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Post by kenlarsson on Oct 8, 2015 18:16:30 GMT -5
Great flick, I give it an A.
Solid ensemble cast, good story, great photography and effects. Well worth the cost of admission.
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 8, 2015 19:08:39 GMT -5
I agree. I loved it. Other than the dust storm the science was pretty accurate according to informed sources.
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 8, 2015 21:39:59 GMT -5
Tomorrow with wife and daughter.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 9, 2015 9:47:51 GMT -5
Tomorrow with wife and daughter. Have a nice trip. |
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Post by Fingerplucked on Oct 9, 2015 10:47:07 GMT -5
I just started the book. So far, I'd give it an A too.
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Post by dradtke on Oct 9, 2015 12:28:33 GMT -5
Apparently the writer posted chapters of the book online as he wrote it so fans could check the accuracy of the science, then rewrote to include the corrections.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Oct 9, 2015 12:55:39 GMT -5
Apparently the writer posted chapters of the book online as he wrote it so fans could check the accuracy of the science, then rewrote to include the corrections. It's pretty science-y so far. I don't have a clue how authentic the science is, but it all sounds plausible. And from reviews I've read from people claiming a science background, the science is valid. Right now he's making water, which is really simple once you figure out where you're going to get your H and O from. Except for the part about not blowing yourself up in the process. Normally a science fiction story with this much science detail would bore me but Weir keeps it interesting and includes a fair amount of humor. I'm inspired. I think I'll try doing the same. First I need to quit using the toilet. I have a good supply of ziplock bags, so I've got that part covered. |
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 11, 2015 16:33:15 GMT -5
Saw it today, not yesterday (saw the intern with DeNiro yesterday at wife's 'suggestion'). It was marvelous. My daughter made the most astute observation. The disco sound track amply demonstrated how deep into hell he was. It was so true to the book, (which was also awesome), but they edited a just a few of the least overwhelming disasters in deference to time constraints. I definitely give it a multiple thumbs up, and I'm sorry to have only 2 to point skyward. Any desire I had to go to the lunar Hilton has gone away. No thanks.
I could easily believe this was an historical event.
Did I mention it was awesome?
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Post by Dub on Oct 11, 2015 17:29:01 GMT -5
Fiddlerina and I saw it Friday night. We hadn't been to a movie theater in a long time and this one sounded interesting. Boy was it interesting. We may go see it again. I don't care how big your home TV screen is, you need to see this one in a theater. We can add our four thumbs to Doc’s two.
We keep wondering how they got the whole film crew plus the equipment to Mars without anyone finding out.
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Post by Chesapeake on Oct 11, 2015 17:52:30 GMT -5
I've heard that what makes this such an appealing book/movie, and to such a wide range of people, including some who aren't particularly fans of science fiction, is that it's a compelling human story. It's about the will to survive, to triumph over odds, and how people can come together to help a fellow human in peril. I'm just going on some comments I've read about it. In science fiction as well as historical fiction (so I've heard), a good story will find an audience.
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Post by epaul on Oct 11, 2015 18:37:01 GMT -5
I'll see the movie.
I am two-thirds of the way through the book and it's going pretty quick...because I am speed reading through much of it. The story is good, but three pages of hole drilling in the MDV is tedious and a new crisis every four pages is fatiguing, especially as you know that some sort of wonder box contraption that doesn't exist outside of the book will show up in the nick to time to save the day as there are still 200 pages to go so you know that even if he does eventually croak, which you strongly suspect he won't, it won't be until near the end, several dozen unsolvable but somehow solved crises later (the solution to several of his crisis reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon which shows a scientist laboring at a blackboard filled with scientific formulas with a "then a miracle occurs" inserted in the middle to make the whole thing work).
I expect the movie will improve the book by editing out a good portion of the endless detail and ordeals thus giving more emphasis to the "book saving" episodes involving mission control and his fellow astronauts. And the scenery will be great.
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 11, 2015 19:58:58 GMT -5
e, the book and the movie are in lock step. Far closer than most adaptions. I can only think of two minor crises left out by the movie. The movie was paced just right.
And the best thing of all, EveryBody in the movie was doing their damnedest to save the astronaut. Everybody.
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