Very disappointed

Rating: 5/10 (15 October 2013)

Maybe I shouldn't be reviewing this film because I didn't actually see the whole thing. But that's because I fell asleep; three times I think. I love good sci-fi movies and was really looking forward to this, based on the trailers and rave reviews when it came out. Now I am wondering - did I see the same flick these people did? Lets start with the plot. There wasn't one. At least not one that a third grader couldn't improve on. The Russians ( yes those nasty Russians)have destroyed one of their own satellites and have emperilled space travel for all mankind with the debris they have created. Its never really explained why they did this, but whatever. What follows is endless (and mindless) scenes of Sandra Bullock tumbling through space after the shuttle she and George Clooney are on is destroyed, right up to the predictable conclusion. I would give a 'spoiler alert'here, but whats the point. Anyone with a brain knows how this one is going to end five minutes after the movie starts. And of course, there are the predictable hallucinations of George reappearing and telling Sandra how to save herself after he has been killed. Whatever.
I will give this film one positive- the special effects are indeed spectacular. I don't recall any movie that puts one into space quite like this one. They even acknowledged that there is no sound in space, which I don't think has been done since 2001. Which just made me realize- 2001 had special effects better than Gravity, with 1969 technology. Now THAT was a sci- fi movie.
Had a plot, too