Project Hail Mary: The Sci-Fi Thriller That Defies Expectations and Challenges Reality
[ ] What the hell did I just watch?
[ ] wasn’t for me
[ ] worth the price of admission
[x] impressive
[ ] genius
What I learned: This script does some very sophisticated things that 99% of audiences won’t be aware of. One of those things is that the narrative has to deal with constant large chunks of time that must be bridged. For example, Grace’s ship is in the outer portion of the solar system and needs to move closer to the destination planet. Well, that doesn’t take ten minutes. It takes weeks. So the writers have to figure out a way to seamlessly bridge these huge time gaps that are constantly popping up. Without looking ahead, how would you handle this? The way Lord & Miller do it is simply to cut back to a key moment back on earth before the mission started. We watch a scene from back then, and then, when we cut to Grace on the ship again, those three weeks are over. We’re at the planet. And no audience member will notice this. AND THAT’S THE POINT. Your job as a screenwriter is to make these things invisible. And Goddard, along with Lord and Miller, are experts at it.
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