Ad Astra!

This movie is slow as hell. It moves along at a snails pace. Not much happens. And I liked it a lot

Ad Astra is basically Apocalypse Now in space with a little Interstellar thrown in. Brad Pitt is in every scene as the son of a rogue Space Commander who has gone off the rails on a deep space mission gone wrong. Tommy Lee Jones is Colonel Kurtz, er McBride and he is the man sending back electrical surges from Neptune and is destroying the Earth. Brad Pitt is his son, Captain Willard, er McBride and his mission is to communicate with him. locate him and let the proper authorities go kill him and stop the surges.

But per this type of film, a lot goes wrong. Theres space pirates and other countries space stations asking for help. It really is a journey up the river, errr solar system for Pitt and his crew. When Pitt and Jones meet, its a kind of father/son relationship that neither ever had, one by choice and one because he was abandoned. It a helluva ride.

This movie may not be for everyone. Like I said, its slow, its narrated by Pitt, the action is space action, no loud bangs and fights, its silent. Though one particular scene where they respond to an SOS from a Norwegian space station is quite harrowing for a few seconds. This is probably why the critics like this movie (Rotten Tomatoes 81%) and the audience falls asleep (57% Rotten Tomatoes) wishing they'd have gone to Rambo or some other type shit.

But if Interstellar or the slow parts of Apocalypse Now still fascinate you like me, by all means go, see it and realize its damn good.

One more thing, if 2019 doesnt get Brad Pitt and acting Oscar it never will. Between this and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, this is his year. He has become (and quite frankly always has been) one of our finest actors and deserves some recognition.