My Two Cents

Ginawang surprisingly uplifting ng The Martian ang isang life-or-death situation. Survival movie ito na hindi takot ang pangunahing sandata, kundi wit, science, at matinding determinasyong mabuhay. Kung nae-enjoy mong panoorin ang isang taong unti-unting naghahanap ng solusyon sa mga problemang parang imposibleng ma-solve, this movie delivers in a really satisfying way.

Highly rewatchable din siya dahil mas nakasentro ang tension sa problem-solving kaysa sa plot twists. Kaya kahit alam mo na ang mangyayari, hindi nawawala ang enjoyment sa panonood kung paano niya lulutasin ang bawat problema. Puwede kang manood ulit kahit saang bahagi ka magsimula at ma-enjoy pa rin ang proseso ng pag-figure out ng mga bagay-bagay. Nakakatulong din yung balance ng humor at realism para manatiling engaging ang movie.

“I’ve been thinking about laws on Mars. There’s an international treaty saying no country can lay claim to anything that’s not on Earth. And by another treaty, if you’re not in any country’s territory maritime law applies. So Mars is international waters.

Now, NASA is an American non-military organization. It owns the Hab. But the second I walk outside, I’m in international waters.

So here’s the cool part, I’m about to leave for the Schiaparelli Crater where I’m gonna commandeer the Ares 4 lander. Nobody explicitly gave me permission to do this and they can’t until I’m on board the Ares 4. So that means I’m gonna be taking a craft over in international waters without permission, which, by definition, makes me a pirate.

Mark Watney, Space Pirate.”