Brad Pitt plays a fine role in Ad Astra (2019), a cleverly crafted science fiction film that immediately gets our attention with a stunning, vertigo inducing, opening scene. Roy McBride is a decorated and highly qualified U.S. military astronaut, sometime in the mysteriously near future. A straight-faced, highly strung individual who doesn’t believe in enjoyment, relationships, or anything that will distract him from ‘the mission’. It appears that life…