The Martian

The Martian was a fun, edge of your seat, film viewing experience.  I really liked the survival aspect of the film and the fact that it used (mostly) real science throughout the film.  I've seen others say that it was to "frat boy" like, but if you were stranded on Mars by yourself you'd get a little goofy too.  Yes some of the things done in the film were over the top, but for the most part it's believable enough to not draw you out of the film.

Acting

Matt Damon is great, the fact that he can make you believe he's cool and confident at one moment and freaking out the next is great, and the whole time you can feel the fact that he's lonely underneath it all.  As usual Matt Damon knocks it out of the part.  I'm going to be honest I  don't really think the rest of the cast needs much since the film was primarily focused on Matt Damon, but that having been said they all did a wonderful job.

Story

As I said I feel this was wonderfully written, it really draws you in and holds you.  Even though I'm not a huge fan of random location switches this film did it in a way that didn't hurt it, from Mars to Earth, from Huston to China, it was all done in a way that didn't hurt the film.

Music

Not really anything I can remember.  That's a good thing in my book, it means it didn't hurt the film.  Yes there was the disco music being played by Matt Damon, but I'm talking about the score, I don't remember anything about the score if there even was one.  Disco still sucks though.

Conclusion

The Martian is a great film, I think so at least.  Some will love it, some will hate it, and some will just think it was alright.  Either way if your a fan a suspense and sci fi I'd say give it a shot, you might just enjoy it.