Nice effects but no story

Rating: 5/10 (22 November 2013)

Sadly this film was all about the nice visual effects and little else. It starts with the main characters already in space and goes from there. There is very little character building throughout the film and the details that are exposed are straight out of the cliché handbook of story lines, this makes it very difficult to engage with the leads with any conviction. As the film progresses the realism starts to fall away very quickly in aide of attempting to drive the story along and maintain interest in the characters and their plight. As a result this means Sandra Bullocks character looks like an incompetent fool for most of the film as she stumbles from one clumsy moment to the next. Her continual incompetence made the film more and more implausible as time went on and quite unbearable as it reached its conclusion - cringe!
There are also some very long drawn out moments that are very close to disconnecting with the audience altogether. About half way through I was bored. I was quite relieved when the film finished and I suspect most of the audience were too judging by the murmurings when we exited the theatre.
Honestly I am shocked this film is getting such high reviews. Did other reviewers see a different film? Sadly this film did not deliver, which is a shame as I suspect a lot of the budget went on the stunning visual effects when more time and devotion should have been spent on a plausible and engaging script.