It's really hard to make a post-apocalypse movie. They tend to be tedious, slow, boring, predictable, and a bit of a downer. "The Midnight Sky" is right down the alley here. Don't get me wrong. It's got great space scenes. It's got George Clooney. OK, that's about all it has that's good. This movie runs just two minutes under two hours. At the one hour mark, I was checking to see how much longer. At 1.5 hours in, I was praying for it to end. And I love SF movies. This movie really does walk in the footsteps of past post-apocalyptic debacles like "Silent Running" and "Zardoz." It's amusing that this movie includes a short clip of perhaps the best movie of this genre: "On the Beach." If only it were that good. But the endpoint's the same, mostly, so why not watch "On the Beach" instead?
Review of The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky
(2020)
Right down the alley for end-of-the-world movies: boring, slow, predictable
28 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers