A depressed astronaut must travel all the way to Neptune to confirm his father is still alive and stop a thirty-year-old expedition that threatens to end life as we know it. Subscribe to our second channel: tinyurl.com/Movie-Recaps
turn from your sinful ways before it’s to late Jesus loves you and so do I God bless “for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).✝️❤️. 😊
turn from your sinful ways before it’s to late Jesus loves you and so do I God bless “for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).✝️❤️😊
@@Billderberg85 It was ok to Meh. The original script had it be more of an action adventure/discovery. The big twist was your father gave up on humanity and planned to destroy it. In the end he agrees to stop the machine and go with you but then feels so ashamed he stayed with the ship. The whole ending was discovering more what happened but in this version we are told the end off the start with no real answers. "He nuts" I guess. Got all these random scenes with space monkeys, space pirates (why?) and crew members dying so the son can be alone because reasons. Cluster of unexplained parts over and over to fit the new script. They did not even add some fake pictures of worlds that his father found in the end... We got google images of like Venus and Jupiter's moons.. REALLY? There was no commentary voice over either in the original script I would of liked to have seen the original script
@@bobshanery5152 no, the thing is that plot is absolutely ridiculous incoherent dogshit. Too bad because the set design and cinematography are among the best I've seen
Love the breakdowns/explanations and correct pronunciations. You've put in lots of work in your recaps 👍 This recap made me appreciate the movie much better than the movie itself tbh
This is a great movie. Regardless of the technological advances mankind will continue to struggle with primal issues borne out of anger and greed. Seeking salvation from other civilizations will not solve mankind’s problems.
Yeah, as curious about ET's as I am, I kinda hope we never find any ET civilization...that's alive at least. All we would do is exploit it - if they allowed it, or go to war with it, if it didn't.
Hey there! Your "Ad Astra" movie recap video is awesome! You've done a great job of summarizing the story and themes in an engaging way. I really enjoyed watching it, and I appreciate how you presented a balanced perspective about the movie. Keep up the great work!
turn from your sinful ways before it’s to late Jesus loves you and so do I God bless “for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).✝️❤️. 😊
turn from your sinful ways before it’s to late Jesus loves you and so do I God bless “for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you or forsake you” (Deuteronomy 31:6).✝️❤️😊
As someone with a dad that wasn’t always around, people don’t understand how profound the underlying themes in the movie are. Most people I’ve shown this movie feel like the guy just wasted his time. Clearly they missed the point.
I had the same experience but couldn't put my finger on it until the second viewing after I figured out my father issues. The theme hit much harder then and I realized the depth the movie had.
@@KREDANS I really don't see how its that deep. People don't know what they have. Don't see the forest for the trees. I honestly would of enjoyed the original script this movie had. Dad created that gun out of rage/insanity to kill everyone on earth, went into great details on what happened to the father, finding the father was a huge twist, had to change his mind, no constant voice over, no random crew dying to make the son alone, was no out of place space monkey/pirates . More of classic action/discovery movie I guess. This movie was basically some 2hrs of telling me the grass is always greener on the other side.
@@bobshanery5152 I guess we have subjectively different takes on it, I prefer how it is now with the script it has. I didn't know it had an original script but that sounded more superficial by my take. From my point of view, that this takes place in space is just a setting reflective of the emotions evoked from the father wound. That it's sci-fi is beside the point. it could have been any set dressing. The Monkey, pirates and Mars motifs represents growing rage, which is an interim phase prior to acceptance when one has been numb too long. The wife represents his attachment issues. The monologue delivers his inward turmoil against his outward aloofness. The distance to Neptune represents the length his father went to abandon him and how difficult it is to approach him. Ultimately he faces him and comes to accept the loss of the relationship and find peace in letting go when his father drifts into space. Finally, realizing his father couldn't be what he wanted him to be, and never was, which was reflective in the disillusionment of how sad a character his father turned out to be instead of the hero media portrayed him as. But yeah I mean this is stuff I read into it from my own experience of overcoming my father wounds so I guess it depends who you are.
@@bobshanery5152 the crew deaths toward the end are a little contrived tbh, but I think you’re focusing too much on the small details and missing the bigger picture of the plot. This guy’s relationship with his dad defined his entire life. He was an awful father who left his family with nothing but the son looked up to him regardless. Over time he built up this mental image of his father into a larger than life figure. And then once he found him he realized the writing on the wall: His dad didn’t leave because he was a dedicated explorer of the unknown and for the good of his family, he left cause he just didn’t care about them. He pretended to care. And the son wasted his life by trying to identify with a guy that was nothing to look up to. So he realizes he needs to be his own man and appreciate what they have rather than look out for something that isn’t there.
Same reason why I feel movies are very subjectives. Or art. Some movies is deep for people who has experience it themselves. One movie made me think of it that way is palo alto. Critics disliked it and said the movie is shallow. But to me, the premise is very relatable to me as I have experienced it and the movie encapsulated the emotions really well. For this movie, I'm able to understand it but the emotion from it isn't as strong as you've felt, who has experienced it yourself, having father issues.
I don't remember how they made him a hero, since all mission was a top secret. But on the other side they could ingnore the fact, ditch the bodies and call it a day, since it was... you know... top secret. The plot is full of holes.
So many holes Commercial trip being more secret than military who has a base there and probably sends ships all the time just for supplies A massive lake on Mars No black box on the landing craft to expose the captain A 79 day trip and on one goes to say hi to a research ship that's been alone for 29 years? Scripted messages vs conversations with his dad Unable to send a unmanned rocket to blow up ship, needs to be a bomb hand delivered Pulse never goes up, does he not run to keep fit No g force on an accelerating ship A feeding tube?? For what reason Etc etc
@@chocosmith2243 The original script explained a lot of that but they cut it out to this version. We ended up with a 2hour story telling you to see the forest for the trees'. "That's deep" The original script had the father and the whole ship being a surprise. Father created that weapon to kill everyone on earth. Big fight on the ship. No random out of place space monkey, pirates, killing all the crew members because (Silly me! Time to all die I guess) etc. Son had to convince his father to stop and originally did but sadly was too late for him. Why we have that area where he goes peacefully with his son but then randomly almost kills him because (Time to kill my son now because!).. Makes sense if it was the original script and they are actually fighting.
Haven't seen it yet and might not have ever seen it if I believed the review by a different online Ebert wannabe. The reviewer made the film seem a boring trip to bring up old feelings and anxieties. Thank you for putting things in perspective. Your review shows a completely unrelated aspect which now compels me to watch the movie. One good reason to get a couple different reviews. I may have missed a good movie because I was influenced by only one look at one person's opinion. Thanks again, Ad Astra is going on my watchlist for upcoming film night.
Where dafaq did the baboons come from? Is he gonna ignore how central command tried to have the ship's crew try to kill him? Is command gonna ignore how the ship's crew all died because of him? Wtf
Why would the astronauts fall if that thing is in orbit? If such huge structure is not in orbit, then it would require energy to keep it up and how much the energy would be? Unimaginable. Oh, that is a TOWER! Hmm structural integrity would be extremely difficult to sustain, to say the very very least.
I was fortunate enough to have watched this one in the theaters when it first dropped...I didn't know too much about it but I'm a Brad Pitt fan and thank goodness I am because this movie is fucking awesome! It made me think and feel things...still feeling things!
@@venkyman4985 motherfucker what do you know about terminal velocity? Been working in NASA for around 16 years now, brad Pitt's body doesn't have enough weight to burn up
its hard to connect to some one you love but also the one who doesn't want to connect to you again, once you realize it was your fault who keeps running away ( your thoughts though and your heart).
"“I'm steady, calm. I slept well, no bad dreams. I am active and engaged. I'm aware of my surroundings and those in my immediate sphere. I'm attentive. I am focused on the essentials, to the exclusion of all else."
@@Jayariee Well kinda. Its makes no sense to build something like that. Be easier to just float it in orbit. however.. was like the best scene in the movie.
The tower Brad Pitt falls reaches the edge of space or slightly beyond. Gravity doesn't stop pulling you towards Earth just because you've past a certain point. He wasn't free floating in outer space like a spacewalk from the space shuttle.
Space pirates hit only the secondary characters? Roy's spacesuit is damaged so he uses masking tape to fix it? Co-pilot got scared to land his spaceship? Baboons in space? Secret tunnel to the rocket? He climbs aboard just before take off without being incinerated? A Rocketship panel and Roy can fend of asteroids whipping through space at millions of MPH? Roy use the force of the explosion to to propel himself back to earth...from Neptune? WFT???
I don't really accept the part about "falling to their deaths", they all have parachutes because they're all so high up and I'm sure they are trained to not black out when falling from such a height
Is there some reason you can't state the name of the movie before you try the recap? Please? Can't you just start by saying something like: "The name of his movie is:..."
Moon pirates and exploding space baboons. Good to see they went for scientific accuracy. And why would going to Mars help send the signal? Sending the signal from Earth would be much faster. After watching this, you would have to pay me to watch the movie
@@jameskelly3502 I think you're right! I watched it again, and it does say space antenna. I was under the impression that he was working on an orbiting station.
@@dustsky The scene was still really good but... Good lord that structure was so dam stupid. Just make a dam satellite or station on the moon or some dozen other ideas that would of been better.
For a short time, he probably broke the sound barrier falling from the tower - meaning a little over 1 300 kilometers per hour. You don't need a heat shield for that, just a well engineered space suit. He wasn't moving as fast of the space shuttle on atmospheric re-entry at around 28 000 kph. The comments on RU-vid are getting dumber and dumber.
Did he fall from orbit, directly down to Earth... from orbit... orbiting Earth, then straight down to Earth..? Either that, or that multi-billion ton "space antenna" has unnecessarily defeated the laws of physics and is build from the ground, (the Earth's ground, on the ground), up to well beyond Earth's atmosphere..
@@chocosmith2243 Oh wow, thank you! Ok don't suppose I necessarily watch sci-fi for the absolute plausibility, but I can be picky about basic fundementals, such as the apparently rigid laws of physics being shifted to the point of omission. I accidentally forgot I had this movie on and missed most of it. I was obliviously watching something else when I got this notification, so for reminding me I'm still yet to watch it all, thanks!
That baboon exploded - "ba-boom!!" Jeez, if I came across that in space, I'd go ape.. If it were a female, I'd want to figure out what it's doing running around, so gorill-her for information. Three agreeable astronauts - a Scot, an Englander, and an American - go to space. Where are they headed to? >The Aye-Yes-Yes
It's confusing when a woman knows about a man's dangerous career however, she believes his career won't affect her. In real life situations, a mature woman respects her man's career, and accepts the consequences if she loves him...or she should not commit to such a relationship. Easier said than done mmm? Thanks for sharing.
