i must admit i burst out laugh when i saw one reviewer compare this to lotr . well yes and if you exclude the dwarf and the cast of thousand and the great special effect and the big battle and the strong characterization and the decent plot and the good acting and the classy direction and everything else . which leave you with the walking . and boy and do this film do walk . if mr piano have his way and this would probably be an uninterrupted three hour of hardcore walking through the wisconsin countryside and but every 40 minute or so these pesky martian pop up for a few second to interrupt him before he go for another bit of a ramble . you have never see so much walking in a movie . if this really have a $ 20m budget and most of it must have go on mr piano shoe and because he have to get through plenty of pair with all the walking he do . which explain why there no money leave for decent effect and a decent video camera or proper actor . honestly and it like watch some bizarre fetish video for people with a thing about go for long walk in period costume . even on fast forward and this be a looonnnggg walk . a for the sci fi stuff and i think it be a mistake to put martian in the film represent they only get in the way of the walking and which be clearly much more interesting to the director than the story . i wonder how much mr piano charge to walk dog .