Vials were put next to each other in the centrifuge.

Unwatchable.

I loved the book and have been looking forward to this movie ever since it was announced, and it didn't disappoint. Project Hail Mary is probably going to end up being the best movie I'll see this year unless Spielberg's upcoming 'Disclosure Day' somehow manages to recapture the magic of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977). Which, I don't think is likely.

Its been a while since I saw a movie this good. Thre was soo much detail and thought into this movie and I Loved every bit of it.

Amaze Amaze Amaze.

Books and movies simply aren't the same. Both the book and the movie were great for different reasons.

Excellent book and excellent movie. Very faithful adaptation from book to film. I believe the author was involved in the production of the movie as well, but I can't find any explicit sources for that.

If you can’t stand Ryan Gosling then you probably shouldn’t watch the movie as he has like 90% of the screen time.

Also there’s a choice to balance between how much science you want to explain and character development and other plot points that must be made. But this is a personal opinion and I think they did a great job and I’m just glad they didn’t make it a trilogy or something.

Having read the book, I absolutely loved the movie.

I listened to the entire 20 audiobook and I'm scared to watch the movie. I loved the book so much i dont want the visuals and interpretations in my head to be ruined.

Didn't read the book, but loved the movie

NOTE: I've tried to keep this as spoiler-free as possible, but even so you may not want to read this until after you've seen the movie.

The movie was definitely good, but fell pretty short compared to the book, and especially when compared to The Martian's adaptation.

For one, the movie felt way too much like a comedy, almost like a Taika Waititi Marvel adaptation of the much more serious (but still very funny) book, which felt tonally weird and didn't really land for me. Even the weight of the reveal of

was completely undercut by a tonally inappropriate, almost zany

that robbed the scene of most of the pathos it should have had. Reminds me of this excellent video about how modern blockbusters seem allergic to sincerity to their detriment.

We also didn't like how much more useless the movie made Grace feel. The book went out of its way early to show that he was a resourceful, intelligent, excellent problem solver, and while there was certainly a bit of this in the movie, it still felt like Grace was pretty much useless, undeserving dead weight, and like he either completely lucked his way through or had to rely only on

while in the book their partnership felt much more collaborative. All of this combined to make the reveal I mentioned earlier feel much darker/more depressing, because you get the impression that no, he really didn't deserve to be there, and then what he says at the end of the movie completely falls flat, because it felt like almost none of it was the result of his choices or character. Feels like it completely undercuts one of the main themes of the book, which is that he did deserve to be there, and that he was the right person for the job, even if he didn't think he was.

We also thought the movie omitted some of the book's best lines. "You can hear light?" is an all-time great line that still gives me shivers, and it definitely should have been in the movie.

Things we liked: 1. The movie was visually stunning - everything it was going for in the looks department it completely nailed. 2. One of the most important characters in the movie was very well done, in both design and characterization. Maybe a bit too manic, but that's a relatively small quibble in the larger context of just how well they did with him.

So yeah, very much an enjoyable two hours, but not as good as it should have been due to a few flawed adaptation decisions.

Didn't hate it, but thought the humor and cuteness detracted from it. The ending made me roll my eyes.

Felt the same about Predator: Badlands. I wanted a hardcore survival/revenge flick and it started out like that, but then you've got an android constantly cracking jokes and a cute little plush toy creature being cute all over the place and it kind of killed it for me. It's not just a Predator movie, it's the first one where the Predator is the main character. There shouldn't be cute and funny.

Same with a space survival movie with the extinction of multiple species on the line. I'm cool with a little humor cuz people do that to break tension, but it was pretty consistent throughout the entire movie.

Didn't read the book, didn't like the movie.

Read the martian, didn't like it, didn't like the movie.

Maybe I just don't like Andy Weir?

I tried watching it, but it feels very commercial and the lead actor seemed hammy to me. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. The Martian was decent, though.
Maybe I'll give it another shot some time.

every moment after the 10min mark is predictable. feels like i have watched this movie several times in other holywood blockbusters.