Spacesuits sealed with Velcro, and visors that simply rest against the cloth bottom of the helmet, without so much as a rubber seal? Breathable air and potable water on Mars? Advanced civilizations that build structures from stone, with little stone around (except rust), and yet can hold air pressure without any seals? A planet having "no detectable gravitational field" except in small discrete areas, yet the ship can orbit fine? Just this is enough for a nice lack of realism and plot. But wait, there's more!
Bad acting, with, at points, horrific post-sinking, precious little character development (one of the main character's only development is "just face it, we're going to die", repeated ad nauseum), and what plot there is progresses slower than a snail heading uphill through molasses on a midwinter night. Throw in some random technobabble and unexplained phenomena - most scifi has unexplained aspect, but they don't even try, they just say that it happened. Like the stone corridor which suddenly becomes pressurized with breathable air, for no even attempt at reasoning.
All told, this movie is fine if you like that sort of thing, but anyone who knows anything about science and wants a remotely plausible movie, or simply likes a movie with plot, should stay away.
If it wasn't for the SFX shot of the lander breaking off from the main ship, and other shots of the spacecraft this would get a 1, but these minor redeeming features get a 2 from me.
Bad acting, with, at points, horrific post-sinking, precious little character development (one of the main character's only development is "just face it, we're going to die", repeated ad nauseum), and what plot there is progresses slower than a snail heading uphill through molasses on a midwinter night. Throw in some random technobabble and unexplained phenomena - most scifi has unexplained aspect, but they don't even try, they just say that it happened. Like the stone corridor which suddenly becomes pressurized with breathable air, for no even attempt at reasoning.
All told, this movie is fine if you like that sort of thing, but anyone who knows anything about science and wants a remotely plausible movie, or simply likes a movie with plot, should stay away.
If it wasn't for the SFX shot of the lander breaking off from the main ship, and other shots of the spacecraft this would get a 1, but these minor redeeming features get a 2 from me.