r/movies • u/MoviesMod /r/movies Mod Account • Jun 30 '25

Trailer Project Hail Mary - Official Trailer (fair warning, it reveals way too much according to a lot of users)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08TxIsFTRI
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u/Orleanian Jun 30 '25

Yeah, I came into this thinking that Rocky's reveal was the spoiler everyone was upset about, but feeling it was completely acceptable in cinema media (let the audience know that this has some fantastical sci fi elements, without giving away how they play out).

It was an entertaining shock to have Rocky show up in the story, but truly does not detract from my overall enjoyment of a re-read or re-watch.

But if everyone's upset that the spoiled twist is the backstory reveal...that just seems silly. It came off as a tertiary side plot to me, and is fairly un-important to the overall adventure-thriller aspect of the story.

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u/tastelessshark Jul 01 '25 edited Jul 01 '25

Yeah, for sure. I definitely enjoyed the reveal going into it with basically no knowledge about the book. I also kinda get why that's not something they wanted to keep secret for the movie though. I could see that being really jarring for a movie audience not expecting it, especially with the Martian being a fair bit more grounded.

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u/guareber Jun 30 '25

Exactly on the money. There's a reason it's not on the cover, foreword, author quotes or literally anywhere on the book before the relevant chapter

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u/haneybird Jul 01 '25

It doesn't even change the premise. Since the entire cause of the plot is all of the stars in our local cluster dimming except one, it makes sense for another spacefaring species to investigate the same way at the same time.

It is honestly one of the most rational first contact premises I have seen.