Project Hail Mary: The Sci-Fi Thriller That Defies Expectations and Challenges Reality
Is Project Hail Mary the Best Studio Movie of the Century?
Genre: Sci-Fi
Premise: With all the stars in the galaxy dying, a middle school science teacher with a wild theory about life is sent on a suicide mission to study the one star that isn’t affected in the hope of somehow, some way, saving earth.
About: All hail Ryan Gosling, who’s aiming to become the biggest movie star in the world. Gosling spearheaded this entire project. It was he who read the book and sought out Lord and Miller, then sent them the manuscript, telling them, “Let’s make this.” Apropos of last week’s post, Lord and Miller are not fans of AI. From their Guardian interview: “AI could never conjure up any of the film’s happy quirks and accidents: the jumper Gosling demanded he wear in tribute to a fox he encountered while locked out of his London flat at midnight, say; or the scene where Hüller’s character belts out a karaoke rendition of Harry Styles’s Sign of the Times, included on the spot after Gosling and the crew noticed her terrific singing voice between setups.” Miller says AI “can only regurgitate the average of things that have come before it.” If this is the best and most popular movie of the year and the directors hate AI, does this mean the AI debate is over?? Screenwriter Drew Goddard adapted the novel (by Andy Weir). Goddard is the same screenwriter who adapted Weir’s “The Martian.”
Writer: Drew Goddard (novel by Andy Weird)
Details: 156 minutes!
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