Techie, Sciencie, and Moving

Rating: 7/10 (16 February 2016)

It's the mark of a good movie when it can grip you and hold your undivided attention without the use of high dollar special effects and other gimmicks. Not that "The Martian" was a small budget movie, but it's captivation wasn't dependent upon that. As long of a run time "The Martian" had, I didn't notice until it was wrapping up and I saw that two hours had lapsed.
Much like "Cast Away" had to be held up by Tom Hanks, "The Martian" needed Matt Damon to be good. Matt Damon more than held his own as the stranded botanist Mark Watney.
The acting was great and so was the story. There were a lot of moving parts to the potential rescue of Mark Watney: NASA, the government, the crew, Mark. The movie was techie, sceincie, and moving all at the same time.