Martians On Our Minds

Rating: 9/10 (10 November 2015)

Originally, I had no interest in seeing this film, but the wife talked me into it. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it a great deal.
This movie addresses the current cultural and scientific Mars fascination blended with the likely not-so-distant-future exploration of said planet. What would/could happen to an exploration team if they actual did land on Mars, what dangers might they face, and in the most unfortunate of circumstances - what would someone have to do to survive on Mars?
At times the movie was a little slow, but I chalked that up to the absolute isolation one would experience on Mars alone - a nice scripting tactic even if it is lost on some. The desperation scenes were well played by Damon and overall thought that the movie scored big! Even some of the more stretched concepts of the film somehow managed to make me believe them in the end.
My favorite part of the movie was how the writers subtly address the artificial gravity aspect of the main ship! Very cool idea!
This much for now, Dr.T