Science and exploration at it's best

Rating: 9/10 (23 October 2015)

With an excellent sense of humour and a refreshing story that (finally) manages to be an adventure story without a bad guy (you know adventures can be hard without someone being out to get you, right?) the Martian manages to show that Hollywood really can still do magic with a big budget film that doesn't involve a fight sequence that is perfectly planned in advance.
I don't want all my sci-fi like this, but between this, Moon, and Primer, it's nice to see science fiction explore the implications of science on a human scale- and fortunately they have a solid, believable cast on board to tell the tale.
Easily one of my favourite movies of the year - and I hope there'll be more like this to come.