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My son recommended the book, and then took me to see the movie (3D, with reclining sofa seats!)
As always the book is much better than the movie. A movie made it look easy to survive alone on Mars for over a year. The book was pretty exciting, capturing all the hurdles he went over using science, and the amusing personality of Mark Watney.
I read a review that said something like: don’t ever get stranded on Mars, and if you do, you better be really smart.
The book, though not based on true events or anything, made me appreciate how smart astronauts have to be.
October 18th, 2015 at 4:48 pm
Most of the articles praised the movie but also commented on how different ethnicities could have been casted for the various roles.