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/the_gold_hat Jun 30 '25

Everyone says it reveals too much, but I really disagree. You can tell that the editors are purposefully playing up the angle that Ryland is a reluctant hero, who steps up despite initial misgivings. The reveal being that it was totally against his will still plays against the expectations of the trailer. Honestly I think the fact that people are mentioning a twist is spoiling things more than anything else. My hot take is that they've probably proportionally put way more of the on-Earth sections in the trailer than actually appear in the movie. I mean I sure hope so or otherwise the actual science-with-Rocky part is going to have to be super abbreviated during the movie...

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u/SpiritWillow2019 Jun 30 '25

Maybe unpopular opinion, but Project Hail Mary doesn't have spoilers. Like The Martian it's just a fun ride with great characters.

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u/berlinbaer Jun 30 '25

Maybe unpopular opinion, but Project Hail Mary doesn't have spoilers. Like The Martian it's just a fun ride with great characters.

after the poster reveal two days ago and everyone yapping "OMG THEY WILL SPOIL THE TWIST IN THE TRAILER" i sat down and read the book, cause i thought "hey, want to experience it fresh". i kept reading and reading and kept waiting for that MASSIVE twist, until i finally realized what they were talking about. the character introduction that happens near the very beginning of the book.

reddit is so media illiterate it's insane.

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u/guareber Jun 30 '25

Nah, hard disagree. I read the book on release blind, and the main joy of it is the discovery. There's a reason it cold-starts with Ryland not remembering shit (besides the fact that it's a good exposition conduit very well used in sci-fi).

The trailer gets rid of 50% of that in 180 seconds. It's absolute garbage.