The Martian (2015)

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Xarpolis

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Palum_sl said:
How can you tell? I saw it in 3D as well but I can't figure out if I missed anything from the experience because it was so subtle.
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The subtlety is exactly what made the 3D in this movie great. There were no "Duck or the Spear will hit you!" scenes. Every bit of 3D in this film was for depth. It made it as though you were watching a play as opposed to a big flat picture. It was done very well, and it "fit" perfectly. Nothing stuck out as being out of place, as far as the 3D is concerned.
 
Intrinsic

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Pretty much wrote the same thing Xarpolis did but deleted it. It is exactly how I felt about it. The only thing it was there too highlight was some of the landscape shots to provide depth and some of the on screen UI of the journal recordings, just to seem a little floaty. By the end I completely forgot it was even in 3D. You can also tell because I tend to move my head and stretch my neck a lot in movies and normally it goes all blurry when you tilt b/c of the 3D. There was almost none of that throughout here.
 
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Absolutely loved it. Saw it in 3D and yeah, no distractions. No gimmicks. One of the best compliments to 3D I can give is that it wouldn't take away from the movie if it wasn't 3D. And this pulled it off. And what an amazing movie beyond that.

Not to say that there aren't things I wouldn't have done differently. If anything, I would have addedmore. It would have been a fuck-ton longer. But we can't always do that to have a successful movie. I think they balanced it just right, to be honest.
 
Tarrant

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Ended up seeing it in 3D. It added a little, not much, and as usual, not worth the extra money for it.

Movie was great. Excellent in fact. I've give it a 9/10. It never dragged, I liked how he scienced the shit out of everything and at the end I was actually leaning forward in anticipation to see if it all worked out.

Upon leaving the movie I found myself sorta grateful to Matt Damon for his repeated attention to sci fi scripts that get sent his way.
 
Adebisi

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I like how a 3d movie is considered good 3d if you don't notice the 3d.

Fuck 3d
 
khalid

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Barraco Bisi_sl said:
Fuck 3d
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Yeah, none of my friends or I ever watch a movie in 3d. I am always surprised that anyone does, the experience has never added anything to a movie.

Yet, every new movie thread, we have person after person say they watched it in 3d. I just don't get it.
 
Neki

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My work means that I tend to only catch the late night showing on the movies I go to watch. As it turns out, the 3D viewing is the only option at that time
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Abefroman

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I enjoy the depth in the imaging it adds. I really enjoyed it in The Martian because it wasn't gimmicky like oh my god an arrow is coming at me bullshit.
 
Sterling

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Yeah 3D is best when it noticeably adds depth and definition but doesn't bludgeon you with obnoxious gimmicks.
 
Alex

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I disagree. Thought it looked great for the vast Mars landscapes.
 
Sebudai

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Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Right in my wheelhouse. I'll pay to see as many movies like this as Hollywood will produce.

I listen to a shitload of podcasts and audio books at work. Is this worth listening to even if I've already seen the film?
 
Sterling

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Sebudai_sl said:
Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Right in my wheelhouse. I'll pay to see as many movies like this as Hollywood will produce.

I listen to a shitload of podcasts and audio books at work. Is this worth listening to even if I've already seen the film?
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Book was good. I read it before seeing the movie, but going the other direction should be fine.
 
Palum

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Sebudai_sl said:
Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Right in my wheelhouse. I'll pay to see as many movies like this as Hollywood will produce.

I listen to a shitload of podcasts and audio books at work. Is this worth listening to even if I've already seen the film?
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Listen to the sample on audible. I was seriously considering it but goddamn that narration is slower than molasses in deep space.
 
Abefroman

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The audiobook is fantastic and the narrator is R.C. Bray who nails it. In fact the audiobook is even funnier then the movie. IIRC it's only like 10 hours long too.
 
Genjiro

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Tarrant_sl said:
It did nothing. 10 minutes into the movie you forgot it was even a thing.
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You must have really poor peripheral vision then? It was definitely noticeable, but as Sterling said, didnt bombard your face every 20 seconds with flying debris. Some may enjoy that, I hate it and generally dislike 3d because of it, but this added a field of depth to the landscapes extending into the theatre that was subtle but nice. Definitely the best use of 3d in a movie I have seen, and its not like that extra few dollars is somehow going to break the bank for a movie experience....bring in your own soda etc, there you saved that three dollars.
 
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