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“Grand” seems to be the operative word on everyone’s mind as they exit the theater after having watched Dune. It is the perfect word to encapsulate this experience. It’s grandeur felt too massive for an IMAX screen at times, yet Villeneuve did a good job at capturing the epic scale that Dune requires. However, the focus on scale comes at a deep cost that Villeneuve failed to account for.
It was frustrating. How one can kick off a film so well, while also slowly deteriorating so far away from what pulled me in.
Ad Astra is the film this year that is most dependent on the person viewing it. It can either be a dragged, uptight, and disjointed attempt at a Sci-Fi film, or it can be a unique, personal, and psychologically poignant piece of drama. I fall into the latter, and here is why.
This movie wasn’t for me. I didn’t get it, and I am fine with admitting that.
It paved the path for many films to come and managed to show what true tension is.
It is a very expensive art film, and I feel like we will not be seeing something like this done in the near future.
