Movie watching

[fings]

Watched "The Martian" with MB and yolen; technically the movie is PG-13, and MB is 10, but the rating comes from a few uses of "Fuck" and a butt shot, so really not a problem in our house.

I had seen the film in the theater, and had read the book before seeing the movie. I liked the film, but think I enjoyed it more this time around because I wasn't mentally comparing with the book. I also appreciated that it's a man-vs-nature story, so there's no real villain, just smart people trying to do what they think is best. It also made yolen think of Castaway with Tom Hanks, and that we could likely watch that with MB as well.

Comments

[kn0tme]

I haven't seen The Martian since I saw it in the theater. My feeling when I saw it in the theater was that, unlike the book, there was no feeling of drama/suspense. When you watched in the 2nd time, did you feel that more?

[fings]

(sorry for the delay in replying)

I think the amount of time that passed since I read the book helped, as I didn't recall everything right away, and my wife and son (neither of whom read the book) seemed to find it suspenseful enough.

It's not a top-10 movie for me, but I'd still put it firmly in the "watchable" category.