8 Out of 10 Ginger Snaps
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| Number of Ginger Snaps: 8 of 10 |
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book)
Producers: Mark Huffam, Simon Kinberg, Michael Schaefer, Ridley Scott
Main Actors: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Chitwetel Ejiofor
Favorite Character
Rich Purnell (from the movie version)
Mindy Park (from the book)
Favorite Line
Rich Purnell is a steely-eyed missile man! (from the movie)
How come Aquaman can control whales? They're mammals! Makes no sense. (from the book)
This is one of the few movies I've seen where I read the book first, then saw the film. It was an extremely good portrayal of the book. It did leave out a lot, but that is to be expected. What they did include was well done and spot on.
I do wish they had done more with the Mindy Park and Rich Purnell characters. They were a bit more developed in the book. The actors portrayed them well, but I would have liked them to have had more screen time. Oh well, there are only so many things you can do in 2 hours.
The acting was very good. I wasn't sure how Matt Damon would do - I mean, I know he's a good actor, but you know how reading the book before seeing the movie kinda sets you into your own version of the characters. Matt portrayed Watney very closely to how I imagined Watney would be.
If you read everything up to now, you probably figured I am going to recommend the movie - you're right. It has earned a Ginger Snap "see this film" rating.
Oh - and I want to go to Hermes so I can float around and slide into other sections of the station. Just saying...
