Turn off your brain, and The Martian will entertain.

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2016)

I'm not going to write much about all the the technical, story, and plot shortfalls.
Matt Damon gave an admirable performance, considering what he was given. Cheers to him. I'm also a fan of Donald Glover. Maybe he wasn't the best choice for this role, but he gave what he had and I enjoyed his part, as long as I didn't think deeply about it.
The director should really get his head out of America's a** and learn a few things from foreign cinema/television.
One of the things that bothered me is the lack of average-looking people. Have you seen pictures of scientists? They do not look like that. To be certain, the director wasn't going for realism. Hollywood really needs to cast some unbeautiful people, because it detracts from the rest of the movie. Just like there is no sound transmitted through a vacuum, there should not be 99% beautiful people cast for movies... not in 2016.
Another thing that bothered me is the fact that the US spent billions retrieving this guy and it never even came up that maybe one life isn't worth billions to the government. In fact, I'm pretty sure one life is only worth $10,000 in proactive payments. Maybe a few million in reactive payments. Billions? Hardly. Not to this government.
I wish this movie had been directed by Hong-jin Na, TBH.