Bang Average

Rating: 5/10 (11 February 2016)

I had very high expectations for this film after reading some reviews and enjoying the recent successes gravity and interstellar. I thought we have another worthy Oscar candidate. But how wrong could I be, this is the most bang average film you'll ever see. I'll start with the good stuff, the storyline. even if it is a bit cliché, it's of a man stranded on Mars having to go through a constant struggle to survive. Before the crew that left him behind come back and save him, putting everyone at risk. the landscapes of Mars and the ship (Hermes) are very good but nothing breathtaking about them like in Gravity.
The biggest problem with this film, is the average acting and the terrible dialogue. I suppose when you look through the cast its hardly surprising. Their are few who I'd consider to be at the top of their profession and this shows. Having said that the scripting is appalling, you never get the feeling this is a real and dangerous situation just feels like a bunch of Hollywood stars having a jolly. Every character is underdeveloped and most of the cast are just there to spoon feed us some of Damon's problems and how he'll solve them. (I'm not joking this film assumes we're all 10 years old).
Overall this film excels at nothing! There are better films for every aspect of it and even the best aspect of this film the landscapes comes no where near that of Gravity.