Almost everything is wrong about The Martian

Rating: Null/10 (2 October 2015)

CONTAINS SPOILERS - Actually, does not, because the trailer is enough to know all about the movie.
I will start with mentioning the last two movies I saw on big screen and my ratings for them so that you can have a better judgment of my review. Interstellar 10/10, Mad Max: Fury Road 9/10.
I say the following about a movie very rarely as I am very picky for the movies I see in the theater, but I just wish I didn't go to the theater to see this movie. I will list the reasons below:

The trailer is the movie. If you saw the trailer, then you saw the movie. No surprise moments, no curiosity, no "what will happen next?" feeling. Except for very few (two or three) scenes that I liked, the whole movie did not show anything new to me.

It's boring. The first 10 minutes or so gave a pretty bad impression about the movie and I hoped it would just get better. It didn't happen. At the end of the first half, I stayed only hoping for seeing something interesting in the second part, stayed till the end hoping the same thing. I was glad when it ended.

It doesn't feel like Mars. I don't know how Mars feels, but my point is it feels like a random desert with some harsh environment that could be as well on this planet. Yes they had astronaut suits to survive but it really didn't give me the feeling that he was on another planet. In Riddick, for example, even though he did not have to wear special suit for surviving, the feeling of being on another planet was strong (ignoring the creatures of course).

Visuals, sci-fi factor I know most of Mars surface is not interesting, mostly dull rocky areas, deserts etc. but the majority of the movie passes at the same spot and the journey he makes towards the end kind of happens in very similar areas so my eyes were not satisfied with the visuals this movie had to offer. I didn't see any scenes that I would consider amazing or that I didn't see a similar before.

It is not a survival story. It's more like a random guy is having a fun time in his own way at a deserted location. Also, since you saw the trailer, there is no "wondering" or "if" moments at any time. You know what will happen and it happens.

No attachment to characters. I didn't feel anything for Mark. Or any of the other crew members. Except for being astronauts on a Mars mission, I don't know who they are and I don't know why I should care about one unknowingly being left behind. That aerodynamics guy, he was neither funny nor cool, just a disturbing character in my opinion. Sean Ben, no idea why he was emotional and usually against the decisions of the director. Overall, I didn't feel anything for any of the characters.

No soul of the movie, no emotions. You can get the feeling of a movie's soul within the first couple of minutes. What I got from this movie is nothing. I didn't feel I was immersed into the story and characters, I didn't keep wondering what comes next, I didn't wish it not to end. Except for a couple of kind of "forced" emotional moments of Mark, the movie did not have emotions.

No strong reason for why they are doing what they are doing. One crew member is unknowingly left behind after strong belief he was dead, but then he appears to be alive and all of a sudden everyone is mobilized to bring him back. No sane commander/mission director would risk 5 men's life for a very low chance of saving another. And the movie does not give a reason (let alone a strong reason) for that either. Mark is just a random guy, who is having a fun time in an environment he seems to be enjoying and no reason is given in the movie to feel strong about him or rescuing him. It would have been more interesting if he had some strong bonds with some crew members or with some people he left behind and that he was knowingly left behind after some grudge or fight among the crew and then him trying to survive like a true survival and finally coming back to confront the crew.

Music... It felt like some nice but random soundtrack pieces were stitched together but the result is that you will not remember what The Martian's music/soundtrack was like once you leave the theater. If you saw it already, you will know what I mean.

Only thing good The only thing good about the movie was its concept: One man is left behind on Mars and he is trying hard to survive to come back. The movie portrays that concept very poorly.

In summary, I wish I didn't go to the theater to see this movie.