Cast Away or The Martian?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Cast Away
metzler-bgl — 10 years ago(January 20, 2016 01:03 AM)
Which one did you like better? I think, I'd go with Cast Away, even if the Martian has the better setting. There is more emotion in Cast Away. Or just read Robinson Crusoe!
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brucenadler — 9 years ago(July 29, 2016 02:12 AM)
Cast Away is one of the most moving and meaningful movies I've ever seen. I saw it in 2000, when I was 16, and every couple years when I revisit it at a new stage in life, I find different things to appreciate.
The Martin was utter Hollywood pap. There's no comparison. All the stuff back on earth was gag-inducing. Matt Damon's character kept cool the whole time, he barely even had any conflict, just one brilliant solution after another, he didn't even break a sweat. And there was literally nothing to his character.
Cast Away was clearly made from a place of love and passion and is meant as a metaphor for life and the struggles/hardships of the individual. The Martin was made to sell tickets. -
AmBa2012 — 9 years ago(October 13, 2016 10:17 PM)
Although I see the simliarities, I don't think it's fair to compare.
However, for me Cast Away is definitely better. I love the Martian, but the heart and soul, the acting and of course for me Tom Hanks makes Cast Away superior. -
vlheslerx — 9 years ago(December 08, 2016 05:12 PM)
The Martian. Scary was the fact that Watley could ONLY be saved by NASA. No remote chance that a wanderer was going to sail by and find him. And there was no way he could manufacture a space shuttle to get himself back.
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