Movie Review
Review The Martian
While watching new Ridley Scott movie, I referred to Gravity almost all the time. Nevertheless, this movie based on the different point. Martian is a TOP 10 Lifehack for staying on the distant planet and Gravity is an endless twist of troubles happening almost at the same time. But all that doesn't mean, that Martian or Gravity is better than the other - they are both great, but completely different.
From the opening sequence, it is clear that Mars is a desolate and harsh environment. NASA has sent a manned mission to the red planet, but due to a dangerous storm that will threaten her crew, Commander Melissa Lewis (Jessica Chastain) has to decide to leave the place they have temporarily called home. As they attempt to leave during the storm, one of her crew members, Mark Watney (Matt Damon), is hit by flying debris and thought to be dead. Lewis is left with the difficult choice of saving the rest of the crew or searching for Watney. Her choice is to sacrifice one for the sake of the crew and they leave Mars and Watney behind. The next day, the crew mourn their crewman without knowing that he had survived the storm. Back on Mars, the interstellar botanist has to come to terms with the challenges of being left alone on the lifeless planet with meagre food stores and no direct communication with his team or NASA. Through human ingenuity and the desire to survive, he must find a way to connect with the people who think he is dead with the hope of getting home to Earth.
Story keeps you awake entire two and half an hour time. Occasionally you almost hope that story would take more time to tell. It scientific side is executed with Nasa's co- operation and that makes it so realistic. Even it's survival story may sometimes feel a little unrealistic it still is great narration of human inventiveness and relentlessness to survive in hostile environment. The special effects were tremendous. I thought I was on Mars with the actors. I found the scenery to be realistic and not on a set. It set the mood for someone being alone and so far from home. When the scene started with a far away shot as if it was from a probe orbiting Mars, you felt marooned. The last part being the cast of the film. I believe all the actors did a great job in portraying their roles. With stars everyone would recognize like Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, and even a good role for known musician Childish Gambino.
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