Wow, where to begin

Rating: 5/10 (17 February 2014)

Wow, was I disappointed. I had heard all the hype about how awesome this movie was, so maybe I was expecting ... an awesome movie. What I got was a totally unbelievable tale of space gymnastics and dislocations. The coolest thing about the movie was trying to figure out how they got all that stuff to float around. That was fun, the story, eh, not so much.
I mean, give me a break. The surface area of the ISS orbit is about 225 million sq miles. Does Hollywood really expect me to believe that the Space Shuttle, the ISS and the Chinese station are floating around in that 225 million sq miles close enough that Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalski can zip around between them with a tiny little space suit jet pack, a busted up Russian space vehicle and a fire extinguisher. If these things are within a thousand miles of each other, panic sets in on earth. Now throw in the difference in altitude, orbital speed, orbital inclination, orbital direction, etc. and, well, sit back and enjoy the graphics and Bullocks talent because the story just became bizarre. And she really, really knows how to hold her breath while disrobing. Wow.
One huge disappointment. :(((