Spike ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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I can see being disappointed if you read the novel, but the only thing I knew about this going in was that my favorite book blogger (like me, not a science/space person) didn't like the book at all.
Also, I should mention I saw it in 3D (which is never my preference) but my critic friend and I both agreed it wasn't necessary.
The 3D was fun in exactly two scene, and utterly pointless everywhere else.
So, it sounds like it will be worth reading the book, even after seeing the movie, yes?
The book is one of my favorite reading experiences in recent years, so yes.
The book was pretty amazing. It gets very, very science-y in some parts, which I found interesting at first, but later I started skimming those sections.
I honestly didn't think I would like the book because my mind just couldn't figure out how you could realistically have an entire book about a man trapped on Mars. But it really works.
I also read it before I knew Matt Damon was cast as the lead, so I didn't exactly picture him in the role, but as soon as I saw the first trailer, I was like "Oh, of course he's Mark Watney!" Perfect casting!
The casting is all-around fantastic. And yes, read the book! The book is so great!
Good to know! "Read the book after the movie" is my usual MO, but usually it's because the book is better, not because it's essentially a different take on the same story.
We recently watch Mazerunner: The Scorch Trials and Insurgent. I had resisted seeing Insurgent because the trailers made it look like it went completely away from the book while the trailers for Mazerunner: The Scorch Trials didn't ping in that direction.
Boy was I wrong. Mazerunner: The Scorch Trails had K-Bug and I looking at eachother in WTF-ness at just about every scene. I'd be curious of the opinion of someone who hadn't read the Mazerunner series. The changes in Insurgent were much easier for me to handwave away as artistic license while still following the basic story.
All that to say, maybe I shouldn't try to a book before a movie comes out. Without those expectations, maybe I'd like the movies more and then appreciate the detail in the book separately.
So glad to hear that about the casting, because I read the book right after the first trailer came out, and so Matt Damon was my mental image while reading.
The white fonted decisions for the movie make a lot of sense.
OMG I NEED THIS MOVIE IN MY VISUAL CORTEX.
OK, so Roland Emmerlich had asked audiences not to pre-judge Stonewall as whitewashing the events based on the trailer. Now reports from critics seem to indicate the trailer showed the film in a better light than viewing the whole thing, which might has well have been titled Cute White Savior.