Chris Hadfield might be the perfect person to review The Martian for a bunch of reason, not just for testing the accuracy of it but also coming closest to the experience.

The iconic austronaut who has written many books on the subject himself, has a video review out for Ridley Scott's The Martian, which stars Matt Damon. The movie is based on Andy Weir's book of the same name, which Hadfield reveals he has read and "loved." Talking about the book he believes Weir really nailed the experience of the austronaut, stating it was so "real" and that he got the "characters" right.

Coming to the film, Hadfield was quite impressed as he revealed that despite knowing how the plot unravels he was kept on the edge of his seat.

"The movie's very exciting, even the big action sequence in the end, even though you know what's going to happen is still nervewracking," he said.

But being a professional he was bound to look at things a bit too technically, yet he understands that filmmaking can be excused of those imperfections.

He admitted that he is the worst guy in the country for picking the "little technical stuff but it's like any expert watching a movie."

"The producer and the director have to simplify it to tell the story so I don't want to worry about that too much, I enjoyed the movie, it was a lot of fun," he added."

Hadfield did have something to say about the music, though, stating that if he was caught in orbit, his "definition of hell would be if the the only music available was free form jazz, opera and disco." "I think I'd kill myself," he said.

He went on to elaborate on what kind of music would work for him.

"I grew up with harmony music and lyrics that mean something and the meoldy that stays in your head when it's finished, when it is not just relying on volume to create a reaction," he said.

He cited Great Big Sea and Leonard Cohen, The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive and Joni Mitchell as some of his favorite artists.

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