Realistic concept of a modern space trip to Mars.

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2015)

There are two very-well known individuals who went in the making of this movie, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon. This year's space blockbuster has proved to be very well-executed, as usual. Mark Watney (Matt Damon), is a lonely astronaut that is left behind on Mars when he's considered dead by his crew on take off back to Earth. He has to find a way to contact Earth so he can go back, but meanwhile he has to save and produce supplies to last about 2 or 3 years, while help is on its way. Matt's portrayal of a character who is completely lonely on an entire planet and has only hope to hold on to is formidable, including the fact this character has a very strong personality. So once contact is made, Earth begins to work on a rescue plan, and when everything seems to be going well, it isn't. After Mark finally figure out a way to survive for several years on Mars, everything goes wrong and everything gets lost. It leaves the audience with thrill and wonder, because every time you think you're predicting what's gonna happen next, it never goes that way. This is an example of good screen writing. The movie is not hard to follow, but some scientific aspects may leave you a bit confused. This movie also includes a strong cast and well performed acting in a way that, even though this is fiction, you can't help but notice how real it feels. There's no year representing the happenings in this movie, it just feels like nowadays. Visually, there's a lot to this movie. Although it isn't as overwhelming as Interstellar, it looks real enough to make you believe "this is Mars". Some space shots from Mars didn't look as photo-realistic as expected them, but that was probably because it was too much saturated in color grading. I'm expecting at least 1 Oscar nomination for either sound editing or mixing, since there was so much about. I usually don't watch a movie thinking there's something special about the sound but this definitely has in the way it was edited/mixed. Overall, "The Martian" proved to leave me at the edge of my seat, not many movies can do that. It's at least one of the best movies I've seen this year from 2015.