I’m impressed with the good translation of a fun book into a fun movie. Rocky’s “implementation” is spot on. Ryan Gosling’s acting carries the movie along. The script is perfect, not a wasted second—makes a two and half movie feel super fast.
The similarities in tone and development with The Martian are obvious, which makes the acting of Matt Damon and Ryan Gosling so parallel. Like two actors have worked on the same character (Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford implementing their versions of Jack Ryan.)