So, The Martian.
I went to watch it yesterday and enjoyed it. Obviously, it's hard to adapt a novel into a film, even a short fast read such as Andy Weir's The Martian. The novel is only 369 pages.
I'm really not a humorous person. I don't take things very lightly and so there's not a single funny bone in my body but I enjoy Mark Watney's humor. That's actually one of the biggest points about him laid out (in the book and viral trailers at least). Mark Watney, botanist and mechanical engineer of the Ares III mission team, is pretty much the most liked crew mate and he is also the morale guy. That's another of the many jobs he has. When you only have 6 crew, each person needs to be able to do more than just one job. The chemist also plots out the trajectories and orbital paths of the Hermes. The programmer also deals with the reactor of the space craft etc.
Anyway, the movie could have deal with the desolation and utter desperation a lone man left on a planet, thought dead, but it would have made it for a longer movie and  I think the adaptation did alright.
Its science is mostly right and for what it didn't, it's plausible or you can suspend your disbelief long enough at the parking meter outside of the theater. The ride was fun.
I went to watch it yesterday and enjoyed it. Obviously, it's hard to adapt a novel into a film, even a short fast read such as Andy Weir's The Martian. The novel is only 369 pages.
I'm really not a humorous person. I don't take things very lightly and so there's not a single funny bone in my body but I enjoy Mark Watney's humor. That's actually one of the biggest points about him laid out (in the book and viral trailers at least). Mark Watney, botanist and mechanical engineer of the Ares III mission team, is pretty much the most liked crew mate and he is also the morale guy. That's another of the many jobs he has. When you only have 6 crew, each person needs to be able to do more than just one job. The chemist also plots out the trajectories and orbital paths of the Hermes. The programmer also deals with the reactor of the space craft etc.
Anyway, the movie could have deal with the desolation and utter desperation a lone man left on a planet, thought dead, but it would have made it for a longer movie and  I think the adaptation did alright.
Its science is mostly right and for what it didn't, it's plausible or you can suspend your disbelief long enough at the parking meter outside of the theater. The ride was fun.
