Great movie..worth the watch

Rating: 8/10 (4 October 2015)

This movie isn't full of non stop action, but its about a man stuck on mars, and his survival. I had the pleasure of reading the book before hand, and was hands down better than the movie, but the movie was fantastic nonetheless.
The story takes place in the near future, and humans are able to travel to mars. One on the the missions, a dust storm hits the crew members and while trying to prep for emergency take off, Mat Damon is hit with debris, getting separated from the group. His crew members lose his vital signs, and risk all dying if they stay to look for him, so they leave, presuming he is dead. But, he isn't, and he must survive until NASA can come get him. But living on mars for years is no easy task, and he must "science the f*#$ out it." The movie has some very beautiful scenic shots of Mars, with the full array of stars at night, but the movie is mostly an adventure film with comedy, as Mat Damon was solve one problem after another if he is to survive. Food, water and atmosphere are all constant problems.
The book had A LLLOOOTTT more problems, like every chapter there was a new problem to solves, so the movie toned it down a lot more, almost too much for me, it made it look a lot easier then it was in the book. They also missed a few big problems, and instead, focused on one big one and then several small ones that were easily solvable. In the book, it took him a lot of time to solve problems.
But without comparing to the book, the movie had some gorgeous scenes, perfectly added humor, and was mostly evenly paced. Sometimes it did feel like it was going bad too quick, but thats a movie for you and i don't remember once where it felt like it was going too slow. There were obviously things i would have done differently, but overall, the movie was fantastic. The acting was A+, the comedy was A+, there was a slight uniqueness to the filming which made it enjoyable, switching between Mars, Hermines (other crew) and Earth, and it all came together with a fantastic ending.
Do i give it a 10/10, no, i mean it was amazing, but perfect. A 9/10 is better, but i blame myself for reading the book, and although i think they did a great job following the main story and adding some fun stuff, i think they did make it seem too easy for Mat Damon to solve problems, and so i would have liked to see more problems arise. I gave it an 8/10, it was a good movie, probably one of the best of the year, but i gave Mad MAX 9/10, and it is no Mad Max.