An ode to problem solving

Rating: 8/10 (13 October 2015)

The film is visually stunning, it feels very real (although there are a few inaccuracies on the Mars side) which goes well with the tone of the story.
On the story, the film focuses completely on the problems the lost astronaut faces and the thinking progress to try to solve them. I was very drawn to this aspects, I thought it was fascinating and engaging, but I love technology. It so much focuses on this, that the movie immediately goes to the astronaut being left behind on Mars, and only adds a little suspend and "action" in the latest scene.
This means that the human relationships aspects are very lightly explored, and although the other astronauts and people on Earth "say" they care for the astronaut on Mars, there aren't enough scenes showing this bond or human connection for one to feel this and get invested in their relationships. And the movie suffers for it, I can completely understand how people not too interested in the technology, engineering and problem solving, and more interested in the human relationships would find this movie bland and possibly even boring.
But not me, I was so drawn to the issues and engineering, and positive attitude in the light of such daring circumstances that I did not mind much the lack of human connection, although I did notice it.