The Martian : Anyone else think this was mediocre

Anyone else think this was mediocre

I never felt like Damon was in any kind of danger. Every time there was a problem a solution was found almost immediately. Also the humour was just cringy.

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All of it was Cringy. 4. Other than special effects being pretty good, this was just another Armageddon ridiculous joke of a movie.

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I also think that way.
The Martian will never be a trully sci-fi movie, but a space comedy instead.
It's just a funny USA/NASA propaganda flick with nice VFX.
Over & out!!!

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At least 17,000 people think it is mediocre or worse. That is the approximate number of votes on IMDb that are "5" or lower.

Why should that surprise anyone?

Mark

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Yeah it was way overrated. The story was fine but all those cloying attempts at humor. Disgusting. It just didn't work. How much Matt Damon mugging for the camera, can a person take.

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I love this movie.

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A real snoozefest, with absolutely nothing to say about anything. And SO predictable! With about 6000 plot holes you could drive a freight train through.

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Naw, this movie was an awesome testament to the power of humanity and instinct to survive.

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Damon's character was one smart dude. That's the point. Perhaps you should apply to be an astronaut.

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Movie was just ok. Matt damon was just to annoying trying to be funny..I think he took the disco music joke way too far, as well as dipping a potato in crushed vicodin was that him trying to be cool or funny? Overall I like to watch it when im trying to fall asleep it works every time.

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Vicodin is a fairly strong appetite suppressant. Given his rationing it would make sense to do something like that.

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lol .you should just check your inteligence first before you comment something istead of just thinking you are a smart ass that doesn't need to make any research .

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I don't think the movie is mediocre. It has great effects, cinematography, some good laughs along the way. It's a nice well-made movie. I found it though to be boring. I found that it was purely a studio-driven flick. There wasn't a vision here. It was simply the studio paying a great ensemble of actors. What I found mostly boring about it was there were so many characters yet none of them had some kind of relationship with Matt Damon. So when the movie cuts back and forth to him back to everyone else, you don't feel anything. Plus you forget about the crew returning to Earth because they disappear. I don't think if it were for the type of actors, filmmakers and producers at the helm this would have been an easy wash-up sci-fi flick. But the pedigree that was attached to it helped the publicity in giving this film the award recognition and praise it needed for it to be the defaulted success it was made to be. Ridley Scott has made some great films like American Gangster and Gladiator. But The Martian for me was an example of studio-driven movie that would never take a risk, but people will love it because we have some great actors and the best filmmakers on board to make it look good.

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I found that it was purely a studio-driven flick. There wasn't a vision here. It was simply the studio paying a great ensemble of actors. What I found mostly boring about it was there were so many characters yet none of them had some kind of relationship with Matt Damon. So when the movie cuts back and forth to him back to everyone else, you don't feel anything. Plus you forget about the crew returning to Earth because they disappear. I don't think if it were for the type of actors, filmmakers and producers at the helm this would have been an easy wash-up sci-fi flick. But the pedigree that was attached to it helped the publicity in giving this film the award recognition and praise it needed for it to be the defaulted success it was made to be.

I still can't believe how many people don't know that The Martian is based upon an International Best Selling novel by Andy Weir. The worldwide appeal of the film (it grossed $228 million Domestic and $400 million Overseas) was primarily based upon the fact that many people had read the novel before the film was released or even in production.


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does it matter that this was based on a novel ? JUST WATCH THE MOVIE AND DONE ..jesus ..those nerds are sometimes annoying

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The script was mediocre -- as I predicted -- and everything else was good.

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what was predictable ? the fact they would bring watney back to earth ???? DUHHHHHH everybody was especting that ....the rest of the plot was not ..

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The mediocrity.

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Not mediocre just preposterous! So it is circa 2015 and the USA already has landed on Mars and a ship is on its way back to earth? This is asking too much as a "given". Had it been set circa 2050 it might have worked as a film.
Everyone in the returning capsule seems so blase about another 400 days in space tacked on to a very dangerous plan. No big deal- what could possibly go wrong? My wife and I couldn't finish it it became so lame- the banter was annoying. Well, it made money and Ridley Scott got to pull off his same stuff he got away with in PROMETHEUS.

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Yeah, I rated it a 7, more out of respect for certain scientific aspects of the movie than anything else.

It's getting harder and harder to like a lot of the characters in these types of films. Either they don't add anything to the story (writing about you, Kristen Wiig), they are pompously stuffy and unlikeable (Jeff Daniels) or they are sentimentally silly (Jessica "I left him there" Chastain).

The good science parts aside, how he got rescued in the movie (versus the book) was ludicrous melodrama and not scientific [see "I'll tear my spacesuit and just 'jet' to them"].

It had a few good parts, a nice hat-tip to science in scenes, yet overall it was a middling movie.

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my god .you guys probably don't understand humans don't you ? GOOD LORD ...WHATS THE PROBLEMS OF JEFF DANIELS BEING SENTIMENTAL ? they are playing humans ! you guys are just weird ,,tryng to rationalize emotions ..every time is this ..rationalizing emotions ..as if like emotions are forbidden now and despicable .. for a sociopath maybe ...so check your mind

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Some say the date of the story's event was 2035. If so then what were 2015 Range Rovers doing on the streets? Ludicrous.
But I was also annoyed at PROMETHEUS (refused to see AVATAR). Where were the women in that engineer's group? Where were any female engineers? Oh, so cloning was big it was all guys from that point on. No wonder they were so bored they spent all their time tinkering with bioweapon experiments.

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They took out a lot from the book. He had many more problems in the book. So you're right in that he didn't seem to have it too hard. He had an easier time in the movie.

But the point of the story is about problem solving and the human spirit for survival.

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First of all, this is how it works in RL. We don't send mentally weak astronauts. So Damon is playing a mentally strong and intelligent character. Of course he is trying to find a solution as quick as he can. And the humour may be cringy for you, but this is what you laugh about with your friends also in RL. The Comedy in this movie isn't about laughing in our perspectives, but more of laughing in the perspective of the characters.

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If you think the movie was boring, that's on you. As far as being predictable, it was nominated for a Golden Globe under the Best Comedy category. So yeah, he was not going to die. It looks like some people didn't get it.

Argo was ridiculously manipulative and the suspense comically forced. I only bring that up to point out the intent of the filmmaker. This did exactly what it was suppose to do. It wasn't suppose to be anything other than what it was and what it was one of the better popcorn films in a awhile.

I'd much rather watch a popcorn film that knows it's a popcorn film than something manipulative and hoping the audience are idiots, such as The Hurt Locker and Argo. I'd much rather get a popcorn corn ending than a meaningless ending (if it can mean anything, then who cares what it means) like Birdman. Great film, great dialog, but write an ending.

Far too often movies have forsaken entertainment and think being abstract is the same as art.

I have not seen the Big Short yet, but in the last 10 years, the only best picture that was better than this film was The Departed. But that's not saying much.

A lot of people thought Star Wars was boring as well. That's on them.



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I think comedy's today are so low brow and raunchy they are not the least bit funny. But that's what comedy is, it's different for different people.

It's really hard to make popcorn films and it's really really hard to make good films... period. The golden age of the late 60s and early 70s are gone. Everything is either re-spun, so abstract that "who cares?", or political propagandist tripe.

I saw Spotlight yesterday. There was a much better movie there. The press decides what story gets out and why the scoop is more important than the information. They had the story for eight years!!!

After this election, we know that the press is corrupt. They decide how big of a story Benghazi, Fast and Furious, the probable hacking of the Clinton server, The Clinton perjury, The IRS going after conservative groups, the Clinton Foundation and on and on and on.

The press has tremendous power. But even though Spotlight glossed over the bigger issue, people still loved the movie. For what it was, it was a good film. Not great, good. I don't judge it by what it could have been.

The fact is, it's hard to make good movies. It's almost impossible to make "special movies", so when one comes along that is entertainment, I typically am happy to just be entertained.

You're probably not going to see much new.



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OHHHHH so you didn't laugh ? that means the movie is not funny for everybody right ? HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH JESUS CHRIST YOU GUYS DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW STUFF WORKS DIDN'T YOU ? man oh man ...you have no right to call this not funny ,as comedy is subjective to your personality , since this movie have a positive vibe ,I presume that you have a negative vibe or something so ,,go watch some dark humor movie .because thats more your type .

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It was wayyyy too bad to qualify as mediocre.

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In many ways this was like the Revenant.

A protagonist left for dead in an unforgiving environment, every 15 minutes escaping impossible situations, where the fight for survival will not stop until his very last breath.

Of course one had the white man as the scum of the Earth and the other had all mankind working together to bring the white man home safely.

Of course the one that treats white man as scum of the Earth is better received. What a shocker. Now that's art.

Even though both were formulaic, they were extremely well done and both really good films.

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While the Revenant had its own impossibility-moments, (think hypothermia), the Martian was absolutely filled with impossible and idiotic moments.

The Revenant was a period piece drama with quality actors and directing. The Martian was supposed to be sci-fi and had crappy writing, acting and again, the moronic departures from actual science and fact.

The Martian is absolutely horrible from start to finish.

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On the subjective level, if you think Damon and Scott are not talented artists we are on completely different planets. Your opinion is so far out there you might as well be on Mars.

And it's a movie. If you didn't enjoy it... fine. But when you insult the director and the actor, you're letting your bias show.

Just to be clear, I'm not dissing the Revenant. But how often have we seen leaves miraculously heal a critical man? How often have we seen a man slide into a river and get away from people trying to kill him? And how many times have we seen a person run his horse off a cliff and grab a tree to break his fall. Oh wait, we only see that in ridiculous action movies and cartoons.

We are also missing the scene where the remaining six or seven French men just give up chasing our hero and are killed by magic. And why would he lie when the one French man arrives in camp. Why would he tell them our hero killed them all, when in fact he only killed one.

I thought the Martian was a superior film because it didn't have nearly as many holes. I also like the plot device where people work together to solve a problem rather than all white men are scum.

But that's subjective.




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Agreed. Way too much Matt Damon. Stupid movie.

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You didn't like Watney's sense of humour, so it'd be tough to like the movie. it was a major part of it. That's just how the main character was.

I felt the danger. do you understand how precarious staying alive on mars is

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I don't mind people not enjoying the film. I don't mind people thinking Watney's humor wasn't funny. All that stuff is subjective.

I thought spotlight missed the entire point. The press makes the news. They held the story for eight years. They held off on information and put scoops ahead of public safety. Yet they were the heroes? Seriously. They were the villains. That's why I knock it down a few points.

I've explained some issues with the Revanant.

However, I still like both films. I settle for what I can get.

If people think its' boring... fine. But stupid? Bad acting? Bad directing? Nope.

As far as movies getting nominated for awards.... which one isn't overrated. Hollywood and the press are pretty full of themselves, show me a film they don't overrate. They are in the business of PT Barnums.

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While I do enjoy it, I do think it's highly overrated. In the second half of the movie all the tension leaves and it sort of turns into a comedy. It's just Watney romping around Mars cracking jokes.

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Heck, no! This movie was awesome!


I never felt like Damon was in any kind of danger. Every time there was a problem a solution was found almost immediately.


That was kinda the point. Here's the deal:

The story is essentially Robinson Crusoe. Mark Watney is alone and millions of miles from civilization. What do you do? Me, personally, I would throw my hands in the air and cry "Well, I'm gonna die up here." But Watney isn't just some trained monkey in a spacesuit. Driven by a will to survive, enabled by his scientific wit, and a realization that complaining won't make things better, he manages to survive about 500 days on Mars.

Good movie.
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