Mixed emotions

Rating: 8/10 (16 November 2015)

I have mixed emotions about this film. The theme film is powerful, but kind of unconvincing. Maybe I expected too much, but I was expecting a tense drama on the verge of tragedy, the drama that takes you breath away while you crush your fingers and do not take your eyes off the screen. But Martian does not have nearly such tension and the audience was a bit drowsy. I do not know whether it was intentional or director and Matt Damon just did not succeed. Martian is focused on solving the problem but does not seem to deal with the problem his life depends on and the slightest mistake insures an agonizing death. There is no despair, no wrath, longing, no nothing. The visual effects are pure artwork they could have lasted longer. In some moments, you really have a strong impression that you are on Mars.