Promising, but then...

Rating: Null/10 (25 January 2014)

OK. I really wanted to see this film. It appeared to be a serious effort at scifi, you remember, the way Moon was. Sadly Gravity fell short of the mark. It was preachy, predictable, and by halfway through utterly boring. By the fiftieth minute I was literally hoping the end would come soon so I could watch something more ingenious, like my bedroom curtains. Really, anything would have been preferable. So, good points: visually stunning, believable for the most part and nice use of sound/sans sound. Bad points: No real story, just a collection of repeated scenes, feotus floating? Life emerging from the sea? George Clooney being George Clooney. Annoying inspirational music to hollow heroism, an utter lack of imagination dealing with such a wide open idea, and quite frankly the American dream motif is becoming a little tedious. This film could have been great, but in fairness they ruined it. Three out of ten at best.