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Originally Posted by RitualChaos
In reading about a years' worth of this thread i have come to a conclusion. Everyone that defended the martian as a good movie gave points why, as in: good story, good acting, nerd humour, and not many more than that actually, but it isn't that far above par of a movie. Though, I think, definitely errs more on side of enjoyable.
Everyone that says it sucks avoids any descriptive whatsoever as to why.
Here are some of the reasons why The Martian is a bad movie:
The story and character behaviors are not believable. It's OK for works of fiction to incorporate fantastic elements, and the premises often rest on them. That said, the behavior of the characters in the universe that is created needs to make sense within the context of that setting. This is not the case for The Martian. The characters behave in an unrealistic manner (for the context of the movie) which draws the viewer out of the immersion into the story. This makes the viewer less interested. The behavior of the NASA ground personnel in particular is a good example of this.
Many of the plot elements are overly contrived for dramatic effect. It's OK to do this if you can do it in a believable manner. The Martian fails to execute on that. The scene where Captain Disco goes out into space to grab Poop Potato's hand is a great example. This is clearly a scene they wanted to have in the movie because they thought it would look cool, so they tried to figure out a way to jam it in there, and eventually came up with the ham-fisted effort we saw on the screen.
The jokes fall flat. How many times are we subjected to the same joke about Captain Disco's disco music? It wasn't even funny the first time. There were many opportunities for them to make actual funny jokes, but they just kept repeating the same one over and over again.
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