...only if you watch it as a comedy. Seriously this would have worked as a space sort-of dramedy. I just had difficulty with so much about it. It made such an effort to set itself apart, to be different, that it just ended up being weird. Like a really nice looking Sci-Fi B-movie. The visuals are nice. That's all this thing has going for it. Pitt's character Roy McBride is only interesting because you're surprised at how Pitt would play such an uninteresting character. Some might say the character is "nuanced." I say "boring."
What other film features a rover chase on the moon featuring laser guns? The last time we saw anything close to this was in Moonraker (Space Force?). And a psychotic, man-eating baboon on a spaceship. And what even was the point of that?
The ending is even more bonkers. He floats back to his ship using a piece of hull from the Lima Project as a shield from the tiny meteors that make up Neptune's ring. And what was propelling him exactly? How was he able to control his trajectory? How did he steer? Of course he'd use the nuclear explosion to propel the ship away from Neptune.
Who read this script and said: Let's do it! And why would Pitt want to do it? It certainly wasn't to show more of his acting range. Emotions barely register here, which was admittedly part and parcel to his character. But still. This thing was gonzo expensive to make. But hey it did seem to make money, at $85m against $132m in receipts worldwide.
Good thing movie tickets are expensive these days.
What other film features a rover chase on the moon featuring laser guns? The last time we saw anything close to this was in Moonraker (Space Force?). And a psychotic, man-eating baboon on a spaceship. And what even was the point of that?
The ending is even more bonkers. He floats back to his ship using a piece of hull from the Lima Project as a shield from the tiny meteors that make up Neptune's ring. And what was propelling him exactly? How was he able to control his trajectory? How did he steer? Of course he'd use the nuclear explosion to propel the ship away from Neptune.
Who read this script and said: Let's do it! And why would Pitt want to do it? It certainly wasn't to show more of his acting range. Emotions barely register here, which was admittedly part and parcel to his character. But still. This thing was gonzo expensive to make. But hey it did seem to make money, at $85m against $132m in receipts worldwide.
Good thing movie tickets are expensive these days.