The Martian
Dec. 2nd, 2015 10:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI watched the "The Martian" in the cinema today. I went alone, because everyone I asked had either seen it already or didn't have time today and afaik it was one of the last times they're showing it in Vienna in English. I still had a good time :) I wanted to see it on a bigger screen because I was hoping for pretty Mars pictures. Which I got, but because it was one of the last showings the screen was unfortunately small for a cinema.
I read the book about a week ago. It's very technical at times, very funny at times, has very good character sketches and is an excellent basis for h/c fic.
Then I read fic, some of which I really enjoyed: #BringHimHome, i'm coming home, Look At Those Cavemen Go!, Nunquam te tradam and others – I'm too lazy to do a proper rec post rn.
Then, the movie! I enjoyed it.lannamichaels has a good post pointing out some of the differences between the book and the movie. I also really liked the short bonus videos on youtube.
I was a bit disappointed that they cut out both the sandstorm and the rover flipping over during Mark's trip to Schiaparelli. That journey was so dramatic in the book, he even lost Pathfinder and any ability to communicate with NASA during it, and then in the movie there were no complications whatsoever. Weird.
"Mark Watney, space pirate" is one of my favorite lines from the book, but it only works because NASA literally can't give him permission to board the Ares IV MAV because he lost contact. In the movie I only went "whut, of course they can give him permission, why would they not give him permission." Probably after he told them about his new title they deliberately never said anything about it because they knew he found it funny.
I knew that Mark/Chris Beck is a popular pairing, but for most of the movie I was baffled why. Beck was maybe the crew member I felt we knew the least about. Eventually I came to the conclusion that it was because from the crew only he, Johanssen, and Mark are single, and because he looks a bit like Sebastian Stan. If I heard right, when Mark comes back to Hermes he greets Beck with "Hi, handsome" – okay why not, ships have been built on less. Then during the credits I found out that it was actually Sebastian Stan, that may explain it ^^
It took me a while to be certain that Rich Purnell was actually played by Donald Glover. Actors are difficult.
It was really difficult not to sing along with the songs! Sometimes I hummed, and I did sing the last one, "I Will Survive."
I read the book about a week ago. It's very technical at times, very funny at times, has very good character sketches and is an excellent basis for h/c fic.
Then I read fic, some of which I really enjoyed: #BringHimHome, i'm coming home, Look At Those Cavemen Go!, Nunquam te tradam and others – I'm too lazy to do a proper rec post rn.
Then, the movie! I enjoyed it.
lannamichaels has a good post pointing out some of the differences between the book and the movie. I also really liked the short bonus videos on youtube.I was a bit disappointed that they cut out both the sandstorm and the rover flipping over during Mark's trip to Schiaparelli. That journey was so dramatic in the book, he even lost Pathfinder and any ability to communicate with NASA during it, and then in the movie there were no complications whatsoever. Weird.
"Mark Watney, space pirate" is one of my favorite lines from the book, but it only works because NASA literally can't give him permission to board the Ares IV MAV because he lost contact. In the movie I only went "whut, of course they can give him permission, why would they not give him permission." Probably after he told them about his new title they deliberately never said anything about it because they knew he found it funny.
I knew that Mark/Chris Beck is a popular pairing, but for most of the movie I was baffled why. Beck was maybe the crew member I felt we knew the least about. Eventually I came to the conclusion that it was because from the crew only he, Johanssen, and Mark are single, and because he looks a bit like Sebastian Stan. If I heard right, when Mark comes back to Hermes he greets Beck with "Hi, handsome" – okay why not, ships have been built on less. Then during the credits I found out that it was actually Sebastian Stan, that may explain it ^^
It took me a while to be certain that Rich Purnell was actually played by Donald Glover. Actors are difficult.
It was really difficult not to sing along with the songs! Sometimes I hummed, and I did sing the last one, "I Will Survive."
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Date: 2015-12-03 01:43 pm (UTC)