Sigh, what a letdown. There was outstanding acting from the lead actors in this film, so kudos to them! They also managed to take us to some really vivid imaginary realms with what was likely a shoestring budget, so more kudos to sound and cinematography! The movie concept was really thought provoking, and I'm glad I watched it. The writing was actually reasonably good as far as the this essentially human drama actually played out. However, the technical reality of the story details are just...preposterous. Just silly. For an educated viewer, it was not only insulting, but literally a squirm in the seat as they ignored both astronomy and physics again and again with an obvious attitude of "who cares?". Guess what, details matter!
Perhaps the writers consider themselves artists, which if true would bestow them with unlimited powers to imagine whatever they want. This would be fine if they had enough imagination to synthesize an entire new universe with different details and different laws of physics. But if the story in fact states that the setting is between Earth and Mars...well, then the details of this universe actually matter, no artistic license granted!
I'll avoid citing the many aggravating examples of artistic idiocy invoked in this film for the sake of avoiding spoilers, and summarize by saying the movie is otherwise very worth seeing, but check your brain at the door and just enjoy the human story that they very wonderfully tell in this film.
Perhaps the writers consider themselves artists, which if true would bestow them with unlimited powers to imagine whatever they want. This would be fine if they had enough imagination to synthesize an entire new universe with different details and different laws of physics. But if the story in fact states that the setting is between Earth and Mars...well, then the details of this universe actually matter, no artistic license granted!
I'll avoid citing the many aggravating examples of artistic idiocy invoked in this film for the sake of avoiding spoilers, and summarize by saying the movie is otherwise very worth seeing, but check your brain at the door and just enjoy the human story that they very wonderfully tell in this film.