One of the best of 2015 with some problems

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2015)

The Martian is a great but not overly perfect movie with Matt Damon, i saw this movie, a day after it's premiere here in Norway, and i'm impressed. This movie successfully brings back the routes of Ridley Scott after his disappointments like Prometheus and Avatar. Here's why this movie is great.
The story follows Mark Watney, an astronaut who after failing a mission on Mars due to a storm and his crew member left him behind, he is the only one on Mars and must use all his food and shelter on Mars to live and give contact to everyone on Earth that he is alive and that he isn't dead, while on Earth, they must find solutions to help Watney get back to Earth.
The direction of Ridley Scott in this movie is spectacular, this film is very funny and as well as emotional. The humour is all done perfectly, especially the tone of the film being rather different than most science fiction movies. The music is great as well, with music by Abba and Gloria Graynor and it's orchestral by Harry Gregson Williams is great as well being rather epic than it's movie.
The performances especially Matt Damon's performance is one of the best of this year along with Julianne Moore in Still Alice. Matt Damon's wit and sarcastic personality makes his character likable and interesting. The film's visual effects is stunning, Mars looks so real and space is fully detailed. The scientific accuracy is pretty accurate, NASA status of this movie does it perfectly.
I have never read the novel so i can't compare it to the movie. The film isn't perfect though. The film's biggest issue is the film's length and the sequence where people on Earth from Times Square and Trafalgar Square are seen watching NASA talking about the savings of Mark Watney, i thought it was awkward and the film, even though 141 minutes still felt long, the film's characters were less exciting than the main character but Chiwetel Ejiofor and Aksel Hennie did pretty good, but i thought Jeff Daniels and Kristen Wiig were not a good cast for the characters, but that's just me.
The Martian is not perfect, but it is one of the most entertaining films this year along with Kingsman. The humour, drama, direction, visual effects, scientific accuracy, likability, music and stunning art direction is great, but it's length, conclusion and some of the casting and characters were not my taste. Check it out, even the 3D is good.
10/10