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The Martian reviews
« on: September 12, 2015, 03:45:27 AM »

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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2015, 04:47:04 AM »
Review: Matt Damon leads a smart ensemble in sincere and sharp 'The Martian'

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"The Martian" is a perfect example of why Ridley Scott drives me nuts.

Working from an aggressively smart and funny screenplay by Drew Goddard, adapted from the also smart and funny book by Andy Weir, "The Martian" is so confident, so relaxed, and so completely sure-footed that it almost looks effortless. It takes a genuine master craftsman to take something as complex and difficult as this and make it look easy, but it also takes an artist with a great ear to take something as dense with exposition as this is and make it practically sing.

Sean Bean is not only very good as the NASA guy in charge of crew welfare, but he also gets to deliver a sly "Lord Of The Rings" joke that made me belly laugh.

 
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/review-matt-damon-leads-a-smart-ensemble-in-sincere-and-sharp-the-martian


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Re: The Martian reviews
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2015, 12:59:41 PM »
First Reviews: Matt Damon in 'The Martian'

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Some years an unknown, or at least underanticipated, move busts out of the gate at Toronto and becomes the talk of the town before the first weekend's over. That hasn't happened so far this year, but the festival does seem to have one across-the-board hit: "The Martian." Based on Andy Weir's novel about an American astronaut's attempts to survive on the barren surface of Mars, Ridley Scott's movie is a solid, up-the-middle crowdpleaser — and, if the buzz around Toronto is any indication, a major hit in the making.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/criticwire/first-reviews-matt-damon-in-the-martian-20150914