On Saturday, my brother and I went to see Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt. This is a film that's been compared - by its director James Gray, no less - to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (one of my axes ). Being in the middle of a Conrad "renaissance" if you will, I felt it was perfect timing. A couple of my coworkers had seen it already and liked it, so that was another reason I was interested in watching it. Pitt plays Roy McBride, a young astronaut whose impeccable career is overshadowed by memories of his absent father Clifford and the much-nearer loss of Eve, the devoted wife he sidelined for his career and who's recently left him. After a series of devastating electrical surges sweep across the solar system, Roy is tasked by U.S. Space Command to investigate the situation, which they believe could be linked to his dad's scientific research on Neptune. Roy sets out to confront Clifford, embarking on a journey through space that is every bit as p...
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