I was up at 7:05 a.m. today, which is early when I'm not out walking. I had considered going out to Jamshil Lotte World Tower to watch a matinee of Project Hail Mary, but a combination of lazy inertia and pragmatism kept me in bed: I realized that I'd actually rather sleep in a little more and work on my walk blog than go see a movie that I can see in a few months at home.
I had a further realization that might sound heretical to some, especially given the current wave of enthusiasm: I'm not nearly as excited as I'd thought I'd be about this movie. I've seen it getting rave reviews from my go-to circle of YouTube reviewers, but my own experience of the movie's preview trailer has been, at best, only the mildest quickening of the pulse. Rocky the alien doesn't look or move quite the way I'd imagined him, and while Ryan Gosling is likeable and seems well cast, something still feels wrong about his presence in the movie. So, frankly, I'm not exactly champing at the bit to see this film.
Which is why I'm still chilling at my place instead of leaping out to grab a ticket. Who knows? I might feel differently next week, and there's a chance the movie, once I see it, will utterly shatter my expectations. But I have a feeling that I can wait. At least another week. The movie seems to be doing fine without me.
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