Movie: The Martian (Ridley Scott; Matt Damon)

[LoathedVermin72]

I haven't seen The Martian yet, but I was a bit perplexed when I saw the trailers by the very thing VG is saying: it looked very flat and uninteresting visually. I mean, this is Ridley Scott - the guy who made Alien, Blade Runner, and Legend. Hell, even his recent work like Prometheus and Exodus looked sweepingly cinematic. How could these dull images be crafted by the same eye?

If you saw it you'd understand that that cinematic sweeping blah blah you mention wouldn't ft in this film at all.

It's one guy stuck in a small base trying to survive. It hardly needs swooping overhead cameras or john Willams scoring it. Neither would work at all in this film.

Which would be obvious if you watched it.

You are describing a very narrow definition of cinematic. That's not what I meant. Relax.

[dimejinky99]

For anyone who has actually seen it, do you reckon Matt Damon still eats potatoes?

[epilogue]

I haven't seen The Martian yet, but I was a bit perplexed when I saw the trailers by the very thing VG is saying: it looked very flat and uninteresting visually. I mean, this is Ridley Scott - the guy who made Alien, Blade Runner, and Legend. Hell, even his recent work like Prometheus and Exodus looked sweepingly cinematic. How could these dull images be crafted by the same eye?

To be fair, I saw it in 3-D. Because that was the only option available to me at the time I was able to see the movie. Maybe that has something to do with it? I don't know. I guess, I'd recommend seeing it in 3-D because the visuals were really gorgeous. *shrugs*

[epilogue]

For anyone who has actually seen it, do you reckon Matt Damon still eats potatoes?

[VinylGuy]

I haven't seen The Martian yet, but I was a bit perplexed when I saw the trailers by the very thing VG is saying: it looked very flat and uninteresting visually. I mean, this is Ridley Scott - the guy who made Alien, Blade Runner, and Legend. Hell, even his recent work like Prometheus and Exodus looked sweepingly cinematic. How could these dull images be crafted by the same eye?

Exactly. The Martian looks made for tv. The frames, the scope...even the fuckin score, my god...its for tv. Its a pretty huge production for an HBO or Netflix movie.

[Mecca]

wat

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Really not getting this made-for-tv complaint. Sure, it's not as grand in scale as some of Ridley's other flicks; and yea, those digital "Damon talks to the camera" scenes are intentionally low-budget looking. But no way would I say the scenes on Mars look "flat." There is a sort of clinical look to it, I guess, but I think that's keeping with the practical nature of the story.

I won't pretend the Earth scenes looked even vaguely interesting, but again, not what I would call "made-for-tv."

Yeah, this is far from a perfect movie. But it is fun and I enjoyed watching it. There are a lot of issues I could take with it but the visuals, the look of the film, this "made for tv" thing is not one of them. Genuinely doesn't make sense to me. *shrugs*

[VinylGuy]

Thats just one of many issues i had with it. But is a very important one, not only because of the subject of the movie, but because its Scott directing.
But the script was bad, the acting, the music...i hated it....donald glover, kristen wiig, jeff daniels, sean bean...who directed those guys?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Thats just one of many issues i had with it. But is a very important one, not only because of the subject of the movie, but because its Scott directing.
But the script was bad, the acting, the music...i hated it....donald glover, kristen wiig, jeff daniels, sean bean...who directed those guys?

Glover and Wiig were the low points for me. Thought everything else was great.

Wiig was oddly out of her depth. Glover was fine. I didn't have an issue with either of them really, but Wiig definitely looked a bit lost. Probably because her characters was fairly unnecessary. The script didn't give her much to do and I'm guessing Scott didn't feel any need to go above and beyond directing her.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Thats just one of many issues i had with it. But is a very important one, not only because of the subject of the movie, but because its Scott directing.
But the script was bad, the acting, the music...i hated it....donald glover, kristen wiig, jeff daniels, sean bean...who directed those guys?

Glover and Wiig were the low points for me. Thought everything else was great.

Wiig was oddly out of her depth. Glover was fine. I didn't have an issue with either of them really, but Wiig definitely looked a bit lost. Probably because her characters was fairly unnecessary. The script didn't give her much to do and I'm guessing Scott didn't feel any need to go above and beyond directing her.

Kristen Wiig is a one-note actor. It's a great note -- she's really funny, and can command my empathy in a good rom-com -- but that's it. Terrible casting on that one.

Glover is always just so cute and hamboney, it always strikes me as trying too hard. I never like him.

She's far beyond one note in Welcome to Me. Same with Skeleton Twins (and I know most people hated that and her in it). She has a lot more range than directors typically giver her credit for.

Glover felt perfect for what the role asked in The Martian. And the only other thing I've seen him was GIRLS and he did a decent job in that. I have no beef with him.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[epilogue]

Thats just one of many issues i had with it. But is a very important one, not only because of the subject of the movie, but because its Scott directing.
But the script was bad, the acting, the music...i hated it....donald glover, kristen wiig, jeff daniels, sean bean...who directed those guys?

Glover and Wiig were the low points for me. Thought everything else was great.

Wiig was oddly out of her depth. Glover was fine. I didn't have an issue with either of them really, but Wiig definitely looked a bit lost. Probably because her characters was fairly unnecessary. The script didn't give her much to do and I'm guessing Scott didn't feel any need to go above and beyond directing her.

Kristen Wiig is a one-note actor. It's a great note -- she's really funny, and can command my empathy in a good rom-com -- but that's it. Terrible casting on that one.

Glover is always just so cute and hamboney, it always strikes me as trying too hard. I never like him.

She's far beyond one note in Welcome to Me. Same with Skeleton Twins (and I know most people hated that and her in it). She has a lot more range than directors typically giver her credit for.

Glover felt perfect for what the role asked in The Martian. And the only other thing I've seen him was GIRLS and he did a decent job in that. I have no beef with him.

Yea, didn't see Welcome to Me. While I didn't hate Skeleton Twins, I thought Bill Hader was the obvious highlight, and she seemed to just be playing a sadder version of her usual characters.

lol

Sure, I can see that. And yeah Hader was definitely better; far exceeded my expectations.

[VinylGuy]

Thats just one of many issues i had with it. But is a very important one, not only because of the subject of the movie, but because its Scott directing.
But the script was bad, the acting, the music...i hated it....donald glover, kristen wiig, jeff daniels, sean bean...who directed those guys?

Glover and Wiig were the low points for me. Thought everything else was great.

Wiig was oddly out of her depth. Glover was fine. I didn't have an issue with either of them really, but Wiig definitely looked a bit lost. Probably because her characters was fairly unnecessary. The script didn't give her much to do and I'm guessing Scott didn't feel any need to go above and beyond directing her.

Kristen Wiig is a one-note actor. It's a great note -- she's really funny, and can command my empathy in a good rom-com -- but that's it. Terrible casting on that one.

Glover is always just so cute and hamboney, it always strikes me as trying too hard. I never like him.

She's far beyond one note in Welcome to Me. Same with Skeleton Twins (and I know most people hated that and her in it). She has a lot more range than directors typically giver her credit for.

Glover felt perfect for what the role asked in The Martian. And the only other thing I've seen him was GIRLS and he did a decent job in that. I have no beef with him.

Yea, didn't see Welcome to Me. While I didn't hate Skeleton Twins, I thought Bill Hader was the obvious highlight, and she seemed to just be playing a sadder version of her usual characters.

lol

Sure, I can see that. And yeah Hader was definitely better; far exceeded my expectations.

Man, those expectations were low...

[epilogue]

You're goddamn right they were low. Hader is the worst. And he did way better than anyone ever had any right to expect.

[VinylGuy]

You're goddamn right they were low. Hader is the worst. And he did way better than anyone ever had any right to expect.

Joey, i want Girls to come back.

[epilogue]

You're goddamn right they were low. Hader is the worst. And he did way better than anyone ever had any right to expect.

Joey, i want Girls to come back.

SOOOOOO BAD

[Mecca]

Hader is amazing, Wiig is great in Bridesmaids but her best movie was Macgruber