Director: James Gray
Writers: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland
The title means "to the stars" in Latin.
"Per Aspera Ad Astra" ... Through the hardships to the Stars.
The film is set in the not so distant future (according to the narrative).
In this time period, there are regular public flights to the Moon and to Mars and they have also visited Saturn and beyond.
The plot of the movie is that there was a mission sent to Neptune some years prior, but something went wrong, which could destroy life on earth if not fixed.
Brad Pitt plays the role of Major Roy McBride, who is being sent (from Earth) to Mars to help with the problem.
Tommy Lee Jones plays the role of Roy's dad and the commander of the Neptune mission.
It's not a space movie like some other recent space movies may have been, like Gravity or Interstellar. It's more of a drama story that just happens to be set in space.
Space travel and even being on the Moon is almost mundane in this movie. They have flight attendants on them Moon flights and you can watch a movie or get a pillow and a blanket and get some sleep or have a snack and enjoy the trip.
It could be easily criticized at many turns for not really showing realistic events. But it is otherwise a great movie.
The cinematics and sound score are outstanding.
Brad plays the role great, if you ignore that the events would probably not really be how they would take place.
The scenes on the Moon in the Moon buggies is one example. And there are others. But ignore that and simply enjoy the special effects and it will be fine :)
C/P Quote from a critic...
'It is a movie more for the critics and lovers of cinema art , and less for general public wanting some space sci-fi epic.
But everyone will find something to enjoy in this film !'
Donald Sutherland plays the role of an aging Commander .
And wasn't there another movie some time ago, with Sutherland and Jones, and they were also aging space flight Commanders in that movie too.
It was with Clint Eastwood... "All the Right Stuff" I think it was called :)
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