Comment by 🌆 skyjake
I've read the book and thought it was entertaining. Not as grounded as The Martian; you'll need to suspend your disbelief a bit harder with this one. Still, Weir writes physics and science in an enjoyable way.
Will probably go see the movie at some point.
Mar 24 · 6 weeks ago
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❤️ fairlygood [OP] · Mar 24 at 10:41:
Mine is definitely a minority opinion, but I found the main character extremely annoying. He’s a science teacher, but has a practical knowledge of basically every scientific discipline. It felt to me like the author just wanted to write about science and wrapped a loose (very loose) plot around it.
I was quite annoyed at myself for finishing it.
The movie is genuinely good though.
Great film. I loved seeing an author try to make an alien which was actually 'alien', not someone with plastic on their face.
Interesting. I can't think of too many non-humanoid aliens in mainstream movies.
The most extreme is the Ocean in Solaris. I suppose.
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Project Hail Mary — I went to see this film at the cinema tonight - somewhat reluctantly, I might add, because I thought the book was terrible. Turns out a bad book can be made into a good film. Worth a watch if you find yourself in the mood for accessible science fiction.