Review for those who have read the book

Rating: 6/10 (3 October 2015)

This is strictly a review for those who have already read the book. It won't make any sense to anyone else and it contains spoilers.
"The problem is this book has roughly twelve hours worth of material to cover. But, as a movie, it will be less than three hours long.", Bruce said as he placed Drew Goddard's screenplay in front of Vanket.
"Care to elaborate?", Vanket asked.
"First, we're going to remove all of the science. The general public can't handle learning anything".
"We understood this would happen... This IS Hollywood, you know."
"There are some more obvious loses, such as language. In order to keep it PG-13, Mark Watney won't be able to say his trademark f-bomb sixty-two times."
"So you're turning him into a Disney princess, gotcha. What else?"
"Well, there's your personality. Actually, everyone's personality. We won't have time to develop any characters. They will be pretty flat. I realize everyone was anxious to see how Matt Damon fairs as the Cubs-loving Chicagoan, but he won't even get the opportunity to act because he will only be given about a few lines."
"How will the movie turn out if less than half of it is actually about 'The Martian'?!", exclaimed Vanket.
Bruce shrugged. "I suppose they will fill it with endless tropes."
"That will completely destroy all the influence that Andy Weir had in the production though! This is getting pretty crappy, Bruce!"
Bruce sighed. "I know. There's just no other way. And I'm not even to the nasty stuff yet."
Venkat rubbed his forehead. "By all means, tell me the nasty stuff."
"We're changing the rescue scene. Beck won't have any use, except as a voiceless romantic partner for Johanssen."
"Go on...", Vanket forlornly waited.
"We're renaming your character to Vincent and obscuring his Hindu faith."
"You know that avoiding cultural diversity only reinforces people's distrust in humanity, right?"
"Yes. Which is why you'll hate what I'm about to say...", continued Bruce.
"Good gods, man! What else could you possibly do?!", yelled Vankat.
"We're downplaying China's role in the success of the mission and removing the message to have faith in the hospitality of mankind"
"But that was quoted in the original trailer!"
"So... You want this thing to fly or not?"
"Yeah. Great", Venkat said.
[08:41] MAV: You f&^%ing kidding me?