'The Martian' movie vs. book: How do they compare?
[2023-06-10 16:57:36]
When you convert a 370 page book into a 140 minute movie, there will certainly be a change, but overall, the "Martian" movie remains loyal to Andy Bill's novel heart and tone. What are the similarities and differences between the two?
Goodbye, the Cubs. In the movie, Mark · Watney (Matt · Damon) mentioned only the people of Chicago and named the University of Chicago his alma mater. The most unforgettable thing is that when he was alone on Mars, he said on the fifth day, "I do not know how the Cubs did it." After that, this is his direction. One of the first questions raised by NASA. Spoiler Alert: This book makes them complete the season at the bottom of NL Central
Give more power to women. This book maintains a fairly stable force balance between men and women. The movie makes it a bit better, makes the Chinese luxury space program director a woman, and makes the role of Jessica Chastain even more glorious.
It is culturally slightly curved. You must be aware that the name of the Mars Program Supervisor has been changed from Venkat Kapoor (Book) to Vincent Kapoor (Movie, Theater by Chiwetel Ejiofor).
Seriously, luck is the worst. For Watney you may think that things are stupid, but there are no disasters that exacerbates the dramatic effect, except for a little extra problem in movie climax. Indeed, there are many mistakes in this book. Sandstorms, communication problems, equipment dumping. It can be called "a series of unfortunate cosmic events".
Sneaky Mars. Because they did not add Snort in Watney to NASA, he made him more fun in the movie; he showed a lot of fashion outside the door of the book, then he said. "In order to gain a rating of PG - 13, they did a lot of cleanups for him."
There are too many disco. In books and movies, Watney did not complain too much, but he did not miss the opportunity to complain about the fact that his commander left only disco music. So you will hear a lot in the movie
The geek glows. Of course, Matt Damon is a cool guy, but his Watney is definitely a nerd like a character in a book. He talked enthusiastically about his scientific efforts and mentioned Space Pirates and Ironman. The movie director let his otaku flag blow
Please follow Andy Weir's journey. This author, the author of Martians, became a worldwide phenomenon when it was released as a Hollywood movie starring Matt Damon. Weir posted several Martians on his blog and received feedback from readers. He used feedback to edit the Martian. (Please listen to his interview on a self - publishing tour here). As a writer, publishing through a traditional publishing channel is not easy. It might be wonderful if you could go on this road. But that does not guarantee that you will have a place in top ranking, or in the minds of many readers. However, self-publishing can not reproduce such a miracle.
The movie "Martians" is based on Andyville's book of the same name, and the story is that the astronauts are fighting for survival accidentally forgotten on Mars. When seeing "Martians", what I can think is that the movie version of the main character Mark · Watney is easy. Of course, almost everything he did was done horizontally, thought, calculated, and presented him with a new challenge to open his own way. However, there are many big problems in this book. Movie - Watney has never encountered when trapped on Mars.
The Martians is a wonderful universe adventure film directed by Ridley Scott. This is due to Andy Weir's best seller. In "Martian", astronaut Mark Watney was presumed to have died after Mars's storm and was left behind by his crew. But he survived, he must find a way to inform the earth that he is still alive