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Rated The Martian 9/10

In the face of overwhelming odds, I'm left with only one option: I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this!

The novel is one of my favourites, and Ridley Scott certainly did a damn good adaptation, with a great cast.

My only complaint is that it cuts out a lot of the "working the problem" between things happening and subsequently being fixed. Mark comes across as almost super-human in his ability to pull a solution out of his ass, rather than just being a good astronaut who can work things out given enough time. I get that wouldn't be compelling cinema to watch him look things up and work things out, but we could've probably dropped one or two "counting out the food" sequences in favour of it, no?

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Published 2025-01-24 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere