The only unrealistic thing in the movie was the part where China was benevolent enough to assist in Matt Damon's return

The only unrealistic thing in the movie was the part where China was benevolent enough to assist in Matt Damon's return

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And that he didn't steal Jessica Chastain's underwear

Boring movie desu.
This is a rare occasion of a film with a not bad script being ruined by na very stale direction. This proves the importance of direction, and it's superiority to script and even acting (the acting in this film was also good, but it was still boring).

The direction was to survive

Matt Damon starred in The Great Wall movie so China will make an exception for him.

Or you know, the part where he grew crops in the super-salty Martian soil.

if you pander to china enough they allow to show your movie there

The crop growing was legitimate. Power of the storm was questionable

This was a horribly corny movie/book. They pepper in enough real-sounding shit to make it seem authentic to people who wouldn't know better anyway. It's designed to make stupid people feel smart.

>The only unrealistic thing in the movie was the part where China was benevolent enough to assist in Matt Damon's return

no, the most unrealistic part was the wind storm producing all that force and them launching in the middle of one at the start

1) not tethering your only ticket off mars
2) mars lacks a LOT of atmosphere, meaning even if wind gets really fast, it will lack force, meaning no windstorm on mars could have ever produced the forces they're talking about
3) the whole blow the airlock to slow down the ship part had me rolling my eyes. yes it would work. maybe. however the physics behind it are so complex no one in their right mind would have tried it in the first place; as it could have slowed them down so much they fell out of orbit of mars, or damaged the space ship, or the moisture in the air could have turned into ice then got in electrical things so when they represurized it melts and destroys the ship. Ultimately it was stupid and reeked of nonsense.