There are issues in this world which should be best left for understanding at the capable hands of our God but then there are people like me who would still want to understand each and everything. Love to me is nothing short of some chemical imbalance that happens because of our fixation towards an individual. This generally leads to exaggerated emotions, lack of self-control, and paranoia. For some, it’s a divine feeling that ought to exist forever.

Peter Chelsom and Allan Loeb tends to disagree with the fact. They decided to sketch a story to please the younger audience. The young and the beautiful are so entangled with the idea of love that anything slightly related to it would please them. The screenplay and plot are not too bad. The story goes like this. Nathaniel Shepherd (played by Gary Oldman), CEO of Genesis, decides to create and sustain life in a habitat on the planet Mars. A crew of astronauts was sent for the mission. One of the astronauts, Sarah Elliot (played by Janet Montgomery) discovers that she is pregnant and thus has to deliver the baby on Mars. To cover up the mess, she decided to raise the baby on Mars. The boy (Gardner Elliot played by Asa Butterfield) upon growing decides to find whereabouts of his father on Earth. The original idea was to discover the intricacies of love (parent-child). But, then to lure teens into it, the filmmakers decided to add teen love to the story and deviate. Upon the unusual arrival of the Martian boy on Earth, the boy started engaging with an earthling (Tulsa played by Britt Robertson) more. I know exactly what comes next when you get too much romantically involved. Either a prolonged period of grief or a beautiful and wonderful life. Gladly, when that Martian confessed his heart to the girl, the girl responded positively despite knowing the fact that their love could be shortlived. The movie then becomes a much loved version of teen infused love story.

Now, imagine a twisted version of the second half of the story. Suppose, when that Martian boy proposes to the girl, the girl takes a two-day break to come up with an answer. The girl then gives a call over a phone to the Martian boy and spins a shitty story to refuse but still asks him to remain in touch and pretend friends. The Martian boy, due to a bigger heart (just randomly because of the 1/3rd gravity of Earth), agrees. The girl then starts behaving with him as if nothing ever happened but conveys that she is also traumatized by the recent incident. The Martian boy who possess a big heart (again just randomly because of the 1/3rd gravity of Earth) believes in her. In reality, that earthling had her own desires of being with a Macho Man (dudes with smaller heart due to higher gravity on Earth) and not with some regular Martian. Each day, the girl confuses that poor Martian but checks on him to find out if he is angry, confused, or continue to be stupid. With all the confusion and broken heart (only metaphorically), the Martian boy decides to stick with his original quest for his father. Wouldn’t that be a wonderful life experience for our poor Martian?

I believe that my small twisted version would have justified the movie title better. And that earthling character (Tulsa played by Britt Robertson) would have won the Teen Choice award too instead of just getting nominated. Anyways, this is a story developed by Earthlings (mainly by Peter Chelsom) and so the outcome remains what it is.