the movie wasn’t bad, but the book was 100 times better tbh. a lot of stuff got cut out, especially things that made the mission more difficult for watney: the pathfinder getting fried by the drill hitting the table, running into a storm on his way to the MAV, the rover crashing, etc. in the movie, any prep for his mission to the MAV was either omitted or condensed to a short montage, while it took up a substantial section…
