Mission to Mars essay

Summary: My God, it's full of cliches! (with apologies to the writers of 2010) A good cast, some impressive special effects, and an experienced astronaut providing technical advice. What could have gone wrong? Let's start with the script. It combines every possible sci-fi cliche (look for these movies as they appear in M2M: 2001 and 2010 in a big way, Dune, The Abyss, Apollo 13, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, to name only a few) in a …

…EYES, to see the same technique. Although I consider MISSION TO MARS to be a top-notch science fiction film, beautiful to look at and listen to, I certainly can't give it a perfect '10.' While the physical science is good, the biology is substandard. The ending is relatively weak, but I can't judge the whole book by its last chapter. I give it a solid '8', and I recommend it for theatrical viewing.