Clean, precise and not so unique

Rating: 7/10 (11 October 2015)

As always, Riddley Scott delivered another visually beautiful science fiction piece, with all the ingredients to make it a commercial success.
From top acting names, to state of the art VFX, there is not much bad that you could say about this movie. Unfortunately, the fact is that this story is not really new. In fact it is really old. A guy stranded on a desolate inhospitable place, who tries to survive against all odds? Come on!!
I would go to see this movie with different expectations, it it wasn't so heavily advertised as a masterpiece. Which it really isn't. The movie is just fun, with sprinkle of comedy and heavy dose of pathetic closeups of Matt, Jessica and rest of the crew.
I guess all that money spent had to payoff, so what's better way than to make it appealing to wide audience, from kids to grandparents. And that is OK. But I cannot escape the feeling that R. Scott has lost the pace with modern times, and brought a little archaic style to this movie.
Satisfied but not impressed. That is my final judgement.Good 2 hrs of fun.