Don't listen to the haters

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2017)

Never written a review in my life - read a few but never felt the need to do so myself until now!
I've given this film 10 stars - apparently, according to some, that makes me an idiot, moron, clueless....etc, etc.
This is a good film...I'll say that word again...'Film'. Is it completely scientifically accurate.....who cares?
General moans include:
1.Matt Damon isn't funny. Well he seems to be doing alright for himself as an unfunny actor. I find him very entertaining and I thought his performance was good and, even if I hadn't I'd like to think I would have stopped short of lambasting him.
2.'It's unrealistic'...'It would never happen'...'That's not right' blah, blah, blah. As I said earlier...who care's? It's a film not a documentary. The fact that basement dwellers are up in arms because we don't actually have to sit and wait the 25 mins that it would take for any communication to get to and from is laughable. I'm glad we didn't have to 'wait it out'.
'He's a Botanist....what's he doing there'? Well...and I'm no expert but perhaps, given that NASA have sent a Mission to Mars...potentially with a view to 'one day colonizing said Planet' a botanist might be handy?
The potato's....Could it actually work? No idea, don't care...not planning on being stranded on Mars to find out. God forbid that any future mission to Mars uses this film as a training guide because there's no mention at all of 'bacteria...ph levels...lighting levels'..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...Good! Couldn't be happier that all that mumbo jumbo was left out.
3. 'There's no sense of actual loneliness'.....Maybe it should have been a hour and a half of Matt Damon weeping into the cameras? Sounds fun....cut to Matt kicking the dirt in boredom....now we're talking, much more entertaining.
4. 'The special effects aren't up to scratch'.....yawn, next!
5. 'It's not a true portrayal of human nature'....It seems that because the characters were actually nice to each other and didn't spend their time insulting each other it means it's a poor film.....Here's an idea..lighten up a bit, have some fun. If you want human nature, watch the news or one of the myriad of other films that portray it very well.
There's so much more rubbish that has been written about this film but my stress vein is starting to throb in my forehead.... So I will simply say this: Why not watch it and see what you think? If you like it, great. If you don't well, not to worry eh?