A good movie that doesn't match a great book

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2016)

As much as I loved the novel "The Martian" by Andy Weir, I'm unimpressed by its cinematic adaptation. The story in the book is all about details: the amount of credible technical information offered in the original novel every time Watney (the astronaut stranded on Mars) has a new idea to survive on Mars is the very backbone of the story and its defining style.
Unfortunately, when you have to adapt such kind of material to the big screen, you must remove most of the technicalities, otherwise people would fell asleep in theaters. Ridley Scott made a good film, supported by decent acting and visuals. But the geekish flavor of the book, which makes it great and unique, is almost totally lost. What remains is a good but rather standard movie.