re: Project Hail Mary Discussion thread, Box Office. Spoilers Allowed. Crosses 400 mil

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This just sounds like interstellar?


It isn't. Its not going to be anywhere near as focused on hard science or as much philosophy

Definitely a bit more straightforward

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This is correct. The only similarity is the sun dying. Everything else after that is pretty unique.

I want to go see this one in theaters. The book lis excellent.

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not the girl boss commander abandoning her post becuase she has zero trust in her crew. The entire suspense of that scene was not if they would get him back but how they would get him back. The movie blew it big time with having to make the girl boss commander save the day.

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How did she save the day? Yeah she went out but she was tethered to the ship and didn’t actually take any risks or do much.

I haven’t seen a movie in theaters since EndGame.

This is a can’t miss for me. But I also listened to the audiobook and can’t wait.

Seriously, it was stupid and not how the book ended.

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Jurassic Park movie was trash compared to the book

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Disagree here. I think the movie was better than the book. The book launched an amazing premise but it's kind of all over the place, has terrible prose and many parts are either unfilmable or unsuitable for a broad audience. The latter two would ordinarily be fine because it's a novel but also consider Chrichton sold the film rights before he fully wrote the novel so he knew it was going to be a movie and still wrote it that way.

Go read Michael Chrichton's original screenplay (online) that he wrote for Spielberg. It's a hot mess and very poorly written. They had to hire several writers to turn it into something usable.

Jurassic Park is fricking awesome, and anyone that is bemoaning it and the book is just not worth arguing with, because its just someone that is incapable of separating the two genres.

I defy anyone to find blockbuster movies of that level made today that have a scene like the one where they are discussing the moral and philosophical implications of what has been done, that goes on as long as it does and is as riveting as it is.

They don't do it because they think audiences are too stupid and impatient for that now

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Huge Gamble

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Define "huge". Amazon's current market cap is $2.3 Trillion.

That means the movie is a one basis point "gamble". .01%. 1/10kth

If you were worth $1 Million, this would be like you funding a friend's indie flick with $1000.

And certainly nobody thinks the movie is going to bring in less than, say, $100M. So really, we are talking about an even smaller gamble.

Variety: ‘Project Hail Mary’ Director Says ‘There’s No Green Screen in the Movie Whatsoever’ but Clarifies There’s 2,018 VFX Shots: ‘Not a Single Green or Blue Screen Was Used’

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“Project Hail Mary” co-director Christopher Miller issued a clarification on X after his recent interview with Comicbook.com went viral for his revelation that the movie features zero green screens despite being a VFX-heavy space odyssey.

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“Green screen is sometimes used in lieu of building sets or figuring out locations/lighting in advance, which can be noticeable if not done carefully, and is something we didn’t want to do,” Miller explained. “We built the entire interior of the Hail Mary ship – but within the ship, there were still wire and puppeteer removals and ceiling replacements, etc.”

Miller continued, “When Ryan is outside on the hull of the ship, we shot him in front of a black background for space and a shifting hue background when he was up against the aurora of a planet which allowed for truer interactive light on him than a green screen would. The wide space exteriors and spaceship shots were entirely digital and beautifully done by ILM. Rocky was a seamless blend of puppetry and animation from Framestore. And other great work from many more. It really does take a village and we had the best of the best on our side.”

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Pascal may have more acting credits, but I am still not interested in watching Project Hail Mary. The only movies that I am currently looking foward to is the new Scary Movie, Part 1 of the Resurrection, and Dune 3. I plan on going to the theatre to watch the latter 2.