In the trailer, there is a clip of Watney touching the screen with a pair of mother and son... At that time, I was discussing with the editor whether the original work was changed so that he had a wife and children. I guessed at the time that the editing method was adopted. , I cut the clip of another astronaut talking with his family to Watney's side... My estimate was correct (this is not a spoiler).
In addition, there is a trailer in which Rich tells several NASA big guys about his Hermes maneuver plan, which is also cut directly from the feature film. You can go and see it, which is especially fun. The actor Richie is second only to Watney in the whole movie. My favorite is more amusing than Watney. The image of the fanatical but somewhat obscure engineer in the original book is very active, and it is also rare in the movie. Some characters are designed to expand the character of the original characters. Another character that surprised me was a head of Chinese surname Wu of JPL. This person is a bit harder in the original book. He was forced to accelerate the spacecraft construction by the bosses of all walks of life. He was a bit serious, but in the movie. But he was an innocent, flexible fat man who worked overtime to hold remote meetings in his pajamas. His trembling baggage is also good.
The movie, like the original, has three lines: Watney alone, NASA (and later the Chinese Aerospace Administration), and the united Hermes crew. Because the book has enough space, the author can use various POVs to spread the communication and collisions between different people. The film also tries to restore this, but after all, the time is too short (the New Zealand version is 141 minutes, but it still feels short. Is there any), so it feels that the characterization is weak, especially for the Hermes astronauts. Except for the commander, if the others can have more background and personality, it would be better (the screenwriter is too Are you lazy...?).
Finally, I have to say that Matt Damon’s acting skills support the skeleton of this movie, because Watney in the original book is very funny, very optimistic, and very confident, but the most important thing is not Superman, but very mortal. At this point, it’s not good for the engineer to perform too much or too constrained, but Ma’s classmate’s performance, I think, happens to show the spirit of the original book eight to nine points. The most important thing is that I didn’t go in a sensational direction. As an audience from beginning to end, I didn’t feel sorry for him (but as a translator, I read the book four or five times, and I am familiar with every detail. Is he pitiful because I know him too well).
The above said that the screenwriter is lazy is actually a joke. Compared with the original work, the connection between the events on Mars and the engineers who worked hard at NASA to help, these pens and inks are basically taken in a stroke in the book, or were scolded by Watney. I have brought it, but there are many shots in the movie that are interspersed with contrasts. These look very cool and exciting. They have the demeanor of "Apollo XIII" (remember that the alternate astronauts on the ground are in the simulator. Are those shots inside?).
In fact, when I was writing these, I wanted to read it again.
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