Balancing out good reviews

Rating: 4/10 (27 January 2020)

Starts ok. Gets weaker and weaker.
1. Every problem or life threatening situation is solved immediately so it never feels this guy is in peril.
2. Ridiculous nonsensical physics throughout.
3. Main character is a botanist and yet everyone is bewildered he can grow crops. Isn't that what he was presumably up there for?
4. All supporting characters are generic and bland.
5. The original crew decide within 30 seconds to turn around and go back to Mars. Good Lord. They basically act like spending another 2 years in space and risking their lives on a statistically improbable mission is a no brainer. This would be a ridiculously hard decision that would involve an intense debate.
6. The Chinese officially offering their assistance took place over one silly phone call.
7. Matt Damon flying through space via a hole in his suit.
8. Matt Damon seems nearly completely unphased that he has been left stranded and unlike in Castaway, there is no suggestion that his mental health is in any way affected by such a difficult situation.
On and on I could go.