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This Tempting Madness
Film
FilmPG-132019
Ad Astra
Directed by James Gray
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown. From TMDB
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Ad Astra is a 2019 science fiction drama film, directed by James Gray, starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones and Liv Tyler.
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60 of 226 · most liked first2 ink-style animations, for "Per Aspera Ad Astra" live action movie (2026), and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Both directed by Zhou Fangyuan & Shi Chenchen (Fangyuan Animation Studio, China).
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the last crew members of the USS Enterprise has left. RIP Walter Marvin Koenig (1936-2026) Ad Astra ✨ Sky Sailor variety.com/2026/film/ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →Per Aspera Ad Astra. was very lucky to work on Han yans epic scifi movie and design the main ship. a few shots here but il put the link for my artstation that has a ton of work there. artstation.com/coldesign #conceptart #conceptartist #conceptdesign #productionart #filmmaking
neutral · AI labelView post →In other news, AD ASTRA is on Netflix. It's an excellent, underrated movie. Strongly recommend.
positive · AI labelView post →And I love movies like The Thing, but I tried to curate a list where most of them are a little lesser known or are worth reevaluation (like, Ad Astra, which has the most terrifying evocation of deep space I've seen and is a deeply fucked up movie.)
positive · AI labelView post →On a bit of a "lost in space" movie kick while writing this spec that has an isolation theme. (Re)watched Apollo 13, Gravity, The Martian, Event Horizon, Interstellar, Passengers, Ad Astra, The Last Days on Mars, Alien, Solaris. Maybe Sunshine next? What am I missing?
neutral · AI labelView post →This weeks L4W: TRON: Ares (2025) Ad Astra (2019) The Running Man (2025) Roofman (2025) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller star in the first trailer for crime thriller Paper Tiger. The film comes from Armageddon Time and Ad Astra filmmaker James Gray. Watch the trailer: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I cannot recommend watching Ad Astra with brad pitt enough, it is quite possibly the funniest movie, and the less you know about it, the better
positive · AI labelView post →Huh, Amazon prime just rec'd Ad Astra to me, and I feel like there is no way that this movie slipped by me when it released b/c I watch *literally all the space movies* but I watched the trailer and Gandalf Has No Memory Of This Place dot Gif I guess I'll have to watch it (again?)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra is a funny movie because it’s meant to be this pensive meditation on fatherhood and fate and then throws in moon pirates and a space baboon as random obstacles
neutral · AI labelView post →next week I get to choose the movie me and my pals watch and I feel like I owe it to, like, the vague concept of science fiction to pick the anti-Ad Astra, a movie that's really smart and good, but it also needs to be one we, the girlthers, have not seen
negative · AI labelView post →saw Ad Astra last night & regret not seeing it on the big screen. A totally sensually immersive space movie— great care went into design, lighting, VFX & sound. Made you feel the length and loneliness of space travel. Must see if you are an Interstellar or Blade Runner 2049 head
positive · AI labelView post →Oh lolz ... I just got the Netflix: Your Zodiac Sign Watchlist (apparently, it matches your star sign with recommendations). On brand with astrology, it got most recommendations wrong, and even had 'Ad Astra' in there. I despise that film. More evidence in the BS of astrology.
negative · AI labelView post →A few years ago i saw another movie about a lonely spaceman on a desperate mission played by a well known heartthrob A-lister, that also got spectacular reviews, and that movie was Ad Astra with Brad Pitt and I fucking hated it
negative · AI labelView post →Ad Astra. I’ve never been so aggressively bored by a movie in my life. Every minute felt like the director was TRYING to waste my time.
negative · AI labelView post →I'm having a third look at sci-fi film Ad Astra, apparently Brad Pitt had been wanting to make the film made for years, it wasn't particularly well received I suspect because it eluded the usual narrative, it is also somewhat haunting like Tarkovsky's Solaris (1972) - worth a look (Netflix)
neutral · AI labelView post →Love for Ad Astra aside, Paper Tigers is James Gray’s best movie in forever. Great performance from Scarlett Johansson #Cannes .
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting a hesuipian (Chinese new year movie) thread, I've talked about Han Yan's #scifi #film 星河入梦 Per Aspera Ad Astra before, it's marketed as a "thriller made for young people" (shame it hasn't got an English title to match this energy). The premise isn't bad 1/
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie about Space Exploration: Ad Astra (2019) #FilmSky #JulyMovieChallenge #Day15
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra is a visually spectacular film, inside which resides a soap opera about fathers, sons, battle scars, and mental health. Brad Pitt gives an understated performance as an astronaut who long ago learned to compartmentalize his emotions to the extreme. This is Pitt's film. #FilmSky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →I wish I'd seen Ad Astra in the cinema. I really enjoyed it, I liked the sedate pace and muted performances, and the design work was stupendous. Brad Pitt was excellent and I found the entire movie enthralling.
positive · AI labelView post →The movie I developed is finally out on Netflix. Huzzah! If you want some insanity injected directly into your eyeholes you should check out Per Aspera Ad Astra today!
neutral · AI labelView post →Adastra: Very good sci-fi visual novel Ad Astra: Excruciatingly boring sci-fi movie Don’t make my mistake
negative · AI labelView post →Whilst I'm still seeing (and working on) some great new science fiction coming out of China, the industry seems to be turning the focus to screen works. Per Aspera Ad Astra 星河入梦, a dream-themed #scifi adventure #film, out in July. It looks fun.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching Blade Runner 2049 in the run up to seeing The Creator next week. Tomorrow night Ad Astra with that fabulous Max Richter score to follow on the Wallfisch/Zimmer score tonight. The Creator is more Zimmer. Great scores are a huge part of my movie joy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some old film 'sketch' pages (from 2017) I found on a hard drive whilst looking for something else entirely. Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981 Russian film). Dip pen and ink and water/digital colour. I drew the inky bits as I watched and coloured/lettered and arranged afterwards.
neutral · AI labelView post →Brad Pitt's Ad Astra. The positive rating assured me it was a deep, compelling space film, but it went fucking nowhere. It wasn't anything I haven't seen before, and the protag was unsympathetic. It's like it was ashamed to be a sci-fi film.
negative · AI labelView post →Was trying to watch a YouTube video, but an unstoppable 2019 Brad Pitt film called Ad Astra played first.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra is fascinating because I know nothing about the making of this film but as I’m watching it right now, I’ve never been more sure that a movie has been hacked to pieces and remade in a studio edit than this one. I so desperately want to see the movie the director wanted to make.
neutral · AI labelView post →Also! ALSO! The last Rambo movie was not a hit! Opened third behind DOWNTON ABBEY and AD ASTRA! Who the fuck thinks * Noah Centineo* is gonna resurrect this shit?
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Ad Astra last night and I'm still trying to figure out if I enjoyed it.🤔
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with 1 TTRPG, 1 book, 1 board game, 1 movie, & 1 TV show. 🎲: Monsterhearts 2e 📚: Gideon the Ninth ♟️: AD ASTRA 🎥: 300 📺: Seinfeld
neutral · AI labelView post →Gut-punch Space Movie Marathon: 1️⃣ Contact 2️⃣ Arrival 3️⃣ Ad Astra 4️⃣ Gravity 5️⃣ Interstellar Any suggested additions?
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra. That film should've been an email.
negative · AI labelView post →Anyway, picked up a bunch of y'all's sci-fi film suggestions from the library. Was sad they didn't have Gattaca. - Europa Report - Fantastic Voyage - Solaris (remake) - Moon - Companion - Ad Astra - Lifeforce - Silent Running
neutral · AI labelView post →That’s funny. I am watching Ad Astra, a movie that asks the question - what if you go to space and Daddy still doesn’t love you?
neutral · AI labelView post →Having to test a surround sound system under extreme duress is a hell of a way to find out that Ad Astra is a quiet-ass movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra is an absolutely fantastic film that I'm still kind of amazed people just forgot about a month after it released.
positive · AI labelView post →#1artist1album1song 2/11 from Belgium The album was inspired by the film "Ad Astra", starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. "Tars" is the name of a robot in the film "Interstellar". ⭐Tars 💿Per Aspera (2024) 🎶Roy tars.bandcamp.com/album/per-as... open.spotify.com/track/27jF4P...
neutral · AI labelView post →Repost with your favorite tv or movie lawyer Ad Astra Per Aspera was so moving.
neutral · AI labelView post →What’s the best sci-fi movie ever made about outer space — other than Kubrick’s 2001? I just finished the Three Body Problem books, and I’m itching for a taste of it on film. The obvious contenders that come to mind: Interstellar, Alien(s), Gravity, Ad Astra, Solaris, Sunshine, Dark Star
neutral · AI labelView post →Today it's the turn of "Per Aspera Ad Astra" a Chinese film starring #DylanWang and #VictoriaSong Entertaining and chaotic, with good ideas and moments even if it may fall into some thematic cliché at times. Dylan always 🔝 #cdrama #movie #scifi
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand 🥦 Grapefruit 🎥 Ad Astra 🎶 “The Rib,” by Jeannie C. Riley
neutral · AI labelView post →⭐ Ad astra 🔭 is a great astronomical expression. It means "to the stars." Ad Astra is also a horrible movie that has almost zero adherence to fact or logic. m.imdb.com/title/tt2935...
negative · AI labelView post →Fav series: TNG Fav episode: Ad Astra Per Aspera Fav movie: Undiscovered Country #StarTrek
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s weird. I fucking love Sunshine. I fucking adore Gravity. I really dig The Martian and even though it has serious late third act problems you gotta dig a film as pure cinema as Interstellar’s docking chase. I’m even good with Ad Astra … but have NO interest whatsoever in Project Hail Mary.
positive · AI labelView post →Ad Astra was a weird movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra never got its due IMO — great movie about space.
positive · AI labelView post →Also, Ad Astra. Or as I started calling it: “Sad Brad and the Search for His Bad Dad.” They made a movie about space boring. There was a car chase on the MOON and I was BORED.
negative · AI labelView post →I somehow missed Ad Astra when it first came out, but I just watched it last night and it's now my favorite science fiction film since Interstellar. #adastra #scienceficton
positive · AI labelView post →I seem to be stuck in a handsome-lonely-guy-in-space movie rut: Brad Pitt in Ad Astra, Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar, George Clooney in Solaris, Matt Damon in The Martian. It’s a little too on the nose because I’m all by myself on this boat, and I’m strikingly handsome.
neutral · AI labelView post →Big fan. I really love the early cycle of crime films - Little Odessa, The Yards, We Own the Night - and I think his best film came next, Two Lovers. The switch into bigger budget epics hasn't always been smooth. Lost City of Z is excellent; Ad Astra didn't work perfectly for me...
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched PER ASPERA AD ASTRA (2026) last night. Interesting film. Very high end production values, but not the film it presented itself as at the beginning. It kicks off as a "silly schmuck in space" movie with strong READY PLAYER ONE vibes, but then turns into something very pertinent at the climax.
neutral · AI labelView post →PER ASPERA AD ASTRA 📽️ is a blockbuster Chinese kids' movie about the evils of AI and it's nice to see hating AI bringing the whole world together! I had fun movieswetextedabout.com/per-aspera-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →See, this is one that fascinates me. I actually quite liked Ad Astra, despite it being a pretty mid-movie in all ways other than maybe... visually. But I clicked about 15 mins in that it was just Heart of Darkness IN SPACE! so I pretty much knew where the whole thing was going after that.
neutral · AI labelView post →1) this is the first time I don't have an answer. As a kid, I would read as many magazines as I could about space, watch every documentary that came out about space, loved going to the Griffith Observatory, and space is one of my favorite movie genres (Ad Astra is great movie). 2) tacos! #HATM
positive · AI labelView post →Just watched Ad Astra. That is the maddest film I've ever seen. I didn't understand any of it. Moon pirates, killer monkeys in space, unexplained solar storms (that never get explained), travelling a billion miles (accurately) using a nuclear explosion as propulsion. Nuts.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra was really strange, there's so many background shit in the movie that made me go, "no, go back to that!" Like that weird spaceman mad max moon buggy fight
neutral · AI labelView post →Ad Astra, man, that was a disappointing movie imho.
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