Review of The Martian (2015) by Moviemitch96 — 01 Oct 2015

This is coming from someone who read the book, so forgive me if I sound a little nit-picky in this. First off, I was highly excited to check this film out after reading the book and seeing that Ridley Scott was directing and Matt Damon was starring.

And while it certainly met my expectations, it didn't quite exceed them like I had hoped. There was a major plot point or two in the book that was nowhere to be found in the film unfortunately. Also, the ending was slightly tweaked and added on to, but other than that, the rest of the film was entertaining, Damon gave a confident and often times humorous performance (staying true to the nature of his character in the book), and Scott's direction was superb and a great return to form after some of his previous mediocre films (e.

G., The Counselor, Exodus.) Overall, I'd say it's definitely worth checking out, even if you haven't read the book. Heck, you might be better off not reading it so you aren't too disappointed by some of the things left out from it like I was.