Besides the realistic depiction of Mars, his performance is the other pillar on which this fine film rests. Although The Martian splits time evenly with Damon's plight and the efforts to rescue him, Matt's time alone on the screen with the full range of emotions displayed is what got him his Best Actor nomination. But that goes against the code of a decent civilization which while we're not at Star Trek level yet, we look to be heading that way. Just leaving him there is actually an option discussed.

To say that there's a public relations problem is putting it mildly. The future also brings us better communication and NASA learns that Matt's still there. Captain Jessica Chastain takes when she thinks Damon was killed. What happens in The Martian is that Damon is part of an astronaut team and gets left behind when a Martian sand storm erupts and the crew flees on the space ship. Roberts from tedium to apathy and always boredom. And that's part of the story, the everlasting boredom trying to keep your mind fresh and busy with tasks for your survival. But if that's all I heard for months on end, I'd grow to hate Der Bingle. Personally I'd prefer a selection of 30s and 40s music with Bing Crosby at the top of my list. It's all he heard for the months he was on Mars. His captain's taste in music was 70s disco and that really became a running joke. So you can't have Matt Damon's character listening to current music. Of course you can also never predict what popular trends will be there. Just this past year we saw 2015 come and go and it wasn't really anything like the 2015 that Marty McFly experienced. The film in that sense avoids a trap like so many others fall into.

They never really say just exactly what year The Martian is set in.

Compared to what Matt Damon has to go through, Robinson Crusoe was on that tropical isle for a picnic. It's a desert planet with water and no life as we know it. One of the film's best strengths is that it is based on what we know about the landscape and atmosphere of Mars right at this point in time. Although The Martian is set in an indeterminate future I have questions about labeling it science fiction.

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