I wasn’t all that invested in the book, which I read when it was first released, so I didn’t go into this movie with many expectations. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the movie, although it did have some flaws in the execution.
Overall, this was a better film than I was expecting! I think it played out a lot better on screen than it did on paper, perhaps because I just didn’t connect with Carey’s writing all that well.
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I couldn’t remember all that much about the book before watching this movie, but as I was watching bits and pieces started coming back to me. I didn’t have high hopes but I actually really enjoyed it. I even cried!
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I came out of the cinema a little bit stunned, to be honest. Throughout the entire movie I thought I was going to pass out, and by the end I was kind of floating around like a ghost. I didn’t think this movie was going to top part one, which is my favourite of the four, and I was right. But only just.
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The Martian has probably been my favourite read of the year so far. Yes, even over Queen of Shadows. It’s that good. So when I saw the trailer for the movie I analysed the fuck out of it. I was sceptical, to say the least. I wasn’t entirely sure Matt Damon was the right choice for Mark Watney – aka my future husband – and I didn’t know if the writers and director would get the humour. Plus, the trailer implied that Mark was married with children. Bro. But – and it’s a big but – I LOVED IT. FIVE STARS. MARK WATNEY 4 PRESIDENT.
I came out of the cinema crying. I had to go and sit in the bathroom and pull myself together, because I just loved the entire thing so, so much. Matt Damon was awesome. The humour was awesome. The supporting characters were awesome. EVERYTHING WAS AWESOME.
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Ashfall is a story set during the apocalypse, which is unusual to say the least. Usually in YA, the apocalypse has already happened and the characters are trying to survive in a society that has already broken down. In Ashfall, however, the supervolcano over at Yellowstone (an actual thing, by the way) erupts at the beginning and our main character’s world is thrown into chaos. I loved reading about the breakdown of society as we know it and I think it would make for an incredible movie, or series of movies!…
