where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Thursday, October 1st, 2015
show: 8:30 p.m. 2-D advance screening
costs: $11.25 Ticket + $5.05 junior Buttered Popcorn + $4.70 one litre Dasani Water = $21.00
auditorium: 7
seat: 5th row ( counting from the front ), 9th column ( counting from the left )
synopsis/overview: During a manned Mars mission, astronaut Mark Watney ( Matt Damon ), is presumed dead and left behind when a fierce storm jeopardizes the crew's mission. Mark must overcome the red planet's seeming inhospitable environment to stay alive while awaiting a rescue mission that may or may not be successful.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) Storm warning; 2.) Suit breach detected; 3.) News coverage; 4.) Surgery; 5.) Video log; 6.) "I'm not gonna die"; 7.) Food supply; 8.) "Mars will come to fear my botany powers"; 9.) Crucifix; 10.) Explosion; 11.) Condensation; 12.) Rescue proposal; 13.) Satellite emergency; 14.) Satellite images; 15.) Disco music; 16.) "I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this"; 17.) Heating problem; 18.) Plutonium; 19.) Hot Stuff; 20.) Meeting; 21.) Potatoes; 22.) Map; 23.) Pathfinder; 24.) Yes/No; 25.) "I know where he's going"; 26.) "Hows the crew"; 27.) Video File Received; 28.) "They won't shut-up"; 29.) "Greatest botanist on the planet"; 30.) "He's the Fonz"; 31.) "That's assuming nothing goes wrong"; 32.) Malfunction; 33.) Duct tape; 34.) "Forty-seven days"; 35.) "It's not real science"; 36.) "I need more coffee"; 37.) Stretched food rations; 38.) Iris Launch; 39.) E-mail; 40.) Chinese; 41.) Eight days; 42.) Calculations correct; 43.) Astrodynamics; 44.) Flyby; 45.) "Five-hundred thirty-three days more"; 46.) Joint mission; 47.) International Waters; 48.) "I'm the first"; 49.) "Capt. Blondbeard"; 50.) Tarpaulin; 51.) Convertible; 50.) Eject; 51.) "They're on their own"; 52.) Below Target Altitude"; 53.) "Sixty-eight kilometers"; 54.) Iron Man; 55.) Bomb; 56.) "Hey, there"; 57.) Day One; and 58.) Bonus Scenes during the Ending Credits.
audience reaction: The audience liked this movie. But no one gave it a "Hands Clapper" ending.
recommendation: I liked this movie, too. Go see this movie.
spoiler alert! The day after the storm, as the camera zooms-in for a close-up of Mark's helmeted face, the cameraman's reflection could be seen on the face shield. I would think that his suit would slowly leak air once punctured. During the self-administered surgery, his hands should have been shaking as he fought with his hands' tendency to pull away from the self-affliction. Hmm ... the last time that I checked, we all exhale Carbon Dioxide. And we don't inhale pure Oxygen, either. In extreme subzero temperatures, microbes die off, including microbes in fecal matter. And since it is the microbes that are responsible for the smell of feces, feces won't have its characteristic smell in a subzero temperature Martian environment. In that breached habitat on Mars, he would need more heat to warm up that particular room because of the extreme subzero temperatures. If the rescue mission was so critical, why did the head of the planning division at JPL sit around to watch video transmissions from the stranded astronaut when he was already under pressure to finish his task a.s.a.p.? Owing to the distance between Earth and Mars, the transmissions would have long pauses in-between the transmitting and the receiving phases. Why were the Russians not involved in the rescue mission?
And according to space.com, the Martian Ares 3 habitat's location on Acidalia Planitia is actually rough and hard to traverse, contrary to how it's depicted in this movie. http://www.space.com/30400-the-martian-how-to-stay-alive-on-mars-infographic.html
fyi: My notes are incomplete because my ink pen wouldn't work every now and then. I think some popcorn grease got smeared on my notepad and caused the ink to skip every now and then. I might have to switch to using a gel pen. Because it is hard to correct such a problem in a darkened theatre auditorium!
Now, why would they let-in the movie audience on how to make a cheap bomb---Kids, don't try this at home!
Why are outer-space missions named after pagan gods? Some conspiracy theorists believe it's because there is a secret society that controls the world and which worships the Devil. Hence, space missions are so named to appease the "gods".
Sandra Bullock's GRAVITY ( 2013 ) and this movie share one thing in common: The Chinese are always there to save our sorry asses in outer space! What the heck is going on? Are we that scientifically incompetent or is Hollywood blatantly currying favor from the Chinese? This reminds me of FATAL ATTRACTION ( 1987 ). Back then, Japan had a "most favored nation trade status" with the US. So, Hollywood had a different FATAL ATTRACTION ending made especially for its Japanese market. So, now, I guess that it's China's turn to have a "most favored nation trade status" with the US!
One of my co-workers, years ago, told me that while he was away at college, he subsisted mostly on a diet of eggs, ramen noodles and lots of potatoes! I think the writer of this movie was also a potatoes-kind-of-guy back in college.
word of advice: "At some point, everything's gonna go south on you." Astronaut Mark Watney
tidbits: Aside from this movie, there were three other movies that were shown as special screenings. I couldn't possibly see all of them. So, I decided on seeing this movie.
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