donderdag 1 mei 2025

(Average) Spaceman

Movie in one sentence:
Nightmare spider gives depressed Adam Sandler free therapy lessons.

Movie
in more sentences:
An emotionally distant astronaut suddenly loses contact with his wife back on Earth and finds himself losing the little spirit he already had with it. Not long afterwards, an alien spider with a curious amount of interest in his personal life shows himself, and together with him, Jakub explores the reason for his wife's silence and revisits his feelings for her.

When I spotted a clip of this movie, showing off the giant CGI spider, I was not expecting it to be about relationship problems. It was incredibly boring.

People who like artsy stuff are probably able to see something deeper in this, but I wasn't interested. This spider was really nosey and I failed to figure out why he'd waste his valuable time helping out some human, unless he's a figment of the astronaut's imagination, despite what the movie said, but then, why is Jakob seeing an alien spider, of all things? One with his own backstory as well?

I would've liked
the movie better if it covered, you know, the spider and his life and quirks. Jakub was the least interesting character, and that's par for the course when you share your scenes with a giant talking animal.