Honestly, it’s a very rare occurrence that you’ll find me in a movie theater. I mean, who doesn’t love the comfort of your own couch? Plus, microwavable popcorn is way cheaper than movie theater popcorn … and as a broke college student, that matters.
But on this particular day, I had nothing else to do. The weather was gross and AMC was calling my name. What for? I had no idea.
When I was first scrolling through the list of movies to watch, I saw “Project Hail Mary.” I literally skipped right over it. “Ew, sports movie,” I thought — sorry if you’re a Minnesota Vikings fan. But then, eventually, I scrolled back up and realized that the cover didn’t look like a football field at all. Also, Ryan Gosling was in it. So obviously, I had to at least watch the trailer.
Oh my gosh. If you don’t watch the trailer after reading this, I genuinely don’t know what else you could be doing with your time. I booked tickets immediately. No hesitation.
So … what is it actually about?
Originally a bestselling 2021 novel by Andy Weir, “Project Hail Mary” follows Ryland Grace, played by Ryan Gosling, in a futuristic sci-fi story. I’m going to do my very best not to spoil anything because it is so good, and you genuinely need to watch it for yourself.
Basically, the world is about to end. The Earth is infested with a sun-dimming microorganism called Astrophage — not real by the way — and no one really knows how to stop it.
So naturally, the solution is to send astronauts into space to figure out what’s going on and save humanity.
Ryan Gosling’s character wakes up from a medically induced coma on a spaceship with zero memory of why he’s there or what his purpose is. As his memories slowly start coming back, he begins to piece everything together and then makes a discovery that completely changes everything: he’s not alone.
Why it’s taking over the internet — and my TikTok For You page
Now I’d like to focus on the most important place on social media: my TikTok reposts. If you ever want to find a fire edit that’s where it’s at.
After watching the movie — which you will — come back to this and just imagine a montage set to “I Know The End” by Phoebe Bridgers or the iconic “Sign of the Times” by Harry Styles. I’m not kidding. That’s the vibe.
And somehow, everyone in the comments is speaking in references. Like, people are just commenting “👎” and everyone gets it. You will too one day.
There’s even a photo trend where the text says, “Grace say Grace will die,” and the next slide is “Rocky fix,” and then it cuts to people posting pictures of them and their pets. It sounds confusing, but it’s actually the cutest thing ever, and somehow it makes perfect sense once you’ve seen the movie.
Honestly, I haven’t seen a single negative thing about it. Everything surrounding this movie is just so wholesome, which feels rare for the internet.
I already felt like I was late to the party since “Project Hail Mary” came out on March 20, so don’t be worse than me, go book your tickets!