highly recommended space ride!

Rating: 9/10 (2 October 2015)

The movie is about a man played by Matt Damon, who is left behind on planet Mars by the space crew which visits the planet and returns to earth, they think they lost him in an accident. Matt Damon has to survive a long time before anybody finds he's alive and rescue measures are adopted. He is an intelligent botanist who uses his own poop to grow potatoes on Mars, thus colonizing the planet; he also learns to establish contact via older but easier means. First mission to send extra food fails and crops are also lost in some kind of accident. But a total different strategy to save him totally works out. He also becomes a pirate, enjoys a status of iron man. The same crew, who left him, brings him back.
The Martian offer's much more that is shown in trailers, for me it was a ride full of enjoyment and not even a single moment of boredom. The director of NASA is a good constructed character that rules to save astronauts', by not sending crew back to extended mission, thus not jeopardizing their lives. The tolerating audience of west is great, when it comes about religion (cross). If his information would have been kept classified still it would have been great script to save humanity from any type of let down. The decision to bring him back is left on crew itself. I would have added an extra mark if the script worked out well, so as to confirm his death by crew members as the return could have delayed. For Mars with thin atmosphere it would have been an ethical thing to do, still a highly recommended movie to watch.