Matt Damon is known for many things.
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Even if this does mean stirring human faeces in order to make fertiliser.
Comparatively, the film version of “The Martian” is a wonderful adaptation of the novel.
Overall, “The Martian” is a very good movie, according to The Guardian.
“The Martian” blasted off with a massive $55 million this weekend, almost surpassing another space-based adventure, “Gravity”, as the highest-grossing October debut in history.
The gay-rights drama “Freeheld”, starring Julianne Moore and Ellen Page, opened in limited release with a $40,000-per-screen average in New York and Los Angeles. The film nearly seems like an outline for the future of space travel, depicting the type of mission that, if it ever becomes feasible, should be commissioned to take us to Mars. It was then Watney was faced with a critical question, does he give up or does he fight to survive.
Turns out, he managed to courageous the storm, and is very much alive. He only got a good month of ration to live and the next Mars mission is not due for another four years. With a tagline like “Help is only 140 million miles away”, you know that it’ll provide you with all of the cosmic, survivalist excitement of “Gravity“, with a little less gut-wrenching terror. He cultivates a potato garden and converts his battery-powered rover vehicle to nuclear-powered. For starters, in the real world, we aren’t in the position to send a team of astronauts to Mars at the moment (though it’s looking like NASA plans to make it happen sooner rather than later)-ergo, “suspension of disbelief” is an important concept. First published for free on his own blog, Andy Weir’s 2011 book provides plenty of incident and intrigue, while also refreshingly free of the martian monsters who so often plague stories involving our planetary neighbour. It also bears a strong resemblance to another movie, 2000′s “Mission to Mars”. Scott’s use of GoPro cameras in the production of the film represents the biggest cinematic integration of GoPro cameras in a Hollywood release, unlocking creative perspectives of what life on Mars would be like and drawing the viewer closer to the story.
Castaway and Duncan Jones’s Moon are other touchstones as Damon delivers a terrifically nuanced performance, showing the strains – physically and mentally -of his isolation. To put that in perspective to other Ridley Scott films, he used 70 on Exodus and over 100 on American Gangster.
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Nasa collaborated on the film with 20th Century Fox Entertainment, providing guidance on production design and technical consultants, including Jim Green, director of planetary science, and Dave Lavery, program executive for solar system exploration.
