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Anyone else think this was mediocre

posted 8 years ago by petermecom
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I never felt like Damon was in any kind of danger. Every time there was a problem a solution was found almost immediately. Also the humour was just cringy.

[–] jeremyjj-65746 8 years ago

You didn't like Watney's sense of humour, so it'd be tough to like the movie. it was a major part of it. That's just how the main character was.

I felt the danger. do you understand how precarious staying alive on mars is

[–] McPhersonJD 8 years ago

I don't mind people not enjoying the film. I don't mind people thinking Watney's humor wasn't funny. All that stuff is subjective.

I thought spotlight missed the entire point. The press makes the news. They held the story for eight years. They held off on information and put scoops ahead of public safety. Yet they were the heroes? Seriously. They were the villains. That's why I knock it down a few points.

I've explained some issues with the Revanant.

However, I still like both films. I settle for what I can get.

If people think its' boring... fine. But stupid? Bad acting? Bad directing? Nope.

As far as movies getting nominated for awards.... which one isn't overrated. Hollywood and the press are pretty full of themselves, show me a film they don't overrate. They are in the business of PT Barnums.

[–] adamcarter-63372 8 years ago

While I do enjoy it, I do think it's highly overrated. In the second half of the movie all the tension leaves and it sort of turns into a comedy. It's just Watney romping around Mars cracking jokes.

[–] jwhale-17244 8 years ago

Heck, no! This movie was awesome!

I never felt like Damon was in any kind of danger. Every time there was a problem a solution was found almost immediately.

That was kinda the point. Here's the deal:

The story is essentially Robinson Crusoe. Mark Watney is alone and millions of miles from civilization. What do you do? Me, personally, I would throw my hands in the air and cry "Well, I'm gonna die up here." But Watney isn't just some trained monkey in a spacesuit. Driven by a will to survive, enabled by his scientific wit, and a realization that complaining won't make things better, he manages to survive about 500 days on Mars.

Good movie.

[–] bobbydallas (8620) 7 years ago

The movie towards the end (climax?) became too Hollywood and unrealistic, even for it's own premise. The whole voyage 'back' to Earth was also glossed over. I kept waiting for it to finish - like come on.. now he's poking holes in his suit?! haa haa

[–] catsidhe (1649) 7 years ago

I was also extremely underwhelmed by this movie. Didn't dislike it, but I don't know...it was missing something that made me give a s**t.

[–] Otter (24464) 7 years ago

I read a lot of these survive-alone-in-hostile-environment stories when I was a young hard-sci-fi fan, and they do tend to be a geeky mental exercise in survival techniques rather than gripping dramatic stories.

So when I say that this movie lacked on the gripping-dramatic front, well, it's a fault of the sub-genre.

[–] DarthRoger (867) 7 years ago

I liked it but felt that all the praise heaped on it was a bit much. The ending was overly dramatic. I understand that the book the movie was based on had a less dramatic, yet more believable ending.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (78004) 7 years ago

No i really enjoyed it
I love these 'peril' in space fimls (Apollo 13 is a great one and Gravity was ok too)