The Martian is a movie that goes for 2+ hours and yet feels very short. It is also a movie that has no business in being as good as it is especially seeing as it eschews allot of the modern trappings of current similar movies.
Set sometime in the future, humanity is doing manned missions to Mars. However, during one of these missions, Mark (Matt Damon) is left stranded on Mars after his crew departs. Now it is up to Mark to survive on Mars until he is rescued. And if that sounds simple, it is because it is.
Jumping between NASA and Mark on Mars, this story is a very simple one. It doesn't have a big villain or mystery. All it comes down to is a bunch of people each trying to do their best to save the life of Mark. It also has no tragic backstory or the like, with the filmmakers correctly guessing that surviving on Mars alone is a big enough villain for this movie. Gravity and San Andreas should've taken some notes.
All the actors in the movie bring exactly what they need to. In fact, this whole movie is a bunch of parts (music, acting, etc.) coming together and doing exactly what they need to for the whole to be good. And it ends up being very good.
By the time I got out of the cinema, I was feeling like the movie was very short. This was until I checked the time and discovered it went for 2+ hours. The pace and story of The Martian were that good that it kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. And that is saying something because this is the sort of movie where the result is never in doubt.
5 out of 5 International Watered Down Martian Waffles.
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