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Sunday, March 22nd, 2026

LIVE POLL: Face-Off: 'The Martian' vs. 'Project Hail Mary'

Which of these film adaptations, collaboratively produced from an Andy Weir-authored science fiction novel and a Drew Goddard-penned movie screenplay, is your favorite so far?

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Very minor spoilers:

The Martian is overrated.I have not yet seen Project Hail Mary, but I read the book, and it has STAKES and HEART that The Martian sorely lacks. I'll get back to you next week.

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@NYVKE​ IMHO, both were excellent novels and films. I am guessing you think 'The Martian' is good, but doesn't live up to the over hype it may have or was perceived to have received. I thought in particular, the novels by Andy Weir and screenplays by Drew Goddard excelled at telling a complex story in an entertaining way without dumbing down the material and getting the science fiction details right.

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@urbanemovies​ 

The Martian is pure competence porn.

PHM has that, plus REAL STAKES and HEART. At least the book did. Movie soon.

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@NYVKE​ I gotta think you are going to be dissapointed in PHM (currently #87 on the IMDb movie Top 250), as both these film are so similiar,  and closely rated with 8.0 vs. 8.5 IMDb user ratings and 80 vs. 77 MetaCritic scores. 

I personally like 'The Martian' a little better, but was not even sure the difference was a full rating point (8/10 vs. 9/10). I fully expect PHM to drop to a 8.0 rating, once it is seen by a wider audience and gets a million IMDb user ratings.

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@Pencho15​ Thanks

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Project Hail Mary was both TOO long and not long enough. It sped through too many subplots that were ironically way too long in the book. Not a terrible movie by any stretch, but won't likely hit my top 10 or 20 favorite from this year. BTW for context: I liked a fair amount of the book but ended hating its way too long ass.

Admittedly, I haven't seen The Martian since it came out over 10 years ago. That gets my mild default vote.