I just watched Ad Astra. I had high hopes but I found it incomprehensible and riddled with scientific errors. It’s supposed to be set in the “near future”. I assumed the basic laws of physics still applied, but apparently not. I can accept that some type of new incredibly powerful rocket propulsion system has been invented that cuts travel time to Mars to 19 days and to Neptune in a few months. But I cannot accept the main character sneaking aboard a rocket on Mars while the engines are firing simply by opening a little hatch at the base of the rocket right by the engines (after swimming through an underground lake of water(?), on Mars!) nor can I accept the main character returning to his ship in orbit around Neptune by easily detaching a metal panel on another ship and powering through a rocky ring using the panel as a shield, miraculously arriving exactly the location of his ship but at such a high velocity that he impacts it very hard but managed to grasp the last remaining handhold before being swept out to space and there happens to be a convenient airlock nearby.
And then there is the fact that it is never explained just what evidence there was for believing that the Lima Project had anything to do with the mysterious energy “surges”, nor did I understand if the main character’s father went crazy on his own, or if aliens were involved, or if aliens were involved with anything, or why the surges were happening.
Deeply disappointing film.
And then there is the fact that it is never explained just what evidence there was for believing that the Lima Project had anything to do with the mysterious energy “surges”, nor did I understand if the main character’s father went crazy on his own, or if aliens were involved, or if aliens were involved with anything, or why the surges were happening.
Deeply disappointing film.
