Assignment 17- Sarah Clark- space movies

I love space movies, so the 2 movies I pick to compare are Interstellar and The Martian. First, Interstellar. A cinematic masterpiece. Possibly my favorite movie of all time. Interstellar combines heart-wrenching emotional trauma (a father and daughter are separated for about a lifetime while the father is in space), the destroyed state of our world in about 50 years due to climate change, the effects of space on time, a “ghost”, life outside Earth, and insight into what happens when we die. Although it’s difficult to imagine one movie successfully combining all this, Interstellar does it seamlessly. The Martian, on the other hand, is simply about living on a planet alone. No special, underlying meaning. Not much dialogue, and I could count the number of characters in the movie on one hand. However, you only have to watch the Martian once to understand its plot and meaning. Interstellar requires 2-3 watches to fully comprehend all that’s going on (and it’s about 3 hours). So, although Interstellar is a much more complex and altogether more interesting movie, the Martian is easier to watch if you have a short attention span.