#9. The Martian
It’s nice to see that someone can still make good old fashion, non-sequel/remake blockbusters that stir audiences and are actually descent movies - even better hen they are much better than “descent,” as ‘The Martian’ is. It’s also nice to see Ridley Scott return to his legendary form after a series of underwhelming films: ‘Prometheus’, ‘The Counselor’, ‘Exodus’. You think people would have had enough of lost-in-space movies by now; but ‘The Martian’ just goes to show that if you build a great movie, people will come. So it’s not the best comedy that the Golden Globes thinks it is; the film still packs enough laughs, grade-A actors at the top of their game, and thrills to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout its two-plus hour running time. Just when you think the blockbuster system has been reduced to sludge, Matt Damon gets abandoned on Mars. Screw Hugh Glass and his two hundred or so mile journey through the woods. Matt Damon grew potatoes on a barren planet and flew into space in a convertible rocket to get home millions and millions miles away.
It’s nice to see that someone can still make good old fashion, non-sequel/remake blockbusters that stir audiences and are actually descent movies - even better hen they are much better than “descent,” as ‘The Martian’ is. It’s also nice to see Ridley Scott return to his legendary form after a series of underwhelming films: ‘Prometheus’, ‘The Counselor’, ‘Exodus’. You think people would have had enough of lost-in-space movies by now; but ‘The Martian’ just goes to show that if you build a great movie, people will come. So it’s not the best comedy that the Golden Globes thinks it is; the film still packs enough laughs, grade-A actors at the top of their game, and thrills to keep you on the edge of your seat throughout its two-plus hour running time. Just when you think the blockbuster system has been reduced to sludge, Matt Damon gets abandoned on Mars. Screw Hugh Glass and his two hundred or so mile journey through the woods. Matt Damon grew potatoes on a barren planet and flew into space in a convertible rocket to get home millions and millions miles away.