The desire to survive - The Martian

Following the movie Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan, The Martian is my next movie about journey in space. Of course the story this time is much simpler, not about traveling among time, or touching any difficult concept of science.

The Martian is a story about a group of astronauts carrying out their duty on Mars. Suddenly a severe sandstorm comes and all of them escapes to the spaceship except one man--an astronaut Mark Watney, starred by Matt Damon. The Martian is a story about survival--when all people leave you, facing the disastrous situation, would you give up at once, or you would keep your faith, looking for every little chance to survive? Of Course Matt Damon chooses the latter, otherwise the movie would have ended at the first ten minutes…LOL

The Martian's movie review written by Suhei has made a good point. This story is back to the basic instinct of human, to survive for himself, not for others, not talking about the urge of going to the earth to meet his lovely family again, but just the desire to survive purely, as a human being.

He records a video for his parent expressing his gratitude to his parent for bringing him to see this beautiful world. He believes he is going to die, but he never regrets as an astronaut as he is really obsessed with the planets. Isn’t the best thing that you’ve decided your devotion to something and you are willing to sacrifice everything for the "failure"? 

The Martian's Summary from IMDb

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. 

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: Drew Goddard (screenplay), Andy Weir (book)

Stars: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig

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素黑 - 覺得自己所做的很美: http://www.am730.com.hk/column-284735