Movie: Ad Astra (Brad Pitt)

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dad wrote:Watched this last night, and it was...okay.

The biggest issue I have with it is when Pitt is trying to get back to the rocket/shuttle, and somehow managed to get through all the debris, and then got away as the nuke is going off. Too Hollywood of an ending. Too unrealistic. Everything else was good.

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Monkey_Driven wrote:
dad wrote:Watched this last night, and it was...okay.

The biggest issue I have with it is when Pitt is trying to get back to the rocket/shuttle, and somehow managed to get through all the debris, and then got away as the nuke is going off. Too Hollywood of an ending. Too unrealistic. Everything else was good.

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evenslow wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
dad wrote:Watched this last night, and it was...okay.

The biggest issue I have with it is when Pitt is trying to get back to the rocket/shuttle, and somehow managed to get through all the debris, and then got away as the nuke is going off. Too Hollywood of an ending. Too unrealistic. Everything else was good.

also, I never really introduced my self with proper message board etiquette, so here goes.

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I was on the fence about this one. Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. The third act with the dad felt forced, but i liked other parts and felt like it had some interesting existential themes.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
evenslow wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
dad wrote:Watched this last night, and it was...okay.

The biggest issue I have with it is when Pitt is trying to get back to the rocket/shuttle, and somehow managed to get through all the debris, and then got away as the nuke is going off. Too Hollywood of an ending. Too unrealistic. Everything else was good.

also, I never really introduced my self with proper message board etiquette, so here goes.

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BurtReynolds wrote:I was on the fence about this one. Didn't hate it. Didn't love it. The third act with the dad felt forced, but i liked other parts and felt like it had some interesting existential themes.
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Finally saw it and glad I waited for streaming--Pitt was good but this movie was a turd.
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Watched this again tonight. This holds up well.
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This movie still holds up. Watched again the other day
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my wife's cousin, a twenty-something who loves watching movies, once referred to this as "dad Astra," and I'll never get it out of my head, username aside.
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