the Martian ***SPOILER***

Rating: 10/10 (24 January 2020)

Ridley Scott's film "The Martian" is a movie about a group of astronauts who go to Mars on a mission. Everything is going well until a storm hits, everyone gets out safe except for Mark Watney played by actor Matt Damon. Mark is struck by an object flying through the air during a catastrophic storm. The crew decides to leave Mark behind as they believe he has died. Turns out... He's alive. The rest of the movie is about Marks journey alone in mars and learning how to fight many obstacles in his attempt to get back home.
Ridley Scott and the screenwriter Drew Goddard do a very good job of answering your questions throughout the film. For example, there are many times in the film where us as viewers may be confused because of physics or some other common fact. Like, what if he runs out of food, or what if he runs out of normal air. They answer those questions. Throughout the rest of the movie Matt Damon plays his part as mark exceptionally well. His part is to play a lonely Botanist on a deserted planet, with many movies such as... Star Wars you can tell they aren't actually on some sort of odd planet, but with the Martian you almost forget that he isn't on Mars he's actually in Wadi Rum, Jordan. Mark keeps you intrigued, because when he does come across an obstacle he's is very comedic about it. He not only shows how intelligent he is by conquering a nearly impossible task, but he does it in a humorous way which gives us a sense of reality.
Many will say that the Martian is predictable, I agree with them. Instead of choosing to fight predictability, the film The Martian chooses to let it happen and lean into it. The Martian does seem like a very scripted movie when it comes to knowing what is coming next, but I don't believe that it takes away from the heart touching plotline of it. Much like the new film Ford VS Ferrari that Matt damon also plays a lead role in. In the movie we can see what is about to happen. When he is told to cross the finish line with the rest of the Ford cars it was very predictable and obvious that one singular person was going to win. Matt Damon gives off the vibe and aroma that "everything will be ok". In Many of the films that Matt stars in we know that everything tends to work out in his favor just because we want it to.
During all of this crazy nonsense up in Mars, Back on earth NASA is trying to beat the clock and get Mark food and supplies in time. They also just decided to tell the team that Mark is in fact still alive. NASA proposed 2 ideas, Wait for the next mission to send supplies, or the team goes back for him. In a heartbeat every team member decided to lengthen their trip greatly and go back for their friend. Mark was given the exciting news and nearly broke down. He then started his plan for take off. Although he was getting saved it was a very complicated rescue mission. Mark was supposed to launch himself in space and then connect to the large spaceship that the crew was on. Everything seemed to be in order until Physics isn't lining up, the velocity was way too high and the distance from Mark to the crew was way too large. Mark came up with the idea while flying through space that he should leave his aircraft and proppell himself by cutting a hole in his air filled suit to navigate himself. Everyone thought this was stupid, but mark did it anyways without thinking twice. In a very nerve wracking travel through space ****Mark returned home safely.*****
Overall I think the Martian is a very well produced, heartwarming film about an astronaut Mark Watney who is stranded on Mars. Although the movie is very predictable I don't believe it takes away from the film in any sort of impacting way. I will definitely continue to watch this movie ritually as i believe it is one of the greatest films.