Awesome but long movie. Kept my interest throughout!

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2015)

Slight Spoiler Alert. No spoilers but I go in detail into some of the 'true to science' stuff.
Just watched Matt Damon in his new movie 'The Martian' with my youngest daughter Olivia, where they leave him on Mars thinking he's dead and he has to survive. Not too action packed, but it kept me interested. Good movie. LONG movie, but good. It was like 2 and a half hours long! They stayed true to space and physics, outside of a couple of 0G maneuvers the crew did once or twice that seemed .. off, and the Wind Storm, (Mars has 1% of Earth's atmosphere, so even if you have 100 mph winds, that has the same force as a 1 mph wind), Outside of that it was true to science. He had to survive and was smart about MacGyvering what he needed, (Yes he used a lot of Duct Tape). He grew potatoes for the most calories,not the best for oxygen production, but best in caloric intake.So, true to science, for the most part, and kept my attention, and Matt Damon's humor himself and the character made it for me. Just was long. Daughter said the same. Oh and the 3D stuff was awesome as in any space movie too!