Funny, involving and entertaining

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2015)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"The Martian" (2015) is not "Interstellar" type or level sci-fi movie, but it is superb picture. It's funny, superbly paced, greatly acted story. Special effects were very good, and they are used here to support the story, which is very simple, but very intriguing. The only complain i had for this movie is kinda bad module work, when they show a moving vehicle on Mars, sometimes it looks too fake, maybe because it was in 3D. Matt Damon carrier this film in a superb performance -it's not Oscar worthy, but a very solid job, he delivers. I also liked Jeff Daniels acting, great work. Others were very solid. Pacing of this movie is superb, at running time 2 h 10 min. it runs very smoothly and doesn't drag for a second. Music was ... lets just say funny in a context.
Overall, "The Martian" takes itself seriously, but doesn't forget humor, which there is a lot in this movie. This is probably the warmest movie about Mars of all time, there are no villains, no aliens, just a man's will to survive at any cost. "The Martian" is great entertainment.