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Jomi Adeniran

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The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

We literally waited for him to finish whatever projects he was working on to do this.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

So I can understand why Charles would then see this.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

Guy gets stuck in space.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

And that's the best part of the movie, is Rocky and Brian and Grace's relationship.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

I thought in the book, it's done really well.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

But even the first time we meet Rocky, or Grace meets Rocky,

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

It starts with, like, a scary movie stinger, right?

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

Like, he hits his hand on the glass, and, like, the music goes loud.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

He's supposed to, like... It's like a jump scare, right?

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

But then slowly but surely, when they get more comfortable, when there's more lights, right?

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

The movie brings you into...

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

into their world together and you're like okay where does this go and i think throughout the story like there's a scene where he's like trying to whisper he's trying to like tell like oh rocky rocky can hear me no matter like how soft i am and they have this like banter that just goes throughout the film i thought that held the movie down and everything else was also excellent and so when you're like it's not a perfect movie it's not a perfect movie but it's a damn good one

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

The movie does a really good job of reorienting itself around Rocky and Grace versus the science of the book.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

It does both.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

There'll be pages of them like figuring out like how far Tau Ceti is from, and we have to do controlled burns.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

And in the movie, they're just like, you know, it's Rocky and Grace working together.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

to solve the problem.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

I think that's the magic in the film and why I enjoyed it so much, man.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

The scene, because again, it's all emotional in the book.

The Ringer-Verse
‘Project Hail Mary’ Instant Reactions | The Midnight Boys

You're reading it, you can imagine these characters, whatever.