Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media. There are few movies that have it all: big-budget artistry, wonderful performances, humor, and real heart, but with The Martian, Ridley Scott has managed to make his. Chris Stuckmann reviews The Martian, starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Pena, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Mackenzie Davis, Donald Glover.
If you're just looking for a quality movie to entertain you for a while, this should be something you'll enjoy. Matt Damon is lost in space in this (inter)stellar sci-fi thriller from Ridley Scott. You won't find a space epic that's more fun to geek out at than The Martian.
Director Ridley Scott rediscovers the light touch he's been missing in recent misfires such as Prometheus, The Counselor. The movie also scores huge points with its sprawling ensemble cast. While Watney's story is front and center more often than not, The Martian focuses on other people's perspectives, from the global interest back on Earth, to the bureaucratic warfare waged. The Martian review: Glee is the underlying narrative of from this surprisingly optimistic space tale the director who gave us Alien. If The Martian won't open the US purse-strings for NASA, nothing will. Though that shot of Kate Mara jogging in a spaceship, with stars in the backdrop, could suffice.
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I saw The Martian Author mentioned in YouTube talking about The Martian exactly last year after watching Wolf of Wall Street. I watched an astronaut review of this movie and he only pointed out one flaw in the actual science of the movie. What The Martian Gets Right (and Wrong) About Science.
Some of the movie's errors are minor and even cosmetic. The Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena look nothing like the slick, futuristic places they appear to be on screen. Review: In 'The Martian,' Marooned but Not Alone. Based on the novel "The Martian" by Andy Weir that Drew Goddard has turned into a fast-moving, streamlined script, the movie focuses on Mark Watney (Mr.