle chases, explosions, and gun play littered throughout.

It's a challenging, deep, cerebral watch, that's most definitely not for everyone, with many people understandably finding it pretentious or indecipherably guarded. I however, greatly admired its different and decidedly eccentric method overall.