re: Project Hail Mary - Discussion (Spoilers) *Now Streaming On-Demand*

Random thought. I assume Grace sent information back with the beetles about meeting Rocky, working with him, and going back to help Rocky save his home planet.


We know in the final scene it has been about 70 years since he left earth, and like 44 years since the beetles.

Grace is 51ish now. So if when he’s 60 he decided to go back, it would be well over 100 years after he left.

That means when he showed up, he’d be like a living folk hero. There would be “classic” movies about his exploits, TV shows, etc. An actual living legend from 100 plus years in the past.

I forgot to revisit the thread after seeing it.

I took my 6.5 year old son to this a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. He really liked it too. And it absolutely did not deserve a PG-13 rating at all.

I thought they were about as true to the book as they could have been for the most part. And my, like I assume everyone else's as well, biggest point of interest was how the handled/portrayed Rocky. And I thought they did a great job with him.

Obviously some parts felt rushed, but that's expected when you condense a book into a movie. But just about everything about it was really good IMO.

I wondered how they would handle the ending...if they would change anything or have him come back home. But they left it open-ended just like the book with him living on Erid but having the option to travel back home.

I'll definitely be watching this movie again, and may even read the book again.

Bump- saw it two days ago, wow that was a great ride

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I’m not sure if this has been said already—and I’m not claiming it’s better—but Project Hail Mary feels like the closest thing my kids’ generation has gotten to ET.

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agree. Finally got around to seeing this last night. And that was the first thing I thought of. This was a story of friendship of man and alien written around a science problem plot.

Watching it now. Like it so far, definitely more whole family friendly than the book. Not that the book has anything bad in it, they just kidded it up a little.

A scene for scene movie would have been a terrible idea, but as a book reader, it would have been great, even if it was 14 hours long.

I thought it dragged in some scenes but overall I would still give it an A. Might be Gosling's best performance.

This will definitely be a DVD purchase from me. 100%.

And as soon as it is streaming for free on one of the services, I plan on watching it again with my son.

Saw it in the theater and loved it. Watched it again last night at home, still loved it. I do have 1 tiny gripe. I haven't read the book, but I'm going to assume they portray him as a coward better than in the movie. Watching the movie I didn't buy that Grace would not go on the mission. He seemed like a good, logical, caring dude. I mean if the mission fails the Earth is going to die anyway and he has no family.