Great visuals but a real let down.

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2014)

I was looking forward to seeing this film. There is a lot of press going on about this at present and its had good reviews, however It was a huge letdown, though the visuals were stunning.
I will say up front that I like both Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as actors.
The opening sequence is very good with the shuttle whizzing through space with the earth behind.
A few minutes after this you see the astronaut played by George taking the jet pack for a spin around the shuttle without out a care in the world and the other the other tethered astronaut bouncing up and down on his leash like it was a bungee cord.
At this point I had a few alarm bells ringing in my head.
So it goes on like this.
The astronaut Sandra, inserting a circuit board which is not encased. Loosing a bolt. Not having tools tethered. The astronaut George chit chat chat-up rather than focusing on job.
When the debris hits the shuttle all of a sudden the debris has more mass than the shuttle and knocks it around like a toy.
The unprofessionalism showed by supposedly trained astronauts spoilt the film, let alone the lack of real following of physics.
It would also seem Nasa no longer have any ground radio transmitters or Russians or Chinese for that matter.
It just goes on and on with error after error.
No astronaut would remove their helmet before leaving capsule.
The final sequence I almost wished there was a shark in the water to eat astronaut Sandra or she would be shot as a spy.
I know films are entertainment and sometimes they take liberties with the facts but this film it was continuous one after the other. I was expecting some but it could have been so much better if they had some proper advise before they committed to film.
I love space films but they completely spoilt it for me with the story line and lack of understanding of physics and how well trained astronauts are.
Thankfully the film was only 90 minutes long.