Captivating!

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 2019)

I ended up enjoying this movie, A LOT.
The set design & visuals were absolutely amazing, and truly stood out the most to me personally. The attention to detail and overall complexity of the whole "stuck-on-a-planet-completely-alone" concept is super captivating and there isn't a single lull in the entire 2+ hours of the film.
Biggest flaw and only reason i'm not giving 10/10 is the lack of character development. I find that there are very lack luster reactions (or no reactions at all) from certain characters in moments that have been greatly built up. Err, to name a few...
1) Mark Wattney's family? Nope.
2) The crew finding out Wattney was ALIVE. No kiddin' right?
3) Wattney & CDR Lewis speaking again before launch. Um, the fact that this is the first time Wattney has heard another humans voice in literally FOREVER.
4) The crew reuniting with Wattney - overall could have been way bigger and was cut too short.
Either way, the film was still outstanding. To be fair I could see how some of those missing aspects would have potentially made the movie too lengthy.
Also was really cool to see Donald Glover in this! Would absolutely recommend.