The Only Stars To Shine Here Were In The Visual Effects

Rating: 7/10 (18 October 2013)

Okay, for me, Sandra Bollock and George Clooney do very, very well in comedy or a lighter-type movie. Neither one is especially remarkable at drama. For this one, for me, they simply were not believable. The plot was predictable, the dialogue lame. I was vastly disappointed with the writing....even with Bollock's soliloquy moments, they just didn't ring true. They weren't believable. Nor was she. I kept waiting to be swept away, to be caught up in the whole drama, but it never happened. And I'm the type of person who lives in the movies I see. I become part of them. Not this one. Those of us who went to see this picture all came out with the same feeling. The visual effects were stunning. Fantastic. That part was not only gripping but frighteningly realistic. In fact, I'm sure there's an Oscar involved there. But not for Bollock or Clooney. In fact, if they are even nominated for this one, I'm going to think something's radically wrong with the whole process. Not that this is a bad movie, it isn't. Or that they were really bad. They just weren't...how to explain it? They weren't enough. They weren't sufficient for the idea, the moment. Just not as spectacular as I had expected or been led to believe. However, the feel and emotion of deep space, incredible. I know for sure I don't ever want to be there! That part of this movie was something none of us will be forgetting any time soon.