Review of The Martian (2015) by Sg8T8 — 14 Nov 2015

The fact that this film received so many good reviews has made me lose my respect for humanity. It seems North American culture has been seriously dumbed-down, now lacking any measure of critical thought.

This film was mediocre at best. Yes, the Mars landscape was nicely done; but visual effects alone don't make a decent movie - the effects of Gravity were much better, in my opinion. A good film requires a good story, plot, dialogue, suspense, acting, etc.

The Martian was so predictable it was boring. Damon's acting was adequate but forgetable. I felt nothing for any of the characters, and couldn't care what happened to them as the film ignored any potential psychological and emotional aspects of the story.

Most of the characters acted like frat boys, not like professionals you'd expect in these roles. Damon's "kiss my ass Neil Armstrong" and other painful and foul-mouthed quips seem to appeal to a "now generation" too wrapped up in themselves to respect and honor past achievements - a professional astronaut certainly wouldn't act like that.

And the disco music score was odd, jarring, like a drunk uncle karaoke-ing at a wedding. If this film was meant to be drama/comedy/sci-fi it fell flat on all accounts, appealing to the lowest common denominator.

In my opinion, this is typical Hollywood capitalist crap, enabled by a well-bribed mass media, out to rip off people for profit (why can't I get a refund?), completely lacking in substance, made for dumb people who haven't picked up a book in their lives.

And the positive reviews on here and elsewhere reveal a serious decline in taste.