It was a long weekend, so decided to take mum out for a movie and thus giver her a break from the daily chores. Initially I had not planed to go for this one as I am not a big fan of space movies. Matt Damon kinda changed my mind;)
The movie is about one of the crew person Mark Watney( Matt Damon) being left behind on Mars and the rescue plan for getting him back. So while the remaining crew people continue on their mission thinking Mark is dead, he is keeping himself alive and busy growing potatoes. How he manages to do that on Mars, for that you will have to go watch the movie.
Fortunately as the movie has many characters and goes back and forth from Mars to the people at NASA, you don't get bored. Mark's in your face sense of humour keeps you from truly feeling sad at his condition. His never to give up attitude helped.
All you science geeks will like the movie for the astrodymamics and any other concepts that a lay person like me might not be aware of;) It made me appreciate the work the people at NASA do and the amount of time they are willing to be away from the ones they love.
All in all great job by Matt Damon, Sean Bean and my favorite Jeff Daniels. A one time watch I would rate this movie a 3.5/5.
