Bring Him Home

Linda and I watched "The Martian" in 3D today.  I think it's really cool that this movie premiered the week that liquid water was found on Mars in real life.  

• Happy Days!  Aw, The Fonz.  I love that my favorite show as a kid played a part in this film.
• The disco music!  Especially ABBA and "I Will Survive" (in the credits).
• Wow, those storms on Mars look really dangerous.  Like they could cut you.  
• Potatoes.  Every day.  Reminds me of my time in Poland.
• The opening scene reminded me of "Gravity".  Also the scene toward the end.  I suppose that all movies dealing with being stranded in space will remind me of that movie, and now, this one.
• I was also reminded of "Apollo 13", when NASA is trying to figure out what Mark can do with what he has available by trying it out on their model.
• "Mars will come to fear my Botany powers."
• "I'm gonna have to science the sh*t out of this."  Go, SCIENCE!
• What, no mention of Marvin the Martian?
• Matt Damon did a fantastic job, as did the rest of the cast.  
• The cinematography was gorgeous for Mars, Earth and space.  
• I think that I might have typed those same words when reacting to all of the craziness, especially regarding his crew members not knowing what was happening.
• My favorite meme these days on FB: "From Saving Private Ryan to Interstellar to The Martian, America has spent a ridiculous amount of money to retrieve Matt Damon."
• Love the "The Lord of the Rings" reference.
• "I'm the Director of NASA."
• I cried 3 times.  OK, maybe 5.

Great movie.  I look forward to reading the book.