This movie is rated highly on IMDb and features Matt Damon in space, so I thought it would be worth a watch. Unfortunately, it wasn't very good. The main problem is that you only rarely feel that the main character is in any real danger. He is pretty upbeat about the whole thing and keeps making trite comments/jokes, such as "I'm gonna have to science the sh*t out of this". And when there finally is some crisis, he fixes it very quickly and the suspense is killed again. The use of disco music also adds to the silly atmosphere in the movie.

Maybe I'm not supposed to compare this movie with Gravity and Interstellar, but those two movies are vastly superior in my opinion. They both deliver experiences that makes you hold your breath and feel the danger and harshness of space and foreign planets, whereas The Martian just feels long and boring.

The acting and CGI is fine, for the most part.