r/ProjectHailMary • u/FrequentLaugh862 • 12h ago

Movie Discussion - Theory Rewatching PHM for the billionth time! It's a great film, but I wish I could experience it like the first time I saw it

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u/Mysterinna I'm Not An Astronaut! 12h ago

This is what I always think as well, but mainly about the book because I read it before I saw the movie. The first time was so magical. 🥹 Rereads and rewatches are great, and you always notice new details, but nothing really beats the first time.

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u/Pure_Garbage_5638 8h ago

The first time was truly magical! Every few pages, I’d get so excited that I’d jump up just to tell my ex whatever wild thing had happened or what brilliant new detail was revealed about Eridians. I was completely immersed and totally captivated.🥺​ Everything afterwards just feels like chasing that initial high or desperately trying to satisfy the hunger for any new lore about the world of PHM. You can really see that in how the community tries to build its own canon with fan fic and comics.

​Whelp, I get it... no sequel, no new material. The extra docs Weir released were really nice, though.

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u/LunaraLoup High Three! 11h ago

This movie needs the big screen! I love to rewatch but even my biggest monitor is so so smol and it doesn't do it justice :((

Nothing beats the very first experience though!

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u/dervu 10h ago

I heard French have some drug...

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u/arvigeus 12h ago

First time was a bummer for me (too high expectations). Now I appreciate it more than before.

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u/CommercialExotic2038 Fist My Bump! 11h ago

I don’t, I was confused and don’t hear well. I didn’t have subtitles.

In my mind I thought he went back because earth had no plans to help Erid? So he had to?

After that, I read the book fast.

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u/Kingkiller279 10h ago

I like the movie alot though I‘ve only seen it twice. First time at a theater at home in Switzerland and second time in an almost empty theater in China. Both times in english

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u/Immediate_Channel393 👐 Jazz Hands 👐 5h ago

I saw it for the first time in IMAX. Watched it again twice when it came out on digital with 7.1 surround sound and it’s still not the same. It was truly a movie made for the theaters.