The Martian. Have you guys seen it?

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If so, what did you think? I thought it was a good movie. There were some funny moments in it.
 
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If so, what did you think? I thought it was a good movie. There were some funny moments in it.
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Yes, I’ve seen it and I liked it. The book and film were recommended by some geeky websites I enjoy such as XKCD. I read the book shortly before the movie came out and was thrilled, and the movie ended up being really good too, though as usual the book is better.
 
I enjoyed it. It’s not exactly breaking new ground but it’s done very well.
 
Saw it with my sis Friday eve. Thought it was done very well. A couple science gaffs, but in all, great movie. May go back and see it in 3D.

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Stephie
 
Won’t be released here until October 21st. :banghead:

Might go across the border in a few days to see it in 3D. The film’s been out in Belgium since last Wednesday. 👍
 
Just finished the book & enjoyed it, I suspect a lot of folks will find it boring, Apollo 13 fans will probably love it.
 
We loved it.

After my DD saw it, on the way out she heard one person tell another that it was based on a true story.
 
Saw the movie. Have not yet done the book. Enjoyed it much. Only had to suspend my disbelief a couple of times.

But mostly: I have enjoyed the meme on Facebook:
From *Saving Private Ryan *to *Interstellar *to The Martian:
How Many Millions of Dollars Have Americans Spent Retrieving Matt Damon?
:rotfl:

tee
 
Anti-religious (specifically anti-Christian) propaganda. He destroys a crucifix in the first ten minutes of the movie, and all the characters - including NASA staff - drop a variety of F-bombs. Very surprised nobody on CAF has mentioned this. Should have been rated “R.”

And, no, this isn’t a true story.
 
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Anti-religious (specifically anti-Christian) propaganda. He destroys a crucifix in the first ten minutes of the movie, and all the characters - including NASA staff - drop a variety of F-bombs. Very surprised nobody on CAF has mentioned this. Should have been rated “R.”

And, no, this isn’t a true story.
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Are you joking or something?

I like how he reacts to disco. “No, I will not turn the beat around!” Lol.
 
randomuser said:
Anti-religious (specifically anti-Christian) propaganda. He destroys a crucifix in the first ten minutes of the movie, and all the characters - including NASA staff - drop a variety of F-bombs. Very surprised nobody on CAF has mentioned this. Should have been rated “R.”

And, no, this isn’t a true story.
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What nonsense. In actual fact, one of my favorite things about The Martian (especially the book, but also the movie) is that I detect not a whiff of obnoxious, materialist/physicalist/naturalist anti-religious propaganda about it, even though it seems like exactly the sort of project that might be beholden to such nonsense.

What I mean is that The Martian is a very pro-science book, the hardest work of science fiction I’ve ever read. It is a celebration of the scientific method, knowledge of science, problem solving using science, the space program, and so forth. I might have expected such a book to fall into typical ill-informed sneering at religious people, implying that science is the antidote to religious “superstition,” insulting other branches of knowledge like metaphysics and natural theology, and so forth. But as far as I could tell, Andy Weir (the author) never pulls any such thing.

There are several religious characters in the book, all of whom are treated respectfully. It is stated in the book (and implied in the movie) that Martinez is a practicing Catholic. Yet not only is he not ridiculed for that, he is not even portrayed as stuffy or somber: he is well-informed, clever, sarcastic, and even makes off-color jokes. Watney burns Martinez’s crucifix because it is the only thing he has that will actually burn (NASA doesn’t want expensive materials they’re sending to Mars to be flammable). There is nothing in that scene in the book or the movie that is particularly disrespectful. I certainly think Jesus would understand under the circumstances, don’t you? Vankaat/Vincent Kapoor is also a theist and a religious man, as stated in both the book and movie, and he is certainly a character we’re supposed to like.

Weir’s celebration of science is pure and properly modest. He genuinely loves science for its real advantages: its predictive power, amazing precision, and technological applications. But he does not at any point imply that science is exhaustive of human knowledge, or that respect for it demands atheism or materialism, or anything of that kind.

As for the use of the f-word, I have nothing to say on such a banal topic. I suspect I would drop several f-bombs if I were stranded alone on Mars too. And “this isn’t a true story”? Were you under the impression that someone here thought we had actually put six people on Mars?
 
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What nonsense. In actual fact, one of my favorite things about The Martian (especially the book, but also the movie) is that I detect not a whiff of obnoxious, materialist/physicalist/naturalist anti-religious propaganda about it, even though it seems like exactly the sort of project that might be beholden to such nonsense.

What I mean is that The Martian is a very pro-science book, the hardest work of science fiction I’ve ever read. It is a celebration of the scientific method, knowledge of science, problem solving using science, the space program, and so forth. I might have expected such a book to fall into typical ill-informed sneering at religious people, implying that science is the antidote to religious “superstition,” insulting other branches of knowledge like metaphysics and natural theology, and so forth. But as far as I could tell, Andy Weir (the author) never pulls any such thing.

There are several religious characters in the book, all of whom are treated respectfully. It is stated in the book (and implied in the movie) that Martinez is a practicing Catholic. Yet not only is he not ridiculed for that, he is not even portrayed as stuffy or somber: he is well-informed, clever, sarcastic, and even makes off-color jokes. Watney burns Martinez’s crucifix because it is the only thing he has that will actually burn (NASA doesn’t want expensive materials they’re sending to Mars to be flammable). There is nothing in that scene in the book or the movie that is particularly disrespectful. I certainly think Jesus would understand under the circumstances, don’t you? Vankaat/Vincent Kapoor is also a theist and a religious man, as stated in both the book and movie, and he is certainly a character we’re supposed to like.

Weir’s celebration of science is pure and properly modest. He genuinely loves science for its real advantages: its predictive power, amazing precision, and technological applications. But he does not at any point imply that science is exhaustive of human knowledge, or that respect for it demands atheism or materialism, or anything of that kind.

As for the use of the f-word, I have nothing to say on such a banal topic. I suspect I would drop several f-bombs if I were stranded alone on Mars too. And “this isn’t a true story”? Were you under the impression that someone here thought we had actually put six people on Mars?
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I mostly appreciate this comment, but I agree with the other poster that the use of the f-bomb, especially that often, was unnecessary and a mistake. It could have been humorously censored in a lampshaded manner, as they humorously censored his message after he learned that his crew hadn’t been told.

Also, I didn’t notice any of Martinez’ off-color jokes, but on the assumption that they are there I do not think it is a strong point that they painted the strong Catholic in the book as a man who uses such jokes. It is good that they made him likable, but that’s not a good way to do that.

I think the film used the crucifix scene to good effect when they had Mark look at Jesus and say “I suppose you’ll be okay with this, given my circumstances,” or something to that effect. In the book, if I remember correctly, he says something similar (speaking directly to Jesus about how his circumstances justify cutting pieces off a cross) but mentions that he is an agnostic. I thought the version of that comment in the film was superior. Both times, the thought that came to my mind was, “Jesus saves,” because he literally needed the wood of the Cross for survival.
 
I have no idea what Weir’s religious beliefs are, if any, but the fact that the symbol of Christ’s Salvation is the only thing that was able to save the hero came across as a subtle thumbs-up to Christianity, to me.
 
While F-bombing may be inappropriate and sinful as obscenity, I didn’t notice anyone using profanity (i.e., g-ding), although I could be wrong.
 
DlandFan06 said:
If so, what did you think? I thought it was a good movie. There were some funny moments in it.
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I plan on watching it some time soon, as i love space movies like that(Huge fan of interstellar) and plus I have read good reviews on it.
 
tee_eff_em said:
Saw the movie. Have not yet done the book. Enjoyed it much. Only had to suspend my disbelief a couple of times.

But mostly: I have enjoyed the meme on Facebook:
From *Saving Private Ryan *to *Interstellar *to The Martian:
How Many Millions of Dollars Have Americans Spent Retrieving Matt Damon?
:rotfl:

tee
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Glad some one else saw that too haha,
 
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