The Martian Movie Blurb by Shale October 2, 2015 This was my must-see movie of the week. I like good Sci-fi showing realistic possibilities based on the science facts that we know. Also, I am in love with Matt Damon - love him as a boy in "Good Will Hunting" and as a young man, Jason Bourne and still love him now as astronaut botanist Mark Watney The movie shows a calm, reddish Mars landscape where the crew is out taking samples and working. A storm is approaching and the reports come in from satellite monitoring that it is faster and stronger than expected. Crew Watching Storm Approach The order is given to evacuate the planet and head home on the large Ares ship in orbit. As they are all running to the launch vehicle, Mark is hit by flying debris and blown away. Presumed dead the rest of the crew evacuate to the Ares and head home. However, Mark revives, staggers to the habitat, removes part of a communication antenna that had pierced his abdomen and realizes his plight. Still Alive He figures how many months he can last with the rations left behind in the habitat and it comes up short with the next planned mission years away. Even one trip between the planets can take years because it is millions of miles. So mark, looking at all his outcomes, says on his video log, "I'm going to have to science the shit out of this." Planning for Survival And, he does just that overcoming each obstacle with scientific knowledge applied to the problem at hand. Being a botanist, he builds an enclosure, drags in Martian barren soil, builds it with the crap from the latrines, makes water out of burning hydrogen and cuts up some fresh potatoes to grow. (Actually, if anyone had eaten fresh tomatoes, those would have grown out of the latrine droppings as well). There are setbacks and hazards, as Mark keeps coming up with practical solutions to each one. Growing Potatoes on Mars From early in the movie NASA discovers from satellite images of marks movements that he is alive and eventually, using old discarded equipment from earlier missions, communication is established with Earth. Which lets us see the problem solving at the Jet Propulsion Lab - pretty much like in the 1995 movie "Apollo 13." We also get to see the politics of public relations and ensuring future missions by the decisions of the NASA administration. I really liked this movie (disclosed my bias already). The aggregate critics on Rotten Tomatoes liked it as well giving it a 94% Fresh and 93% or audiences liked it. Critics Consensus: Smart, thrilling, and surprisingly funny, The Martian offers a faithful adaptation of the bestselling (Andy Weir 2011) book that brings out the best in leading man Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott. This movie also was very scientifically accurate, with some license for dramatic effect. NASA was consulted and gave input on actual space travel to Mars and the conditions that would have to be overcome there. Anyone into good sci-fi should see this movie.
Sounds too Similar to Mission to Mars Something bad happens, rest of the crew are wiped out, Don Cheadle survives, everyone assumes he's dead, survives by growing sprouts which are magically enough to produce enough oxygen, 6 months later earth gets a message from him
And as for the 'science' of it The effect of radiation and gravity on the human body past 6 months... They are really going to have to come up with artificial gravity and a way to mimic magnetic poles even localised for a mission to be possible Nasa say there will be a manned mission by whenever, but thats just about keeping things exciting for whenever budgets are due They know if they send anyone now, too high a risk they wont survive, even if everything goes to plan. I dont think it will happen in our lifetime
That movie just makes me angry . The actors are portraying robots /!!! and who will ever be able to explain this ?
From Wikipedia [SIZE=12pt]Scientific accuracy[/SIZE] [SIZE=12pt]When Andy Weir wrote the novel The Martian, he strove to present the science correctly and used reader feedback to get it right. When Ridley Scott began directing the film, he also sought to make it realistic and received help from James L. Green, the Director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA. Green put together teams to answer scientific questions that Scott asked. Green said, "'The Martian' is reasonably realistic," though he said the film's hazardous dust storm would in reality have weak force. Green also found the NASA buildings in the film to be more stylish than the functional ones in reality. [/SIZE] [SIZE=12pt]The process used by the character Watney to produce water was accurate and is being used by NASA for a planned Martian rover. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator was also appropriately used for heat. Discoveries after the novel's publication revealed an inaccuracy. On Mars, dust storms may reach wind speeds of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h), but atmospheric pressure was determined to be too low for wind to cause significant damage. When his rations begin to run low, Watney builds an improvised garden using Martian soil and his own feces as a fertilizer. "We could probably grow [/SIZE][SIZE=12pt]something on Mars," says Dr. Michael Shara, curator, Department of Astrophysics, Division of Physical Sciences at the American Museum of Natural History. In a particular scene, the glass face shield on Watney's helmet cracks, leaving him to quickly patch it with tape before he suffocates. Shara says this is possible, "As long as the pressure on the inside is around 30 percent, you could hold it together before your eyes blow out or you had an embolism." [/SIZE] [SIZE=12pt]While Martian gravity is less than 40% of Earth's, director Ridley Scott chose not to depict the gravitational difference, finding the effort less worthwhile to put on screen than zero gravity. Scott said the heavy spacesuits would weigh the main character enough to make up for not showing the partial gravity. The climate on Mars is also much colder than depicted in the film. The average temperature is -80 °F (-62 °C), and it's cold enough on Mars to snow carbon dioxide at the poles in winter.[/SIZE]
Terra-form a lifeless dead planet one turd at a time . Bring dung beetles and soil-microbes . Or , as this movie implies , forget that and send forth thy self-repairing robots .
It's a good adaption of the book which I saw come to stores like a year or two ago, which is sweet. Out of all the sci fi movies, the martian felt like it was just a little too out there to ever be go down as a classic. But I enjoyed it none the less. Just the whole premise of going back for one guy on a planet is out of the question. I think if that happened in real life, people would keep the billions of dollars rather than one person.
Finally only just saw this movie Was a lot better than I thought it would be, despite plot holes you could drive a truck through and half of it was Matt Damon DayMaaaaan talking to himself And wow, especially in this movie Chastain is the poster girl for gender confusion But 2 and 1/4 hours, I was glued
I too recently saw The Martian and found it entertaining. My only criticism was making Matt Damon (Mark Watney) out to be a combination of MacGyver/ Bear Grylls/ and Robinson Crusoe all rolled up into one. I know our astronauts are extremely intelligent and are trained to multi-task but it did seem a bit much. Hotwater
I saw this with my girlfriend on our first date back in October. I personally thought it sucked, but that's just my opinion.
Probably the worst sci-fi movie I've ever seen. Full of bad acting, inacurate science, and fratboy humor.
The Martian is a great movie and I loved it. A nice mix of comedy, drama, suspense, action and everything you can want from a movie. I probably still watch this movie once a week.
