The Martian

[jdgregory84]

Anybody else seen it yet? It's basically Apollo 13 in 2015 but it still doesn't take away from how damned good it is. Matt Damon was excellent.... hell, everybody was except for maybe Kristen Wiig. Her character really didn't even need to be in it. She just had a couple of witty lines and that was it. Just stood around for the most part. Other than her though the movie was excellent. It is pretty long though so pee before going.

[mustang_revival]

I'm planning on taking my 10 year old Saturday.

[lowthreeohz]

3/5 at best IMO. thought the ending was terrible

[BP]

I thought it was pretty good. Some of the CGI with the storms was a little over the top but otherwise the camera work was spectacular and it's a great story. NASA was involved with the production and many of the things he did on the surface have been tested and are planned for use in future missions.

[Gasser64]

Ain't watching cause matt damon's a faggot

[diablo rojo]

It is pretty long though so pee before going.

Catheter and some duct tape. Problem solved.

[Mach1]

Just watched the trailer, looks badass

[jdgregory84]

Catheter and some duct tape. Problem solved.

Dang, you must be a botanist.

[LANTIRN]

Ain't watching cause matt damon's a faggot

So are you but we still talk to you.

[mustang_revival]

I'm planning on taking my 10 year old Saturday.

Enjoyed it. The previews for some horror flicks were a bit much for my 10yo, and they dropped a couple of f-bombs but he loved it.

[Jose]

I caught it the other night and really enjoyed it. Not over the top like other movies of the genre (Red Planet and Mission to Mars come to mind) and well acted. Seemed to be mostly technically accurate with the backing of NASA except for maybe the storm that the movie starts off with.

[LANTIRN]

I caught it the other night and really enjoyed it. Not over the top like other movies of the genre (Red Planet and Mission to Mars come to mind) and well acted. Seemed to be mostly technically accurate with the backing of NASA except for maybe the storm that the movie starts off with.

I agree. The wife and I both liked it a lot. Parts of it were fairly predictable but that didn't spoil the movie for me. I really like the large panoramic shots of mars; easily the best visual images of mars in a movie that I can remember.

[Jose]

I agree. The wife and I both liked it a lot. Parts of it were fairly predictable but that didn't spoil the movie for me. I really like the large panoramic shots of mars; easily the best visual images of mars in a movie that I can remember.

I should have added that I caught it in 3D because I didn't want to wait another hour for the next showing and I had a couple of passes from when I saw the last Hobbit movie in IMAX 3D. That showing got screwed up so I didn't have to pay extra to see The Martian (although technically I already did). Seeing it in 3D added nothing to the movie for me and it bothers me that more movies are being shown with this option and a premium has to be paid for it. I would have rather seen it in plain IMAX with upgraded sound rather than 3D.

[BP]

Seemed to be mostly technically accurate with the backing of NASA except for maybe the storm that the movie starts off with.

Yeah if the storm were possible his exit strategy wouldn't have been. Another flaw would be the affects of gravity. It's roughly 1/3 as strong on Mars as here, meaning Matt Damon would weigh less than 70 pounds on the planet.

Also the atmospheric pressure on Mars peaks at slightly less than .2 psi compared to roughly 15 psi here on Earth. You saw the movie so you can imagine how certain things he did wouldn't work in those conditions. Imagine what a car radiator hose does when hot, that's 15 psi.

[GhostTX]

I'm reading the book now and enjoying it. Want to finish the book and see the movie before it leaves theaters.