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[Movie] The Martian

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  1. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum
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    #1 Xerobull, Dec 20, 2014
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  2. Jontro

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    They should make alien movies using other planets than Mars in our solar system.
     
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  3. body slam

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    Looking forward to this one. For the first time I can say I read the book before seeing the movie.
     
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  4. RocketFan007

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    It's not an alien movie.
     
    #4 RocketFan007, Dec 20, 2014
  5. B-Bob

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    This makes sense. In reading the book, I was already thinking it was more of a screenplay than a novel. It's got the right pacing, and it's the perfect story length for a movie.
     
    #5 B-Bob, Dec 20, 2014
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    summary of the story premise?
     
    #6 val_modus, Dec 20, 2014
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    An astronaut knocked unconcious while trying to escape the planet during a wind storm is left for dead on Mars by his crew. He wakes up after the storm and is forced to improvise in an attempt to survive.
     
    #7 arkoe, Dec 20, 2014
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    One of my favorite books of the year, looking forward to watching this.
     
    #8 rezdawg, Dec 20, 2014
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    Well if anyone can get outta that kinda situation it's Jason Bourne
     
    #9 percicles, Dec 20, 2014
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    Haven't finished the book. I better finish it and then I can say that the book is bett r than the movie before the movie ever comes out.
     
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    Agreed with the OP that Chris Pratt might have been a better choice. But I guess he can't be in every movie.
     
    #11 Eric Riley, Dec 20, 2014
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    Castaway in space?
     
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    Anne Hathaway in space.
     
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    Read the book earlier this year. I remember screaming hell yea! and cheering to myself during certain parts of the book.

    Really Looking forward to this
     
    #14 Remix, Dec 20, 2014
  15. percicles

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    Chris Pratt?! I guess, if the role requires him to wisecrack his way back to earth.
     
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    Book was awesome.
     
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    Very excited about the flick. B-Bob is right. The novel almost reads like a screenplay. Very visual, and very, very exciting. Damon should be good in the role, although I wouldn't have minded seeing someone a little younger. Someone like Chris Pine would have been nice. Weird, now that I think about it, to be calling Matt Damon "old" for a role. :)-
     
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  18. Eric Riley

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    Pretty much. The character cracks jokes throughout the novel, if I remember correctly.
     
    #18 Eric Riley, Dec 20, 2014
  19. bobrek

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    Matt Damon was who I pictured as being the star before I even knew a movie was being made.
     
    #19 bobrek, Dec 20, 2014
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    He'll be excellent, but I really wish I hadn't seen Elysium recently. Lord, that was a awful flick, in my humble opinion. Not Matt's fault, of course.
     
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