Gravity, a serious error

Rating: 2/10 (5 October 2013)

The previews for this movie turned me off. I had no desire to see it. But, a 98 meta score, and a rating north of 8 here, convinced me to go. And to waste 90 minute of my life. I normally like science fiction. I don't mind one actor taking 90% of the screen time. On that note, they could have gotten someone a little more watchable than Sandra Bullock. The character development consists of George Clooney telling some story that he thinks makes this mission a jinx. Sandra Bullock tells us her 4 year old daughter died when she fell and hit her head. Fine. Let's at least have a realistic plot. Everyone knows she gets detached from her link to the space shuttle. Conveniently enough, there is a Russian space station nearby, that she and Clooney just float over to. Like a walk in the park. Clooney gets cut adrift, so we are stuck with Bullock for the rest of the absurdity. Without giving too much away, she then is able to get to another space station, and is able to get a pod back to Earth for the ridiculous happy ending. I was kind of hoping that she would run into Bob Denver(Gilligan) or perhaps Tom Hanks (Cast Away) when she got to land. Oh well.