Just saw Project Hail Mary in 4DX. I’m here to tell you: go see it now. The movie was fucking incredible. So many heartstring-pulling moments with great character growth (a chunk of that in flashbacks, but whatevs, which this movie also does a good job of balancing) and Ryan Gosling was great, as usual. Never thought I’d find myself caring for a rock alien in a glass cube as much as I did, that’s how great this movie was. There was also surprisingly-decent humor between the two of them. My theater was laughing more than a few times at their exchanges.
Oh, and speaking of Ryan Gosling, they had callbacks to the other adaptation of a space novel by the same author (The Martian) and the big (not so smash hit) blockbuster he did before this, The Fall Guy. I don’t want to spoil it, but I’ll bet you already know which scene from THAT movie I’m talking about.
I know it’s early in the year, but this is at least a strong contender for best film of the year and definitely one of my better theatrical experiences in quite some time. Dune 3 is the only film with any real shot to top it.