Terrible

Rating: 2/10 (1 October 2015)

So many flaws in this pro American fist pumping monstrosity my brother and myself nearly left the cinema.
I went in using Interstellar as my benchmark which was a mistake as this falls so short of Nolans epic that its not comparable in anyway.
Ill list a few glaring errors here to explain what lack of attention to detail Scott has, so stop reading if you don't want any spoilers:
1: Firstly no-one states in a press release especially NASA and especially if they are not sure that someone has died. He was missing not even confirmed dead so he wouldn't have stated that.
2: NASA scientists don't celebrate halfway through a launch phase like they have won $5000 on the Superbowl only to realise that the next second the whole rocket explodes. They are professionals with a holistic view of what is happening on board a complex space craft. they don't celebrate until they know they are in the clear.
3: Whilst trying to work out where Mark was going the only map of mars they seemed to have in the whole of mission control was a picture wall hanging in the mess room. Surely they have a more detailed map or digitised version to look at. Come on seriously!
4:The whole first 3/4s of the movie is an vague montage style overview of how NASA would (or wouldn't) act in a crisis situation. At one point they tell the JPL to build a rocket in about 4 weeks. Which they do with no representation of how monumental or impossible that task is. Next thing the rocket is flying into space like they have rockets to spare in the closet. Ridiculous!
5: When does 2 world class physicists describe a space crafts velocity in a rescue environment to each other using the terminology "Its going really fast". This was a key indication that this film is meant for the dumb and uneducated population.
6: More fist pumping and hurrah American rubbish than i've seen in most movies.
7: Nice play Ridley on the world united together to help each other out bit. China helping America. What a nice gesture. but it didn't last with Sean Bean snide remark to the Chinese space agency in their own mission control that they haven't used their kind of technology since the 90's. Remember Americans if you were worried. WE America ARE STILL THE BEST AND THE COLD WAR IS STILL GOING!!! GO America AND SCREW YOU BACKWARDS CHINA!
8: Ending is a kids movie. Iron man, a man flying uncontrollably through space with no control into the hands of a space walker at X'thousand miles and hour. Absolutely shocking.
9: The soundtrack. ABBA and generic pop disco! The worst soundtrack i've ever heard. However, Not even a decent northern soul soundtrack (which would have been a more tasteful well researched alternative) could have rescued this scientific mumbo jumbo from the pit of eternal nonfactual rubbish.
10. The end montage shows 2 of the crew members casually give their new born child a peck on the forehead and basically ignoring it as whats on the telly is far more important and interesting than the current situation they are just experiencing. Now i'm not an astronaut but science is my religion and i am a father. And any other parent knows that at the point of giving birth, that scene is a sweaty chaotic scene far from the pristine relaxed 'hey darling heres some muffins i just pulled out of the oven' scene that Ridley portrays. Has he seen anyone give birth? Not only that but the mother of said child seems to bear the smallest amount of care and attention to the life that has just emerged from within her.
Female astronaut who would have decent grasp of big life events: "Hang on darling. Jerry Springers on the telly and two midgets are about to have a proper ding dong. Hold the baby while i finish my bumper pack of cheesy nibbles. Ill kiss her later. This midget battle cant be missed" What a joke!
Fellow crew member and now father of freshly born son/daughter in the midst of a life changing experience: But darling we have just witnessed one of life's biggest miracles. Do you not care?"
Female astronaut who would have decent grasp of big life events: "Oh alright one quick peck on the babies head. but only a quick one this is going to be epic. Its not even my baby anyway. its a prop which i'm going to make really clear to the viewers. Im a proper method actor me."
On a positive the costume department was ace and if you love potatoes go and see this movie now!!!!!!!
No more Ridley Scott for me i'm afraid. Nothing decent has come from this man since Blade Runner and Gladiator.