Running over two hours long, featuring a massive ensemble cast of A-list stars and rising up-and-comers, and presented in crisp, often beautifully shot 3D, the grand thesis of the “The Martian,” for all its shiny trappings, remains simple, direct, and undeviating, and best summarized by Jesse Pinkman from “Breaking Bad”: “Yeah, science!” Or, to quote astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon), who must do some serious mental gymnastics to save his life when stranded on Mars: “I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this.” Essentially, “The Martian” might be the most expensive movie ever made about the great, nerdy, power of science.
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John McClane meets MacGyver with a PhD in the character of Mark Watney, who is presumed dead when he’s hit by debris and knocked unconscious, after a sudden storm overtakes the crew of the Ares III on Mars, forcing them to quickly abandon the planet and their mission. When he...
