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Edgy MD Jul 10 2017 10:32 AM

A NASA washout who never gave up, Texas rancher Charlie Farmer still dreams of going to space. And so, using nothing but the scraps of NASA's discard pile and his own technical wizardry, he builds a rocket in his barn and enlists his family in his dream of home-based DIY space travel, while running afoul of government suits.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 10 2017 11:03 AM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

I'm going to have to look up my review of this one in the archives because I'm pretty sure I watched and reviewed it way back when.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 10 2017 11:05 AM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

I gave Apollo V out of Apollo X: http://archives.thecranepool.net/7100/f11_t7166.shtml

Edgy MD Jul 10 2017 11:36 AM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

I found it astounding in that it attempts with all its heart to be a nu Field of Dreams, but just isn't. We're all supposed to join him and support his dream, but he lies to his wife and children, puts their welfare in serious jeopardy, physically assaults his friends, rips off his father-in-law (embracing a cheap deus ex machina in the process), tells Bruce Willis to get stuffed despite a REALLY generous offer. Oh, and he risks the safety of the nation, because HE HAS A DREAM. Dreams are great, but sometime you need to realize you've achieved something just as good along the way, and you either adjust your aims accordingly, or accept that you don't have a dream at all, but rather a destructive obsession. Ray Kinsella himself would tell this guy to get real. Add a half a star if you like gorgeous western sunsets. This thing was shot like a Christian romance. Not that I would know.

Mets Willets Point Jul 10 2017 02:04 PM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

From the title, I thought this would be about the actual practice of agriculture in space in order to raise food for the astronauts, which would be an interesting topic for a movie either in documentary or fictional form. More whimsically, I thought it could be about someone who recruits and trains astronauts, a figurative "astronaut farmer." The actual plot just sounds dumb compared to those.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 10 2017 02:07 PM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

Yeah, the title made me think of Matt Damon and his Martian "shit potatoes".

themetfairy Jul 10 2017 02:38 PM Re: The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah, the title made me think of Matt Damon and his Martian "shit potatoes". Yes - same here!