Project Hail Mary by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
Madi and I went to the theater to watch Project Hail Mary this afternoon.
Both of us wanted to read the book before we saw the movie, but my desire to see it in the theater plus the long wait time to get the book through Libby meant we flipped that order.
I'm currently a few chapters into the audiobook, and based on what I've heard so far the two different versions seem unique enough to be a totally different experience.
I didn't expect this movie to be as emotional as it was. The pace was a bit slow at the start, but the premise of the plot is an immediate hook regardless. Once Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, gets some agency and memory back the movie takes off.
I don't want to speak too much about the specifics to avoid spoilers, but the character work in this movie was tremendous. The visuals are impressive throughout, but I don't think it's quite at the level of something like Interstellar in this regard (though I'm not sure that's the intent, either).
Gosling is excellent, as usual, and does the heavy-lifting in a film where he's very much the focus and shows he can create chemistry with anyone or anything.
While I'm only a few chapters into the book, it's clear the movie focuses much less on the science and math that Grace has to consistently pull off to get things done. Because of that, I'm still excited to see how the book differs and get into more of the nitty gritty details that were probably better left out of the film in the first place.
A great year of movies continues for me.
Overall: 65
I use the 20-80 scale to rate things.