Movie #12 of 2016: The Martian (2015) This was my second time watching this movie, but my first time since reading the book it was based on. (I normally like to read a book before I see its movie adaptation, but the waiting list at my library for this one was super-long, and I really …
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Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir
Book #2 of 2016: The Martian by Andy Weir This was good, but I think I like the movie more. Granted, there was some cool stuff that didn’t make it to the screen – I’m thinking particularly of the dust storm and the interruption of contact with NASA, but also having the Beck/Johanssen romance not …
Movie Review: The Martian (2015)
Movie #23 of 2015: The Martian (2015) This was so good! I really wanted to read the book first, and I still plan to get to that at some point, but I’m #10 on the library waiting list and I decided the movie was worth catching in theaters. And I’m so glad, because the visuals …
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