Cast Away meets Sci-Fi, at its peak

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2015)

This is not one of those far fetched plots that drag on for hours like Interstellar or Gravity, this is a gripping and powerful space opera epic and its called The Martian.
The Martian was just one of the best three hour moments of my movie- loving marathon this year in 2015. Yes, that's how good it is. It is the best sci-fi space opera movie in the last three years. Gravity was just a beautiful technology show-off, Interstellar was a far fetched waste of potential and The Martian was just the amazing steps ahead of both those two movies that I, personally, don't like very much. The Martian is Ridley Scott's best movie, ever. I will be making that argument that it is definitely his best film that I've seen, not just my favourite, but his best.
Matt Damon's fantastic role and performance was not the only greatest thing about this movie, the co-stars were really good as well and I mean all of them, Sebastian Shan, Jessica Chastian, Michael Peña and Mara Bell (which excuses her terrible role in Fantastic Four this year). Ridley Scott's directing is at it's finest, he really knows which scene should be the most emotional or the most funniest and he succeeds in making it both memorable and great, I am going to remember every scene in this movie where I was laughing my head off and when I was tearing up, there were about one or two moments during the film where I was nearly crying man tears.
I never expected that much from this movie, but it still resides with me now, the story, the incredible cinematography, the amazing performances and the fact that this is not just one of those fun popcorn movies like a lot of movies were this year, this is one that I am going to remember about a decade from now. The Martian has to be one of my favourite movies this year, I guarantee that it will be among my Top 5 this year. I would strongly recommend that you go and see this movie, trust me, you will have a fun great time with it, just like I did.
10/10