The Martian (2015)

The most recent film I've seen in the theater is called "The Martian". The Martian is a futuristic film about an astronaut named Mark Watney who gets left behind by his crewmates on Mars. He had to use science to figure out how he can utilize the things he already had in order to survive four years until the next Mars mission trip can come and save him. This film really shows you how important science is and it made me want to pay attention in science class more. Watney is an incredibly intelligent man, he had to do some crazy science to figure out how to stay alive.

In this film it looks like they had to use a lot of CGI in order to make it look like he was actually in space on Mars. Without using CGI I don't think they would be able to pull this film off because all of the shots would look fake. Parts of the movie really made you feel like you were in space because of the incredible CGI they used. This film reminded me a lot of "Gravity", they both take place in space and make you feel like your actually in space. The only thing I did not like about this movie was how similar it was to "Gravity", It feels like almost the same movie except instead of getting abandoned on the moon he was abandoned on Mars.

Spirited Away (2001)

     Spirited Away was probably one of my favorite films we have watched in this class so far. It was so different and unique than any other film ive seen and it really made you feel like you were part of this strange alternate universe. This alternate universe Miyazaki brings you into is so intriguing which makes you want to watch more and more of his films. I feel like every film maker has their own kind of mind set and universe they want the audience to be taken into but Miyazaki's was so different than any other which is what made this film so remarkable.
      The animation in this film was exceptional, you can really tell Miyazaki put all of his time and energy into this film to make it as great as it was. Using hand drawn animation takes a ton of talent to precisely draw out an entire film but Miyazaki really did a magnificent job. The reason I think Miyazaki chose to use hand drawn animation rather than computer is because he didn't want a computer to draw out his world he is imagining in his head but he wanted to completely do it himself so it would be exactly what he has imagined. Sometimes ideas can get lost when using a computer and technology doesn't always work how you want it which may not make the movie exactly how he imagined it. This is why he wanted to first hand draw out everything himself so to make sure his ideas all turn out how he wanted them to.