Star Men film

[darthvader]

Anybody seen the film Star Men about four astronomers getting together for a road trip reunion?

Looks good on the trailer

Looks to only be available on DVD not Bluray.

[MAN or ASTROMAN]

Hope it's not similar to 'Roadhogs',with a few dodgy 'Astronomical ' themes thrown into the mix.

'Roadhogs' was pretty dire!

[Mick J]

It's on at the occasional cinema,  Oxford Phoenix Picturehouse last week the 10th, I thought we could just turn up no need to book !!  How wrong I was, it's a small cinema and was sold out !!    Now have the DVD on order.

Here's a link to the web page

[barkis]

Slightly off the OP's topic, but has anyone seen the Movie 
'The Martian', and if so, what do you think of it?

Thanks.

[darthvader]

I saw The Martian at the movies. I enjoyed it, but as i had already read the book I knew what was going to happen. I'd certainly recommend seeing it. Matt Damon is a great actor - I absolutely love the Bourne films.

 

[MAN or ASTROMAN]

On 17/02/2016 at 12:13, darthvader said:

I saw The Martian at the movies. I enjoyed it, but as i had already read the book I knew what was going to happen. I'd certainly recommend seeing it. Matt Damon is a great actor - I absolutely love the Bourne films.

 

He was pretty amazing in 'Beneath the Chandellier' as Liberace's ,er, 'Chauffeur'!

[SteveNickolls]

Thanks for the heads up, will order a copy later today.

Cheers,

Steve

 

[darthvader]

So, I bought the DVD from Amazon and I watched it yesterday. I really enjoyed it, quite moving and sad in parts would certainly recommend it, shame it wasn't a little longer.

Apparently, the writer/director Alison Rose did another astronomy film about the Vatican Observatory - anyone seen this, can't seem to find a copy anywhere to buy though.

 

 

[sheeprug]

On 17/02/2016 at 11:40, barkis said:

Slightly off the OP's topic, but has anyone seen the Movie 
'The Martian', and if so, what do you think of it?

Thanks.

The boy and I saw it in IMAX 3D at the weekend. Very very enjoyable.  I particularly loved the wide panaroma photography.  

Much of it was rather unlikely - for example the mars rover he used was way over-engineered and would surely have broken down given the heavy use he made of it, and the vehicle they travelled to Mars in was ovely big - but don't let that spoil it.  

Highly recommended. I'd like to see it again.

SR   

[brantuk]

Yup we got The Martian at the weekend on bluray and watched it on our home cinema setup. Very good film indeed - decent story line, Damon's acting was very convincing, nice 7.1 soundtrack but they coulda taken it to the next level (plenty of scope for more fx). Thoroughly enjoyed it though. Not seen the other titles mentioned in this thread.

[Mick J]

Yes, we got to enjoy The Martian at the weekend, pitched just right for my nerdy taste, enjoyed the humor and story line.