Cinematography was stunning

This movie meant to be watched on big screen. I truly felt it while watching opening scenes with those amazing aerial shots of desert and water. I miss those days when movies made good cinematography. I watched it on tv. But it had to look stunning while in theaters.

I love re-watching older movies because you know that everything that shot was shot on location and not in studio with green screen. You know that actors or stunt doubles actually went and walked those desert mountains.
You know that stunt people did tricks.

This whole desert shots of emptiness is what convinced people that they really were on the other planet. For the shock reveal later. Because it really felt that they were.