Watch Brad Pitt in a Chase on the Moon in Ad Astra Anatomy of a Scene
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Date: 2020-08-15
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Comments and reviews: 10
Steven
Ad-Astra was a big let-down. I had great expectations for that one, given James Gray's the director. Brad Pitt's handsome as always and delivers one of his career's best, most emotional performances, CGI's amazing (you'd expect that, but all this is sadly overshadowed by a nonsensical script: moon pirates, a killing Norwegian space baboon, 1G gravity on moon and mars bases. seriously.
Still (kinda) worth watching imho, for inspired visuals and cinematography. But it's pretty bad science and terrible continuity management. Without spoiling too much there's a scene on Mars where Brad Pitt runs through a dusty tunnel (with 1G gravity, swims (in his space suit) under a lake, makes it last second to the departing rocket's lower hatch (after ignition) and not only doesn't get broiled but his space suit is impeccable and white as if right out of the dry cleaner. it's trying to be 2001, Sunshine and Armageddon, and sadly fails in all 3 attempts.
Oh, i almost forgot. character development is also very weak. I honestly don't know what Liv Tyler was doing there.
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Ad-Astra was a big let-down. I had great expectations for that one, given James Gray's the director. Brad Pitt's handsome as always and delivers one of his career's best, most emotional performances, CGI's amazing (you'd expect that, but all this is sadly overshadowed by a nonsensical script: moon pirates, a killing Norwegian space baboon, 1G gravity on moon and mars bases. seriously.
Still (kinda) worth watching imho, for inspired visuals and cinematography. But it's pretty bad science and terrible continuity management. Without spoiling too much there's a scene on Mars where Brad Pitt runs through a dusty tunnel (with 1G gravity, swims (in his space suit) under a lake, makes it last second to the departing rocket's lower hatch (after ignition) and not only doesn't get broiled but his space suit is impeccable and white as if right out of the dry cleaner. it's trying to be 2001, Sunshine and Armageddon, and sadly fails in all 3 attempts.
Oh, i almost forgot. character development is also very weak. I honestly don't know what Liv Tyler was doing there.
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CRL
I loved the move, but there were physics issues. Take for example a less egregious one (perhaps astronauts would say it's not less so): this scenario, in fully pressurized EVA suits of the Apollo type--which these obviously emulate--would not play out this way, unless (and I do assume this is possible, advances are made to increase range of motion and unencumbered flexibility. The Apollo astronauts, like the Gemini astronauts before them, struggled at the joints and with their hands, often injuring them working against the inflation and the creasing it painfully caused.
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I loved the move, but there were physics issues. Take for example a less egregious one (perhaps astronauts would say it's not less so): this scenario, in fully pressurized EVA suits of the Apollo type--which these obviously emulate--would not play out this way, unless (and I do assume this is possible, advances are made to increase range of motion and unencumbered flexibility. The Apollo astronauts, like the Gemini astronauts before them, struggled at the joints and with their hands, often injuring them working against the inflation and the creasing it painfully caused.
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Clay
The moon chase scene was visually exciting, but lacked context. To say simply the moon had become a lawless region is to trivialize a harrowing battle and near death for our main character. Sure, Mad Max on the moon, using advanced laser pistols. The scene contributed nothing to the movie and culminated in McBride's spectacular, slo-mo spin off the edge of a massive crater fortuitously landing on all four wheels and casually proceeding to the base as if nothing critical had just happened. Pretty nutty.
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The moon chase scene was visually exciting, but lacked context. To say simply the moon had become a lawless region is to trivialize a harrowing battle and near death for our main character. Sure, Mad Max on the moon, using advanced laser pistols. The scene contributed nothing to the movie and culminated in McBride's spectacular, slo-mo spin off the edge of a massive crater fortuitously landing on all four wheels and casually proceeding to the base as if nothing critical had just happened. Pretty nutty.
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Zyon
i really loved this scene on IMAX. but I felt it was NOT REALISTIC considering Roy should have been heavily protected with more weapons and defenses around him. All he had was OPEN cars and his security guys didn't even have their weapons drawn already? Also, the launch base fires 2 homing missiles at the pirates and destroys them in the end, how did they not detect those pirates already? Too many plot holes in this movie.
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i really loved this scene on IMAX. but I felt it was NOT REALISTIC considering Roy should have been heavily protected with more weapons and defenses around him. All he had was OPEN cars and his security guys didn't even have their weapons drawn already? Also, the launch base fires 2 homing missiles at the pirates and destroys them in the end, how did they not detect those pirates already? Too many plot holes in this movie.
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Raymond
_. amusing but so 'retro' in portrayalwe'd expect something simple but higher-tech on the moon. water spray turning into ice-storm. sand-blowers (when you're in the lead. slaloming the hills. dropping unnecessary equipment to flip the chasers. gouging ruts. 'cause otherwise we'd be expecting Stingers and rpg's. _
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_. amusing but so 'retro' in portrayalwe'd expect something simple but higher-tech on the moon. water spray turning into ice-storm. sand-blowers (when you're in the lead. slaloming the hills. dropping unnecessary equipment to flip the chasers. gouging ruts. 'cause otherwise we'd be expecting Stingers and rpg's. _
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zdcyclops1
The science in your movie was non existent. It takes 10-12 tears to travel from the Earth to Neptune. Your protagonist was a little strange, half a bubble off from normal, obsessed with space, to the point it cost him his marriage. The only characters I believed were the space baboons. 1 to 10 I rate it a 6.
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The science in your movie was non existent. It takes 10-12 tears to travel from the Earth to Neptune. Your protagonist was a little strange, half a bubble off from normal, obsessed with space, to the point it cost him his marriage. The only characters I believed were the space baboons. 1 to 10 I rate it a 6.
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CG
This movie is comical. Had it ended with his death from an opening scene or waking up in mental health facility, I could accept it, but that didn't happen. I didn't follow my instinct to walk out after 30 minutes, so that's a lesson for me. Terrible movie.
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This movie is comical. Had it ended with his death from an opening scene or waking up in mental health facility, I could accept it, but that didn't happen. I didn't follow my instinct to walk out after 30 minutes, so that's a lesson for me. Terrible movie.
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Chris
This is the most absurd notion of the whole movie. If you're rich enough to get to the moon, you have no reason to turn to banditry to get a little more money. It's people who are impoverished and desperate who turn to these sorts of activities.
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This is the most absurd notion of the whole movie. If you're rich enough to get to the moon, you have no reason to turn to banditry to get a little more money. It's people who are impoverished and desperate who turn to these sorts of activities.
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DominicanOps
The concept of a realistic take of a conflict on the moon really was the highlight of this film. That is saying a lot since the movie was great overall but this scene left me wanting so much more since it had this realistic vibe to it.
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The concept of a realistic take of a conflict on the moon really was the highlight of this film. That is saying a lot since the movie was great overall but this scene left me wanting so much more since it had this realistic vibe to it.
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Pablo
So theres Lunar cities with lunar Starbucks and lunar Applebees, and theres lunar pirates with heavily armed Guns but they travel using 20th century Rovers with no armor or protection whatsoever.
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So theres Lunar cities with lunar Starbucks and lunar Applebees, and theres lunar pirates with heavily armed Guns but they travel using 20th century Rovers with no armor or protection whatsoever.
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