The Martian - 500 Days of Mars !!

Rating: 7/10 (16 October 2015)

"The Martian" - a film about a man who gets stranded in Mars waiting for rescue from Earth. Matt Damon depicts the role of Mark Watney, a Botanist cum Astronaut. Filled with humour, Matt has done a great job in acting as always. He justifies his role as a lonely guy in a planet, but the scenes where he is shown in Mars did not give us a complete depth that he was alone,implying that Scott has done it necessarily thereby reducing the sensitive part of loneliness or at least I presume so. A great attempt at that,which can truly be appreciated. The pace of the film was always good, there are some scenes in the second half which will test your patience but none the less, they will be forgotten along the film.
On the note of acting, I personally couldn't find any of the character's acting extraordinary. Each and every character did what they intended to but they also stick to our mind at the end of the film so none of the characters can necessarily be said as wasted.Matt can be given the thumbs up for acting because it didn't look like he was pushing himself to give the best performance, it was with ease with which he gives us the role.
Scott, one of the most renowned directors before certain years definitely deserves this film as to be his comeback. I have seen a lot of Scott's film, he's a master in giving us a commercial flick but at the same time filled with all the vital elements that should reside in a GREAT film. "The Martian" can definitely be considered as one of the good films that got released this year. Bottomline, this is a good film which gives a average movie-goer all he wants but this cannot be considered as a GREAT film as this has only shades of it. A Good one by Scott after a long time !!