The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment

Name 2022-03-21 09:01:09

Feeling fooled.
Before the show, I heard that this is a story about a person trapped on Mars and then insisting on waiting for rescue. I was immediately attracted by it, so I looked forward to it. I went to see the imax version decisively last week, and the result was... . Feeling cheated.
The attractive point is that there is basically nothing new in the movie, except for Matt's optimistic and funny comparison, but that's enough? Can support the entire movie? ? The atmosphere of Mars is really speechless. I heard that the gravity of Mars is two-fifths of that of the earth. In short, it must be smaller than that of the earth, but Matt walks around on Mars, just like on the earth.
Then there is the bridge section of the China Space Administration, here to resist the curse, but still have to complain. A leader with a Hong Kong accent, and a female secretary who doesn’t know what to do, decided to lend China’s state-secret equipment to the United States. , It’s really mind-blowing. I have to admire the importance of our empire’s box office market for forcing American films to make such unreliable designs. According to this line of thinking, as long as the United States encounters disasters in the future, it must rely on China to save it. (Gravity is the same logic), my Chinese empire is really awesome.
There are still a lot of slots, so I won’t vomit one by one. I just want to say one point. It’s such an interesting point to be alone on Mars. Why does the movie spend more than half of the time on the ground, and Ignoring how the protagonist of the story is how Matt survived for so long, this is the touching place. Also, his team members learned that he still survived and risked their lives to save him. This is also one of the highlights, but the decision of his group of friends is also a bit sloppy, so that I feel These are all designed by the director. Don't these good friends know that Matt would risk their lives if they go back, but they are so calm and decided in seconds. It's really uniform heroism.
Looking back at the same types of movies like "Legend of a Deserted Island", "Survival in the Wilderness" and "Life of Pie", I once again felt cheated. Don't blame others, but blame yourself for thinking about this movie too well.
I really can't understand what this film is about? People have to rely on teasing to survive? Just like Matt's speech at the university at the end, I'm sorry I can't understand the spirit.
Oh, again, it is said that the original novel is very beautiful, but I have not read it, so I only comment on the movie I saw, and it has nothing to do with the original novel.

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The Martian quotes

  • [first lines]

    Melissa Lewis: All right team, stay in sight of each other. Let's make NASA proud today.

    Rick Martinez: How's it looking over there, Watney?

    Mark Watney: Well, you will be happy to hear that in Grid Section 14-28, the particles were predominately coarse but in 29, they're much finer and they should be ideal for chem analysis.

    Rick Martinez: Oh, wow. Did everybody hear that? Mark just discovered dirt.

    [laughs]

    Rick Martinez: Should we alert the media?

  • Bruce Ng: Mars' atmosphere is so thin, by the time the ship's going fast enough for air resistance to matter, it'll be high enough that there's practically no air.

    Vincent Kapoor: You want to send him into space under a tarp?

    Bruce Ng: Yes... Can I go on?

    Vincent Kapoor: [frustrated look] NO.