E.T. Go Home!

Rating: 4/10 (15 September 2016)

Yes. Indeed.... Though I have numerous beefs regarding this latest offering from director Ridley Scott (who, believe it, or not, has got yet another "Alien" sequel lined up for release in 2017.... Ho-hum!) - Here are 2 of my biggest grumbles against "The Martian".
(1) - With "The Martian" having a PG-13 rating - I'd say that, as an adult, director Scott has short-changed me, big-time, with this one.
I mean - Here was a story that was so full of plot-holes, implausibilities, and annoying loose-ends that only someone with a mindset of an adolescent could appreciate it and not question its endless "science fiction" inconsistencies.
(2) - (This is just a personal observation) - But - (From where I was sitting) - I was sure hoping that after all the time he spent on Mars, the Mark Watney character (once back on Earth) would slowly-but-surely start to morph into an actual "Martian".
Now, I'm not talking about Watney turning into a hideous-looking monster, or anything like that. No.... But because of Watney's long exposure to this alien environment, he would somehow subtly change and, yes, maybe find that he had to return to Mars in order to continue to survive.
Yeah. A scenario like that sure would have beaten out how this hum-drum Sci-Fi tale inevitably ended.