The end credits to this movie had me dancing to Disco. In public. In the theater (to be fair, in order to avoid being prosecuted for making people spork their eyeballs out, I waited until no one was seated behind me).
Although I did kind of miss the "I thought you liked Mexican!" scene. But I imagine that whole subplot was a bit much to put into a Hollwood movie. Not to mention it was already 2:20 long(!).
I agree with Howard Tayler, though: quite possibly the best SF book-to-movie ever. I can't recall a better one in my life, so far. And the best hard-SF film I can recall since 2001. Honestly, for hard-SF, I think The Martian may actually beat 2001, due to the lack of Cosmic Space Babies.
And... I'm not sure, but was there a subtle nod to the hydrazine thermodynamics error in the book? I noticed that his hydrazine decomposer was still running much, much later in the movie than (I recall) in the book.
It's been a good couple weeks for movies. Iron Giant last weekend, The Martian this past weekend. Life is good.
Although I did kind of miss the "I thought you liked Mexican!" scene. But I imagine that whole subplot was a bit much to put into a Hollwood movie. Not to mention it was already 2:20 long(!).
I agree with Howard Tayler, though: quite possibly the best SF book-to-movie ever. I can't recall a better one in my life, so far. And the best hard-SF film I can recall since 2001. Honestly, for hard-SF, I think The Martian may actually beat 2001, due to the lack of Cosmic Space Babies.
And... I'm not sure, but was there a subtle nod to the hydrazine thermodynamics error in the book? I noticed that his hydrazine decomposer was still running much, much later in the movie than (I recall) in the book.
It's been a good couple weeks for movies. Iron Giant last weekend, The Martian this past weekend. Life is good.