#DID SEAN BEAN DIE MOVIE#

#DID SEAN BEAN DIE MOVIE#

Like the book, the movie is wonderfully uninterested in the characters outside of their predicaments we never see anyone at home or in any way off the job, but thanks to the decision to hire decent actors, the characters still make an impact as individuals.

As close as it comes is the idea that everyone is ready to make sacrifices to get this one guy home. And although the movie tries to grapple with the balance between saving one life and risking other lives to do it, the movie does not more than the book to think about the social cost of spending space programme kinds of money on one man in space rather than on thousands on earth. It’s good natured and positive about human nature, and it takes joy in the very idea of problem solving and the importance of science. And it’s got all the strengths and weaknesses of the book. All the big beats are still there, but there isn’t quite same amount of trip-hammer “and NOW what?” which the characters had to put up with in the book. If you want to know roughly what happens, go check out the post on the book the movie is tremendously faithful to the book, just cutting the number crises back a bit and simplifying some of the side action around the rescue mission proper. If you’ve read the book, this won’t be a surprise of any kind, but Neil Degrasse Tyson got set on fire on the internets for giving away this shock ending to the world. Sean Bean has to take early retirement, meaning that he comes about as close anyone does to dying. If all you’ve got to go on is the filmography, this thing is shaping up to be a blood bath. Scott’s never been to space without having to bulk order body bags. In Elysium he went into outer space, killed most of the people he met and died trying to save a kid. Now he’s stuck on his own on Mars, and the tag line for the whole movie is “Bring Him Home.” Meanwhile, this is a Ridley Scott movie, which starts with a deliberate echo of the opening frames from Alien. Matt Damon had to get rescued from being stranded in Normandy and the whole squad got itself killed doing it. Matt Damon got stranded in outer space in Interstellar, and pulled a succession of colossal dick moves to get himself rescued even if it doomed the whole human race. And standing in the centre, face up in all the posters, it’s Private Ryan his own damn self. If you haven’t read the book, the portents aren’t good for The Martian’s cast.

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