For the Oscars movie, this week I watched The Martian. Overall,
I really liked the movie a lot, especially the writing for Matt Damon’s
character which was really brilliant and sharp. The camera work for the movie was
great, space movies always have a huge potential for great establishing shots
and the martian is no exception. The best shots were when he wakes up after the
crew leaves, while he’s being rescued by the crew, and when he returns home.
As for the
scientific accuracy of the movie, everything for the most part has been
projected to be sound except for the scene that sets up the plot of the movie,
where a strong storm nearly kills Matt Damon and forces the crew to leave. In
reality, the strongest winds ever recorded on mars are roughly the same as a
medium breeze on earth, definitely nothing strong enough to rip apart a
research station or tip over a rocket.
A favorite
recurring theme of mine was how much worse the situation gets for Matt Damon
but how he continues to pull through. He gets stranded alone on mars? Ok, he’ll
just use the resources available to him to ration potatoes and create a supply
of food. Almost all of his stock gets destroyed in an accident? He just buckle
down and rations further, and communicates with mission control how dire his
situation is.
Overall, I thought
the movie was really charming. Do I think it will win an Oscar? I doubt it. I
think Star Wars has visual effects on lock and despite the serene red landscape
of mars looks really impressive, the haunting mountains of the north in The
Revenant are more appealing.
I’d rate this movie 8 and 3/4 Jason Bournes out of 10 Jason Bournes.
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