Slow but steady

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2013)

I did not put much expectation for this movie in the beginning. Firstly, hats off to the Cuaron brothers for their original story. Its not the usual and common science fiction story you watch everyday such as asteroid alarm, alien attacks and war between two planets. The story focuses on life on space,how unpredictable it could be,how helpless we are outside the atmosphere of earth and gravity and also hope.
Secondly, graphic was good and realistic. I realized the team did a pretty good job on making the movements of objects and person as how it could be when there is no gravity acting on them.
Next,acting. Sandra Bullock gave her best since her performance in The Blind Side. Sadly its not Oscar deserving. She brought the role perfectly but not the emotions. It seems not natural. She failed to shine during breakdowns or when under pressure. Well credits for her initiative to befriend astronaut Andy Coleman in order to understand their lifestyle in space. George Clooney, well his role can be clearly seen as supporting actor which did not suit him. He is an astronaut so he could had been more serious and less romantic and funny maybe. Nobody jokes when we are in the outer space.
Few mistakes here and there but great screenplay. Finally, then ending. Few moments to the ending tend to be biased to make her survive. It didn't take me long to realize that she will survive every single obstacle till the last Chinese capsule. I would prefer if she died trying in the ending.
Shooting was completed in 2011 so i assume a lot of time was spent to edit and improve the visual effects. Kudos to the team. Overall i would give this movie 8/10 for the vast amount of effort put by the actors and staffs to produce this original and almost realistic piece of work. Thank you.