Project Hail Mary2026

I don’t know what it is that’s keeping me from connecting to this movie 100%, but I think that part of it is how rushed the ending feels. And after thinking about that, I can see that being intentional. His cowardice is revealed to us and himself at the same time, and the whole time in space, he’s experiencing this imposter syndrome because he can’t remember who he is or how he got there.  And so maybe it’s reassuring to know in some way that he is a fraud. And so the entire movie is the challenge, and he doesn’t need to struggle with the idea of self-sacrifice at the end as he’s been doing it all along under the assumption he was there by choice.  And by the end, of course, it’s a no-brainer to save Rocky over returning to Earth, but I think there should still be some challenge or hardship. Some cost for taking the moral high ground and accepting the risk. The fact that the universe is saved and everyone lives and it’s all hunky-dory in the space of seemingly 2 minutes isn’t very exciting to me and does not leave me satisfied.  I understand that a lot of time passes from when he wakes up at the beginning till the end, but that isn’t really conveyed and makes everything seem extremely trivial and easy. I know it’s not and not to be a sadist, but I want to see it. Or some of it. Maybe it’s just too lighthearted, which feels crazy for me to say.  And I guess if it was too serious, then it’d just be Interstellar. Maybe I’m just more of a The Martian guy. I don’t know. I really like this movie. I just wish I loved it.