The book - dumbed down, and changed to be illogical

Rating: 3/10 (30 December 2015)

Having ready the book twice the defining characteristic of the book is logic and scientific thought. Together they can give you the best chance at overcoming obstacles.
I expected some of those obstacles to have to be edited out for the film, but was surprised more than 50% of the book disappeared.
And through it all, still the 'look at these geeks, what are they doing' attitude was portrayed again and again, rather than in the book where this basic intelligent, creative behaviour is taken as a given. It was quite depressing.
And then, at the end, a diversion from the book around the rescue. Logic logic logic. and yet we have the commander offering to go and do a dangerous task for no good reason. It was the final smack in the mouth to the book. The final indication that Hollywood couldn't understand logic thought if it came up to them and introduced itself to them.
I'd urge everyone to read the book, and forget this film. Unless they are a moron - in which case I'm sure you'll find it a challenging scientific documentary.