This review contains spoilers!
I love astronaut movies like Ad Astra, The Fist Man, The Martian etc. I was expecting more from a title called "The Astronaut".
First of all the scientific and engineering implausibility of the film made me not take this story seriously. The rocket, the space training and the flight were presented in away that I felt it to be a satire of space exploration rather than a serious depiction of it. Live stream from a Go Pro orbiting Earth to a Van? Leaving the spaceship by opening the door and making all the air go out for good? All this felt a bit too much for my taste.
Then the depiction of the crew that makes the rocket doesn't seem like a realistic group of French/ Belgian people from 21st century. They all wear old-school clothes, have houses like in the 19th century farmers from the past. Despite that they can assemble a rocket and achieve what Musk have achieved with millions of dollars of budget and not from the first attempt.
For me all this unfortunately felt satiric and not touching despite the very good cast and overall very good direction and actors performance.
I love astronaut movies like Ad Astra, The Fist Man, The Martian etc. I was expecting more from a title called "The Astronaut".
First of all the scientific and engineering implausibility of the film made me not take this story seriously. The rocket, the space training and the flight were presented in away that I felt it to be a satire of space exploration rather than a serious depiction of it. Live stream from a Go Pro orbiting Earth to a Van? Leaving the spaceship by opening the door and making all the air go out for good? All this felt a bit too much for my taste.
Then the depiction of the crew that makes the rocket doesn't seem like a realistic group of French/ Belgian people from 21st century. They all wear old-school clothes, have houses like in the 19th century farmers from the past. Despite that they can assemble a rocket and achieve what Musk have achieved with millions of dollars of budget and not from the first attempt.
For me all this unfortunately felt satiric and not touching despite the very good cast and overall very good direction and actors performance.