The martian

"The martian" is Ridley Scott's latest movie inspired by the book with the same name written by Andy Weir and boy is it good film!

It stars Matt Damon as Mark Watney, an astronaut botanist who is left on Mars by mistake when his crew believes he is dead during an emergency take off. He is left with only his wits and a few supplies and he has to figure out a way to survive four years until the next manned mission on Mars can save him.

I've read the book 3 months before the movie came out and l was so pumped for the release because the plot of the book and the ingenuity blew me away! Gladly, I was not disappointed one bit by the picture.

Matt Damon is excellent, in my opinion one of his best roles in a while now. Donald Glover is a funny breath of fresh air, while the rest of the cast did a great job as well.

What I loved about both the book and the movie is the fact that one would expect the mood to be all sad and depressing, but on the contrary, there are many funny moments and the main character never loses hope. Also, in the book everything is explained to the smallest scientific detail, which was well transferred to the movie, however some parts were cut, which I think were better off like that.

The shots of the movie were amazing, both the ones on Mars and the ones in space, with beautiful panoramas and a nice portrayal of no gravity on the spaceship. 

All in all, I loved every single minute of this movie, it is entertaining from start to finish, the science seems legit, performances spot on, funny, interesting and beautifully executed. Go see it now!