Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
As someone who is still in the same boat, a couple things I’ve heard:
Spoilered for those who haven't read/seen it
the science is still there, but it’s not the key focus (figures, most general audiences would get bored, it’s still present but I expected them to dramatize it anyway)
rocky is a little more “R2D2 meets puppy” he’s useful but he’s also meant to be a sort of emotional foil. (Think less, “we are two different people in the same situation” and more “oh wow I thought I was alone, what’s this thing, what’s that thing, wow wow wow”)
the core of the movie is still intact (hail Mary, we know the end when the rocket launched, let’s save the world(s))
Overall, same treatment as The Martian, not as in depth as the book, but still worth the watch in its own way regardless
As someone who is still in the same boat, a couple things I’ve heard:
Spoilered for those who haven't read/seen it
Overall, same treatment as The Martian, not as in depth as the book, but still worth the watch in its own way regardless