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Is Ridley Scott's The Martian a Comedy ..??
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar Contributorwidescreenforever
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The Golden Globes last night has 2015 The Martian with Matt Damon listed and categorized as A Comedy!?

( and it won that category too..)

The only comedy I can figure out is:

1. They Left Matt Damon behind while the others went home laughing ...  ( not! )
2.  The had to go and find Matt Damon like they have in a lot of others movies ....  (maybe)

So question begs  How to mark this in my  genres..?

It's listed currently as Sci Fi  / Drama / Adventure

   
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Someone just had to make this thread, didn't they?

Keep current genres.
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While there certainly are comedic moments in the film (and the book, for that matter), it is really not a comedy. The only reason I can think why it got nominated (and won) as a comedy is that someone wanted it to win really badly and they knew it wouldn't stand a chance in the drama category. It really had no business there.

Like Grendell said, I'd keep the current genres the way the are.
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I'm pretty sure the OP was kidding, but I could be wrong.
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It's only a thing on the Golden Globes. We can ignore it.

Even the great Mark Kermode agrees it was weird.
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Quoting TheMadMartian:
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I'm pretty sure the OP was kidding, but I could be wrong.


of course ... 
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