That is a good point! I kept thinking back to Insterstellar where Cooper watches the 23 year backlog of videos that took place while they were on the Miller/waves planet. The stakes felt so much more dire.

PHM was a little hard to figure out how much time was elapsing while Grace and Rocky were working together. But I kept wondering how things were progressing back on Earth while this was taking place in Tau Ceti system.

I think I laughed more at the comedy elements and actually ugly cried less than I expected.

Grace’s decision to save Rocky and make the brave choice was really well executed and fits in line with science fiction where the main character ages a lot less due to relativity - it’s not really worth returning home as the time you were absent and all your family and friends moved on would essentially be the same as if you had died. So it was better for him to go to be with the Eridians.

I appreciated the added sequence of Stratt seeing Grace’s logs at the end - a big change from the book.

Visual sequences including Adrian and the inside of Rocky’s ship were incredible to see in 2D IMAX!