Review of Ad Astra (2019) by Moviemitch96 — 20 Sep 2019
The premise alone was enough to intrigue me on this one, and I normally find myself pretty fascinated with space exploration films. So I was pretty interested to check this out. And while I can say that it's most definitely visually breathtaking, in addition to feeling like it borrows some pages from previous superior space films (Interstellar, Gravity, The Martian, etc.
), I found it to be a bit underwhelming and a little too ponderous and heavy in terms of story and pacing. The film seemed a little sluggish to me and took sometimes random, sometimes slow aim at what direction it wanted to go in.
One more positive I can say, however, is that Brad Pitt gives a very confident performance that manages to make the film only slightly more compelling than it could've been, but just barely enough to keep my interest going till the end.
Overall, Pitt's in top form here, and it's got some neat visuals and kind of a cool and epic score to go along with it, but it just felt lacking and uninspired to me storywise, as well as content to take it's time to a fault.
This review of Ad Astra (2019) was written by Moviemitch96 on 20 Sep 2019.
Ad Astra has generally received positive reviews.
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