This is not a movie about a stranded guy on Mars. It's a movie about an American guy left stranded on Mars. It's not a movie the explorers true emotions in a guy completely lost in outer space. It 's a movie that shows, and salutes, high spirit and an ability to take everything with a toothpaste smile in the darkest circumstances. Its not a movie that surprises you in any way. It's a movie that tries to surprise you so much that you pretty quickly understand that this will be a consistent pattern throughout the movie.

My hope was to get inside the mind of a guy left alone from earth, totally alienated, and with a challenge to sustain himself with food in a race against time. Nothing more.

It doesn't show any significant amount of doubt or fear but instead it shows scenes with action again and again which eliminates any chance of connecting with the story in any empathic way.

And on top of the cake you had the whole stereotype team spirit with his crew and NASA and yes, the whole American nation. One big happy family.....

/Simon

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