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saw it last night.
landscape shots/3d - very good (and I hate 3d!)
story....pretty bland really.
A one point he summarises his life there as "fix one problem, move on" - thats what it felt like....just one boring problem after another with no real sense he was every in much danger.
and the hollywood notion that space things are always solved by a 19 year old potnoodle eating chav who got into Uni at age 3 and now skateboards to the office always makes me feel the "out there" solution they come up with cant be that hard after all!
6/10 - looked pretty
landscape shots/3d - very good (and I hate 3d!)
story....pretty bland really.
A one point he summarises his life there as "fix one problem, move on" - thats what it felt like....just one boring problem after another with no real sense he was every in much danger.
and the hollywood notion that space things are always solved by a 19 year old potnoodle eating chav who got into Uni at age 3 and now skateboards to the office always makes me feel the "out there" solution they come up with cant be that hard after all!
6/10 - looked pretty
Tiggsy said:
and the hollywood notion that space things are always solved by a 19 year old potnoodle eating chav who got into Uni at age 3 and now skateboards to the office always makes me feel the "out there" solution they come up with cant be that hard after all!
6/10 - looked pretty
I hope that part isn't in the book. The part where he has the director of NASA and thier spokeswoman standing in a room whilst he shows them what an orbit is was cringeworthy. Earlier in the film it had the feel of Apollo 13, by the end it felt like it was turning into Armageddon.6/10 - looked pretty
The Chinese bit was cool though. Was that in the book or was it axded for the increasing Chinese market?
jingars said:
Digger said:
Those who've done both. . . Which first? Or it doesn't really matter? 
Book, then film.The film follows the book pretty closely up until the final 10 mins.
Digger said:
Those who've done both. . . Which first? Or it doesn't really matter?
DEFINITELY FILM FIRST!OK, whichever one you read first will "spoil" the ending for the other. But having read the book first I spent a lot of time thinking about how much they'd cut out, and the detail. Whereas if you see the film first you can enjoy finding out all the little extra details and how they did this, that and the other when you read the book.
To be fair, they made a decent film of it. If they'd stayed true to the book, the audience would be me and about 6 other PHers going "OH MY GOD! WHAT TYPE OF WASHER DID HE USE FOR THE WESTERN COMBOBULATOR!!!"
Changed my mind. Book first. If you're going to "ruin" one of them by knowing the plot or missing out on details, ruin the film. Which is still a fine film, but the book is brilliant and deserves first place in your brain-hole.
Edited by crofty1984 on Wednesday 7th October 12:36
I couldn't agree more with Crofty. I think reading the book has tarnished the film a little for me, especially with the Wall-E style "spaceflight" addition (totally unnecessary).
I did enjoy the film enormously but so much was left out from the book it felt incomplete and rushed.
They did the book justice but managed to totally leave out any tension or excitement from the movie until right to the end and as several others have said, the soundtrack seems to have detracted from it instead of an Interstellar style masterpiece which really adds to the film.
I watched in 3D in the end due to the times it was on in 2D and really enjoyed how little it interfered and how it just added subtly overall. (I also found out IMAX 3d glasses don't work in a normal cinema and had to pop out and buy some normal ones from the foyer!).
The cast choice was great, every character fitting well to the books characters and Matt Damon (love him or hate him) fitted the lead role really well.
If you like Sci-Fi or have an interest in space/Mars - definitely go and see it. Otherwise, wait for the small screen release.
My score - 7.5/10 (the book I thought was a solid 10/10).
I did enjoy the film enormously but so much was left out from the book it felt incomplete and rushed.
They did the book justice but managed to totally leave out any tension or excitement from the movie until right to the end and as several others have said, the soundtrack seems to have detracted from it instead of an Interstellar style masterpiece which really adds to the film.
I watched in 3D in the end due to the times it was on in 2D and really enjoyed how little it interfered and how it just added subtly overall. (I also found out IMAX 3d glasses don't work in a normal cinema and had to pop out and buy some normal ones from the foyer!).
The cast choice was great, every character fitting well to the books characters and Matt Damon (love him or hate him) fitted the lead role really well.
If you like Sci-Fi or have an interest in space/Mars - definitely go and see it. Otherwise, wait for the small screen release.
My score - 7.5/10 (the book I thought was a solid 10/10).
Totally agree.
Loved the book, read it in a couple of days and was really looking forward to the film. I was going to take my boys but thought I'd get a preview in on my own and then be happy to see it again.
I left the cinema yesterday somewhat deflated and really don't fancy a second sitting. All the peril bits were too quick.
The airlock scene in the book must of been a whole chapter plus all the rover journeys were glossed over. It just seemed that he had only spent a few weeks on Mars not 2 years.
OK, probably impossible to put over in a film, maybe a series on Netflix would have been a better idea.
Loved the book, read it in a couple of days and was really looking forward to the film. I was going to take my boys but thought I'd get a preview in on my own and then be happy to see it again.
I left the cinema yesterday somewhat deflated and really don't fancy a second sitting. All the peril bits were too quick.
The airlock scene in the book must of been a whole chapter plus all the rover journeys were glossed over. It just seemed that he had only spent a few weeks on Mars not 2 years.
OK, probably impossible to put over in a film, maybe a series on Netflix would have been a better idea.
Blaster72 said:
I think reading the book has tarnished the film a little for me
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My score - 7.5/10 (the book I thought was a solid 10/10).
If you knew how the story was going to play out, would you still have given the book a solid 10/10? If you had already seen the film then much of the unfolding of the plot would be known and the tension would be markedly less.....
My score - 7.5/10 (the book I thought was a solid 10/10).
The book is excellent and deserves to get first place in your brain. The film is a visual treat, but as has already been written on here there is little sense of peril in film. Heck, even Sean Bean doesn't die...
Book first.
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