The book was a comedy as well. Tons of great dry jokes. The two are not mutually exclusive.
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There's a chasm between being funny and being a comedy. Comedy is a genre, and I'd argue doesn't strictly even need to be very funny, if at all.
Yeah the old timey definition of a comedy is a story that starts sad but gets better, while a drama is the opposite
I thought one ended in a marriage and the other a death.
Or the Shakespearian definition:
Comedies end in a wedding.
Tragedies end in a funeral.
Just shove it in sci-fi/fantasy, easy
This confirms my belief that studios don't have a sense of humor and couldn't spot a joke if it bit them in the nuts.
How did no one realise this? Like half the movie at least is black humour
[Insert standard explanation about the worldwide decline in media literacy here]
100% of the movie is about being stranded a la castaway. Does turning your volleyball into a friend make that a comedy or is it sad?
Depends how it's directed, acted and edited
I find it hilarious to watch tom hanks suffer
Bruce Campbell too! There used to be film festivals here called "Bruce Abuse!"
"Mark Watney: Space Pirate"
The reasoning he went through on that was hilarious. It's definitely something that a person stuck on Mars would think about.
Like Iron Man!
It’s a farce: “a light dramatic composition marked by broadly satirical comedy and improbable plot”. It’s played straight. The stakes are serious. It should be a tragedy. But then there’s a literal turning point when they turn around to rescue Watney, and it’s ridiculous.
The book makes it make a lot more sense. He actually reasons through what he is doing, and why. The line "I'm going g to science the shit out of it" is practically the mantra, and demonstrated again and again.
The film basically takes this and strips out all the 'boring science' stuff. What's left, while still a good film, is a shadow of the source material.
I’m hopeful they’ll do Project Hail Mary justice.
Maybe it was behind-the-scenes commentary? I recall that one of the goals from the author was that they keep the "positive" outlook. Like, there are plenty of stories of people losing their minds after being stranded.
This would be different.
This is my favorite book and favorite movie. So I really must wonder, did they read the script? Mark literally makes dirty ASCII art that is broadcast across the earth.
Have you read "Project Hail Marry"? His' 3rd book I think it's better than The Martian.
Aren't they turning that into a movie at the moment too?
Yes it should be coming out in 2026.
Will have to re-watch. I don't remember much because I'm old.
Screw watching the movie. Read the book or better listen to the audiobook its freaking awesome! I own both but end up listening to the audio version rather then reread the book.
The film is great as its own thing, but the book is excellent and Wil Wheaton’s narration is perfection.
He does a great job with ready player one as well
Huh, it had a different narrator when I listened to it. Some guy I had never heard of. He was good, though.
Did you see Matt’s disco lips? Definitely comedy.