I really loved Project Hail Mary (the book) and I’d heard good things so far about Project Hail Mary (the movie), so I figured… let’s give it a chance and actually go see it while it’s still in theaters!

Rocky: Amaze. Amaze. Amaze.

I’m so glad I did.

As a movie, you do lose out on some of the real depth of ‘SCIENCE!’ that this story really had as a novel. Some things are left out, others glossed over. But for the most part, there’s still a great feeling of positivity in the face of adversity–of being able to just think your way out of any problem and I just love that.

Rocky: Words of encouragement.
Ryland Grace: That’s not how we say it!
Rocky: Words of great encouragement!

Now. If you haven’t read the book, seen the movie, or even seen the trailers for it, I would say stop reading this and go watch it now. I’m going to spoil a bit–although no more than they already did in the trailers¹².

I absolutely love the way that they did Rocky. Their alien-but-still-a-person dialog with Ryan Gosling’s Grace just make the movie–as they did the book. They did this so well. And to learn that most scenes with Rocky were done with puppetry… that’s just so cool. And it really makes such a fantastical set feel all the more real.

Man this was a fun movie.

Rocky: We leave watch now, question?
Ryland Grace: Leave Watch now. Statement.

Go watch it! Read the book!