Original idea surrounded by clichés

Rating: 6/10 (22 October 2015)

"The Martian" is futuristic yet plausible, which makes it bold but not necessarily original, the entire movie is surrounded by space clichés. Not just in details like in "don't let go of my hand into space" but a lot more have already been covered in other movies, like having the help of another country in a complicated mission, you don't wanna compare but they force it, makes it impossible to give them a break.
The slow timing makes it boring, when watching a space movie you expect more thrilling scenes. The entire story takes place in over a year and that's not very well played. Because everything takes so long to happen... When it does... it's almost as if nobody cares anymore. So the movie lacks that timing tension that is important in cases like this.
The acting is good, the story line is digestible, very scientific, Matt Damon's character talks cool nerd all the time, I'm satisfied with the experience but I wouldn't recommend it as a great (must see), mainly because it did not reach my expectations.