The Martian - Review

Ridley Scott is back baby! After two misses with "The Counsellor" (One of the worst movies I've ever seen) and "Exodus: Gods and Kings", Ridley Scott delivers a really well-made movie with "The Martian". I haven't seen his other science fiction masterpieces such as "Alien" or "Blade Runner", but after watching this film, I might have to bump those up on the "Must Watch List". It seems now that every year we get a new space adventure. "Gravity", "Interstellar" then this and I can safely say that this is the funniest out of all three. I was really surprised about how many times the theatre erupted with laughter. And it's not just a bunch of stupid gags either, it's the witty banter between Matt Damon and the rest of the cast including his video blogs on Mars. Speaking of Mars, there are lots of great shots of it in this movie. Great wide and epic shots that make the planet look awesome. Matt Damon is fantastic and some of the supporting cast is really entertaining too like Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, and Mackenzie Davis. The only real flaw I found with this movie was that some of the supporting cast didn't have an impact on me at all. Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Sebastion Stan... total snoozefests. I couldn't get invested in what these characters were doing and quite frankly, I didn't care. I was much more interested in Matt Damon using his smarts to survive on Mars and Nasa back on earth trying to save him. Overall, I'm so glad to see Ridley Scott back to form and glad I saw this movie. See this movie in theatres!