*shrugs*

mark watney- operated a vehicle protected under maritime law

jazz bashara- literally a smuggler

May I just say I think this is my favourite scene in the movie in terms of emotions from Ryan.

Grace has just discovered the Taumeba eats the astrophage, he has the literal cure for Earth's and Erid's problem under the microscope right in front of him, he can save everyone!

Until Grace slips out a sentence along the lines of "could you give me a little grace here" and Rocky immediately points out he used a word wrong so Grace has to explain that yeah, grace means elegance but it can also mean mercy sometimes too.

Yao: why does he talk like a child

Stratt: dw you get used to it

Grace: [melts a metric tonne of metal with the flip of a switch]

Yao: o_o

Ok so I've had this thought for a while, but it's time to articulate it properly.

Time to talk about colours and foils.

PHM does a lot of very impressive and intricate work with colour, right? Earth scenes have earth colours, and especially bold, vivid colours are reserved for the beauty of space - Adrian being the prime example.

Thing is - within the movie's relatively restrained "Earth" palette, there are nonetheless still some vivid colours to go around: blues and yellows. Remind you of anyone? Someone blonde and blue-eyed? We've all clocked that Grace wears the colours of the aroace flag whenever he's wearing his "Earth" clothes, and I claim it's because those are the colours of the sky.

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Grace is literally dressed in the colours of a clear, sunny sky - sometimes with a dash of white, like a little cloud. Which is kind of interesting, because despite his arguably sunny disposition, Grace doesn't spend most of his time being... happy. He's scared, anxious, pessimistic. Terrified.

But reading between the lines, we all know he lights up the world for the people around him. He makes friends wherever he goes, just by virtue of being who he is, even if he doesn't understand the impact he has on others.

And then there is his counterpart: Eva Stratt.

I keep asking myself what makes Stratt special. Not in the book: how does the movie make Stratt special to Grace? Because we all saw him - we all saw how Grace approaches people he is interested in. He'll point at someone across the room and say out loud that he likes them. He and Carl were work buddies of the highest caliber. How can I claim that Grace is struggling to establish emotional connections with people when he seems quite adept at it? Why is Stratt's betrayal the centre of attention? Yes, she is in charge, but Grace doesn't treat her as his boss or superior.

I can't find a suitable screen cap, but think about the scene where Grace and Stratt are drinking coffee outside. It's raining. Grace brings her the coffee for the both of them to share. They speak like peers.

Grace is not happy. He seems down, he won't take pride in his work, he can't take a compliment. He's already wearing the dark jumper and the dark beanie, with his yellow raincoat layered on top.

Stratt doesn't let him get away with his negativity (take the compliment and that's an order) and when Grace tries to talk to her about the future, she smiles. She is bundled up to the point where only her face is visible. She is already wearing that knitted cream sweater underneath.

In the movie, Stratt is the only other person who gets to see who Grace is under the happy go lucky teacher persona he presents to most of the world. This is not an organic relationship. They are coworkers, project leaders, professionals. But it is intense, gruelling, desperate work, and as Stratt pointed out herself: the camraderie makes it easier.

They live on top of each other, because they have to, and let me tell you - as someone who has similar issues with establishing (intimate) relationships, there is no better excuse to let your guard down than being stuck in the same place. Classmates, coworkers, people you would be forced to interact with regardless - they can't reject you, because they didn't choose you to begin with.

It's not that Grace is the day while Stratt is the night. They just have different sides that they present to the world. Stratt purposefully and strategically hides her "light" side. Grace hides his "dark" side out of insecurity and shame. Being known is showing all sides of yourself.

Grace showed Stratt both his light and his dark side, and carefully started reaching out to her. Stratt smiled in response.

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD

The quilt!!! The Good Luck quilt !!!! just there on instagram with 60 likes on it!!!!!!!!! oh man i was looking SO HARD. i've started to do a guide to all the good luck symbols that were on it but my quest is basically over!! The edges of it aren't clear, but this is basically everything we DON'T see in the film! oh man, I feel lightheaded.

Moved by the voices of everyone who dared to go on this journey together ,

They found light in one another.

For they were never meant to come back ,

And so they kept moving forward ,

Leaving behind one single message :