Curious about the flick. But I wish Ridley Scott had not cast ... Matt... Daa... Mon.
I’m about 3/4 of the way through it right now. Great book. You’re right, the guy’s attitude is phenomenal. Just unending grit applied to difficult circumstances in order to find a way to survive.
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Read it. Book got a bit boring when it constantly went into math and calories over and over and other such things.
Movie seems to be better.
Just me.
I’m afraid if Matt Damon is the stranded astronaut, I would spend the whole movie rooting for him to die :)
Then I’ll probably be disappointed and have to go rewatch Interstellar to get my satisfaction.
Would it be suitable for an 8 year old?
Okay, so Hollywood resisted the temptation to insert a love story into it, but did they manage to insert their usual emetic Leftist propaganda?
Have not read, but the trailer looked like he was reprising his role in Interstellar.
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I have read the novel. Fun read but a bit heavy on the IT/tech/science side which is perfectly consistent with the author’s background and the background of the lead character. Sort of MacGiver gets stranded on Mars.
Nice to read sci-fi that is pretty close to sci-fact for a change.
Several very positive advanced screening reviews have been posted on line about the movie.
I like most of the work Matt Damon has done as an actor, and from the previews I have seen, I think he will nail the quirky character of Astronaut Mark Watney and make the movie.
Looking forward to seeing it in the theater. Probably will buy the DVD as well.
I also finished the book in 24 hours. As a professional space guy, I found very few details to quibble with (at least aside from the whole Martian dust storm powerful enough to break things bit). The only real turn-off was the language, as the F-bomb is dropped in the first sentence and multiple times on the first page. Although I confess that if I thought I was going to die on Mars I might let a few expletives fly.
In any case, I am looking forward to the movie, despite MATT DAMON. At least Jeff Daniels is in it.
I haven’t read it... maybe not ever.
When I first saw the previews on TV, I was kinda excited. But then I saw him in whatever situation saying “Neil Armstrong, the hell with you” or whatever exactly.
Well, I can say this. The millennials really do write about space. Pretty well.
But we, the older generation, well, we DID it!
So bite me, GenXr’s, or whatever the hell you call yourself now!
I enjoyed the film but like an engineer found myself running the numbers rather that just watching LOL
Outside of the disco soundtrack I thought the movie was a success.
I would say, why do you climb the mountain?
What makes man start fires?
You want to shoot me into space in a freeking convertible?