Bring Him...an Oscar?

Rating: 9/10 (14 January 2016)

I just want to be clear here. I know a lot of people are claiming that the science in this movie is outrageous and unbelievable. I am no scientist by any stretch of the imagination. I took one semester of Chemistry in high school. However, even I know that the science depicted in this movie and, more specifically, the book is actually quite conceivable. There are obviously factors that are, for lack of a better word, stretched, but almost completely the science is still POSSIBLE. That is what I find most interesting. So, be careful before writing a review that this movie is impossible or, at the very least, unconvincing.
With that said, this is my favorite movie of 2015. Though I doubt that it will win Best Picture at the 88th Academy Awards, it certainly is worthy of its nod. Matt Damon is absolutely at his finest and is certainly one of my favorites for Best Actor. He achieves an acting performance that even surpasses Tom Hanks (for whom I have a soft spot), in Zemeckis's Cast Away. The supporting cast is lovely. More interestingly, I am thoroughly impressed with Goddard's adaptation. After reading the book (which I did after watching the movie), I was blown away that Goddard could craft such a fiction into a film (and one that is in fact even better than an already great book). And of course, Ridley Scott is brilliant. The visuals of this movie are beautiful. I went to see this on a whim. I actually wanted to see Bridge of Spies of but didn't have the chance. I decided to watch this on the basis that "eh, it looks pretty good." I was not disappointed. This movie will surprise you.