In my opinion, the film is better than most reviewers give it credit for. Forget the spectacle and the poor science. The film is rather dystopian but perhaps more hopeful at the end. The entire space program is under the control of the military who rule it with an iron fist. In spite of insurmountable odds, the hero played by Brad Pitt wants to reconnect with his long-thought dead father, who is actually alive and has been marooned in orbit around Neptune for decade, in search of extra-terrestrial life.
The movie is about solitude, not special effect or anything else. It ponders the loneliness of the explorer, of the man with a mission, of the long travels, of the lack of love, of the sacrifices one makes to achieve one's goal, and ultimately the loneliness of the human species.
In spite of the various insults to science (some scenes were definitely not needed) I really enjoyed it.
The movie is about solitude, not special effect or anything else. It ponders the loneliness of the explorer, of the man with a mission, of the long travels, of the lack of love, of the sacrifices one makes to achieve one's goal, and ultimately the loneliness of the human species.
In spite of the various insults to science (some scenes were definitely not needed) I really enjoyed it.