Review of The Martian (2015) by Ben B — 20 Jan 2018
Beautifully filmed, no question, the sketchy plot got me a bit frustrated. Jeff Bridges with his misjudgements ( telling the crew, not testing food rocket etc) was clearly not fit to do his job from an early stage.
Would the crew really add another year and a half on a risky mission with a high of losing their lives ( if it wasnt a film they would have all died). Duct tape and a bit of polythene withstands martian winds that rip everything else apart.
The hub seems to have endless oxygen.I was expecting to see some Top Gun style closed fist man hugs at some stage of the rescue. There was of course the mandatory scenes of mission control standing up and clapping at various stages ( exemplified in Airplane It does however show the complete waste of money and resource that sspace travel is.
Nothing is gained from this apart from national pride and non stick frying pans and sky TV, all of which I can do without, Solve world hunger or spend billions going into space... uhmm thats a tough one.
This review of The Martian (2015) was written by Ben B on 20 Jan 2018.
The Martian has generally received very positive reviews.
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