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Just got back from seeing the film. Very good it is too, Ridley Scott back on form 
Although the plot had been streamlined from the book it brilliantly captures its spirit and tone; Matt Damon is absolutely spot on as Mark Watney.
This is a blueray special edition release day purchase for me
Although the plot had been streamlined from the book it brilliantly captures its spirit and tone; Matt Damon is absolutely spot on as Mark Watney.
This is a blueray special edition release day purchase for me
Edited by judas on Wednesday 30th September 23:08
judas said:
Just got back from seeing the film. Very good it is too, Ridley Scott back on form
Although the plot had been streamlined from the book it brilliantly captures its spirit and tone; Matt Damon is absolutely support on as Mark Watney.
This is a blueray special edition release day purchase for me
Ditto, ditto, ditto - fab adaption.Although the plot had been streamlined from the book it brilliantly captures its spirit and tone; Matt Damon is absolutely support on as Mark Watney.
This is a blueray special edition release day purchase for me
Another thing that struck me about the film was the music - very reminiscent of that from Alien, though not by the same composer, and the early scenes where the astronauts are battling through the storm again looked like they could have been lifted from Alien. Deliberate decisions or just me seeing/hearing things?
Read the book in 3 sittings over the weekend, loved it.
Watched the movie last night, loved it.
I found reading the book first a really good companion to the film, understandably the film had to skim over a lot of detail as the book is very dense, so knowing the whys and hows of certain things in the movie really added to it.
Considering the incredibly detailed source material I thought they did a great job, quite a bit more dark humour in the book but the film still had plenty of dry laughs.
Watched the movie last night, loved it.
I found reading the book first a really good companion to the film, understandably the film had to skim over a lot of detail as the book is very dense, so knowing the whys and hows of certain things in the movie really added to it.
Considering the incredibly detailed source material I thought they did a great job, quite a bit more dark humour in the book but the film still had plenty of dry laughs.
qube_TA said:
Debating whether to see this one, I really didn't like Prometheus, Gravity, Interstellar, so hoping this one is different. The concept is great, might wait for the BD.
With the caveat that 'each to their own', I would say it's a different sort of film to those - my wife doesn't enjoy 'sci-fi' yet she was riveted by this one, a more human sort of tale, a modern day Robinson Crusoe with some not implausible, grounded science. My son, 13yrs, had a Damascus moment when he sort of worked out why chemistry, biology, physics and math can be useful subjects in certain scenarios!
Like I say, each to their own but sticking close to the book, having an actor that pulled off the dark humour well and some nice visuals were a winning formulae for me.
AndrewEH1 said:
Having only just seen Gravity a couple of weeks ago the last 15 mins in space were too much for me, with people floating around in space!
Not sure if this is a wind up or not?? The film is called Gravity and it's based in space, I think you could have guessed from that it was going to feature people floating about in space! 
I really want to watch this as I enjoyed both Interstellar and Gravity but our usual babysitter (my parents) are away at the moment. Hopefully it'll still be on somewhere local when they return in a few weeks.
i watched interstellar again last night for the fourth time and it does get better with repeated viewing although its not without still relying on leaps of faith from the viewer to buy into some of the fiction.
it looks and sounds amazing too...
hopefully will see the martian at the w/e
it looks and sounds amazing too...
hopefully will see the martian at the w/e
Guvernator said:
Not sure if this is a wind up or not?? The film is called Gravity and it's based in space, I think you could have guessed from that it was going to feature people floating about in space!
It was more me worried that all NASA astronauts have similar inabilities to grab on to things whilst floating in space...andy_s said:
qube_TA said:
Debating whether to see this one, I really didn't like Prometheus, Gravity, Interstellar, so hoping this one is different. The concept is great, might wait for the BD.
With the caveat that 'each to their own', I would say it's a different sort of film to those - my wife doesn't enjoy 'sci-fi' yet she was riveted by this one, a more human sort of tale, a modern day Robinson Crusoe with some not implausible, grounded science. My son, 13yrs, had a Damascus moment when he sort of worked out why chemistry, biology, physics and math can be useful subjects in certain scenarios!
Like I say, each to their own but sticking close to the book, having an actor that pulled off the dark humour well and some nice visuals were a winning formulae for me.
qube_TA said:
OK that's good to know, thanks. I listed the other films as they seem to be held up as modern 'classic' sci-fi, I love sci-fi but have been struggling with a lot of the new ones. The last sci-fi flick I really enjoyed was Ex-Machina, although I saw that some people found it dull.
I wouldn't call either Interstellar or Gravity modern classics, they are good films but both have some issues so I'd say 7\8 out of 10 films at best. However as an experience they were both awesome to watch on a big screen and better then a lot of disappointing sci-fi we've had over the previous few years cough* Prometheus cough*. Ex-Machina I also really enjoyed so if not a full revival we seem to be getting some better quality at least. I am therefore looking forward to Martian as I hope it continues the recent trend.
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