Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Surprisingly Good

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2016)

I went to see it with no great expectations and wow! It's a long film but the story, the acting, and visually it immerses you from the outset.
Suddenly 2hrs have passed and the film ends and you get up to leave, saying "that was a good film".
There doesn't seem to be many films, these days, that can do this. But the Martinan did it!
I saw the length of the film. I assumed they would have the first half showing how Damon gets to Mars. Then the second half his survival.
I didn't think it possible, to keep an audience interested on one guy stranded on a distant planet for any longer.
But no! The film quickly gets down to business. Thinking Damon is killed in a Martian storm, the same storm forces his crew mates to abandon Mars early and set off for home. All very sad.
Meanwhile, weeks later back on Earth, Nasa begin to notice from satellite images of Mars. Someone is moving things about. They realise Damon is alive.
Thereafter it becomes an enthralling story how he survives and eventually is rescued.
As Damons character says , 'i'm gonna have to science the (slang word for excreta) out of this'. And he does.
The Martian works in all departments.
So many films lately, Soooo hyped up, ....... as the latest 'blockbuster' & 'must see', are visually CGI amazing.
However, so many of these 'blockbusters' clearly have a script written by a baboon, who assumes the audience are all retarded.
The Martian, unusually these days, Is actually the real McCoy, good story, good visually good acting all combine to make a great film.
Go see it.
The film will immerse you