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re: Project Hail Mary on Prime

Posted on 7/19/26 at 3:01 pm to
Posted by LSUDAN1
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 3:01 pm to
Finished it last night and thought it was OK at best.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
67219 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:13 pm to
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Close to perfection.


Just watched. Completely agree with this take. Just a fantastic movie.

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If Gosling doesn't get an Oscar for it, the Academy is even more worthless than I thought.


Does the film meet the diversity quotas? I guess maybe that's an easier hill for big studios to climb?
Posted by udtiger
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Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 9:18 pm to
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Does the film meet the diversity quotas? I guess maybe that's an easier hill for big studios to climb?


Main crew was gonna be diverse, until certain things happened
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:24 pm to
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Main crew was gonna be diverse, until certain things happened


Maybe that's enough for it to qualify.
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
48408 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 4:06 am to
Perhaps we can get to a place.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
67219 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 7:03 am to
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Perhaps we can get to a place.


Where race quotas are considered illegal discrimination? That would be nice.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96100 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 7:26 am to
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Close to perfection.


I don't know about all that, but it is a great movie. I've said the words, "Project Hail Mary is a great movie - legit great, not just because everything is shite now. Would have been a great movie in the 90s."

For obvious reasons, it gets compared to The Martian. Is it as good as The Martian? I think so. Maybe better.

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If Gosling doesn't get an Oscar for it, the Academy is even more worthless than I thought.


You have Malkovich (Wild Horse Nine) and Damon (The Odessey) in there, plus Cruise for Digger. None of those guys has won a non-honorary acting Oscar. The Baby Goose is swimming upstream this year.
Posted by imjustafatkid
Alabama
Member since Dec 2011
67219 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 7:50 am to
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Damon (The Odessey)


I think this movie is going to win most of the categories it's nominated for. Seems like an easy prediction to make.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Member since Nov 2011
39486 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:31 am to
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For obvious reasons, it gets compared to The Martian. Is it as good as The Martian? I think so. Maybe better.


I watched The Martian for the first time a couple of nights ago, I thought Project Hail Mary was better.
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
2748 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 9:36 am to
Agreed PHM was far superior to TM. F
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
157096 posts
Posted on 7/20/26 at 12:41 pm to
I really liked The Martian and thought it was a solid presentation of the book. I absolutely loved PHM and thought it was also a really good presentation of the book. So for movies, I think PHM is better.

I do think The Martian is the better book, though both are really great.
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