Watching Ad Astra again 3 years after its release was the necessary step back so that I could see the film as it is, and not as I expected.
It's funny how an opinion can change without the weight of expectations. It's like getting your sight back.
The older I get, the more I realize that I too often see the trees rather than the forest. A single strange narrative decision or something not necessarily logical at first glance can make me throw out a whole story.
I totally forgot how many great action scenes they are.
I just remembered the contemplative side about life and parenting lol
To be frank, throughout the film I said to myself "we will never have films like this again", big budget ruminative films about life, family and death.
It's the opposite of most of recent space oper...movies.
So yeah Ad Astra isn't perfect, there are plenty of weird or surprising decisions, the hero's emotional journey isn't worth Apocalypse Now, etc., but I would love to see more of those kind of flawed by thoughtful films.
The Cepheus:
@TheSpaceshipper looks near future believable to me?
