Epic start, repetitive end - good but overrated

Rating: 7/10 (13 October 2013)

The first 15-20 minutes of the movie blew my mind. I thought I was about to witness a masterpiece, as the atmosphere that was being portrayed was absolutely incredible. I never experienced fear in any movies, and I have watched plenty horror movies and the likes, but the idea of being lost in space and how it was depicted literally gave me the shivers. The pure essence of being alone.
After an amazing start the movie became too repetitive for me though. I felt that astronaut Ryan's odyssey was just a bit overdone after all. Sure, it is a scenario showing a catastrophe in space, but it felt unrealistic that absolutely everything that can go wrong really did.
SPOILERS AHEAD
Ryan hops from space station to space station just to see it explode in a few seconds, just like disappearing platforms in a Super Mario game. When she finds an emergency rescue shuttle, it miraculously has no gas - really? And that she nearly drowns when she finally makes it back to earth just felt annoying to me, all I thought was "Come on, give her a break now." Again, I know that it is supposed to be a survival scenario but when it is obvious that she will survive anyways the amount of obstacles thrown in her way could have been reduced and more emphasis could have been put on that feeling of being lost and desperate.
One of the few movies worth watching in 3D I might add, the visuals are fantastic and I think they account for the high rating of the movie so far.
All together I'd give it a solid 7,6! Enjoy watching :)