Saw this over the weekend. Enjoyable movie. I had not read the book, so going in with blank slate was fun with no expectations of any kind. I do feel that the movie did a decent job at making a bit of a point in regards to Watney's struggle to overcome and survive.
Overall I think the cast was pretty good, and did a good job. Damon's reaction to him being told that NASA hadn't told the crew yet I thought was perfectly reasonable and understandable. The daily mission I had no idea that Sean Bean was in this film, and Ejiofor was great. I think Jeff Daniels reminded me a little bit of his character from The Newsroom, which I was perfectly fine with. I think that Watney's videos were probably the highlight of the movie though.
Overall I think the cast was pretty good, and did a good job. Damon's reaction to him being told that NASA hadn't told the crew yet I thought was perfectly reasonable and understandable. The daily mission I had no idea that Sean Bean was in this film, and Ejiofor was great. I think Jeff Daniels reminded me a little bit of his character from The Newsroom, which I was perfectly fine with. I think that Watney's videos were probably the highlight of the movie though.