The Martin Film Review

Rating: 8/10 (9 October 2015)

The Martian a film by Ridley Scott couldn't have had a better lead up than the current findings of water on mars. This brought all the hype to a film that I found truly lived up to it. I found myself on constantly engaged in thought about the depth of this film. The star studded crew did an exceptional job in displaying the wide range of emotion. I will in further detail describe what made this class A film just so great.
This film follows astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) on his journey from being left on mars to the efforts to get him back on Planet Earth. In the opening scenes the team of astronauts including Watney are running tests on mars. While the team is working a big storm is moving and they forced to evacuate to the ship to leave. It was in that movement to the ship that Watney was struck by a flying object and knocked unseen into the unseen. The team lost track of GPS and were aware his suit was breached. They were forced to leave by the storm and assume Watney dead. The story then begins the story of how Watney must solve the problems of farming on mars and and making contact with NASA. He eventually does and then through online messages he and NASA begin to formulate a plan to get him food and bring home to earth. Within this you see the depth of the attention to detail with the interactions of other countries and the trials and strain that come with rockets. In the end the triumph is seen best by Watney back on earth.
What really brought this film together to me were actually a couple of different area. One being how realistic the entire space experience was. They really were able to capture that feel great and also how they were able to make all the scientific calculations explained so the movie goer would be able to follow. Another being how the storyline really displayed a good change of emotion and was really able to keep you into the film. There are everything from the super highs to the super lows with everything in between all mixed in with good comedy. The last part being the cast of the film. I believe all the actors did a great job in portraying their roles. With stars everyone would recognize like Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, and even a good role for known musician Childish Gambino.
Although this film I believe was a truly great experience I did find fault with some parts. I know the scientific community had gone into the fact that some of the things portrayed in the movie were inaccurate. Also we have a seen this story before in other noted movies such as "Interstellar" and "Gravity" for two recent space comparisons. But, overall this film was well worth watching and would be something I would recommend to give a couple hours for. Who knows maybe it will inspire you to be an astronaut that goes to Mars.