While at the Toronto global Film Festival touting “The Martian”, actor Matt Damon sat down with his hometown newspaper to talk about another subject – his favorite quarterback. It’s not the most obvious brand connection after all.
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Others were more won over by the movie as a whole as well as the lead actors, with one calling the film “suspenseful and heartrending” and calling Larson “superb”, while another critic wrote, “Larson is a revelation alongside stunning newcomer Jacob Tremblay….”
And while it’s devoted to scientific realism, the movie does exercise its fiction liberty where it should.
Mark Watney, the movie’s protagonist, is stranded on Mars after a dust storm separates him from his crew who are making their way to an escape vehicle. “And everything that Mark does is exactly what you would have to do, kind of step by step, if you were going to survive. If you took that out of it, I don’t know what it would be”, Goddard said.
Director Ridley Scott, seen here at a press conference at the Toronto worldwide Film Festival.
“She loved it. The movie is like a love letter to science”. There’s certainly a chance, as I’d say in excess of 90% of the early reviews were positive to very positive. After connecting his character once again with his friends at NASA back on Earth, “The Martian” reveals the interdependency that humans require but movies rarely acknowledge.
The Martian is set for release on September 30th, with a cast that includes Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover, Michael Pena and Chiwetel Ejiofor. According to the announcement, at least one new transmission message will be posted every day between now and the film’s release date. “My wife doesn’t really even get that either”.
“No”, he said when asked if he would be shirtless the entire movie.
A skillful combination of suspense and humor in the story of an abandoned astronaut fighting to survive on Mars is what lured actor Matt Damon and “Alien” director Ridley Scott back into space for “The Martian“, the two men said on Saturday.
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He’s so good that while Watney is hilarious and witty, Damon imbues the character with hints at the sadness and fear that must be buried deep, deep down inside. And while the movie puts a cinematic sheen on the hard science, it does a nice job of maintaining it and keeping The Martian smart.
