Space Movies Reviewed By Actual Astronauts

When it comes to science fiction movies and movies that are set in space, it’s hard to gauge just how good and accurate the movies are. Us common folks can only dream of one day spending a few minutes in space and even then we probably wouldn’t be comparing the experience to what happens in movies.

People that do have that luxury, however, are astronauts. They’ve spent prolonged periods in space and are perfectly aware of how it impacts the smaller and bigger things of daily life. So why not have a few astronauts that spent time on the ISS (more specifically: Chris Hadfield, Garrett Reisman and Nicole Stott) review some space movies?

Armageddon

We can finally let this issue rest and can agree on the fact that Armageddon is just a horrible space movie. One of the astronauts even calls it “as bad as any space movie has ever been”, which is probably not something you’d want to put on the box cover.

Guardians of the Galaxy

I mean, we kind of know that we won’t rate this movie highly when it comes to realism. The one scene that really doesn’t work though, is the part in outer space where Star-Lord saves Gamora wearing just his mask. That’s… that’s not accurate. They’d both die, basically.

The Martian

This movie is actually pretty accurate, apart from two small things. First of all, they don’t take into account that gravity and air on Mars are a lot thinner than on Earth. Second of all, you sadly can’t puncture a hole in your space suit and become Iron Man. The growing potatoes on Mars is actually technically possible, though.