Majestic yet Awful!

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2013)

In the first few moments of this movie I was struck by the sheer majesty of planet Earth viewed from orbit. As a photographer when you stand on a cliff edge and overlook a breathtaking valley below it takes your breath away and it is nearly impossible to focus on anything in particular. But that's the best it gets in Gravity! While the rest of the movie jumps from crisis to crisis and we are exposed to the harsh reality of existing in space, it is filled with "unbelievable" scenarios that you most assuredly need to suspend any rational thinking/opinions. It is a work of extreme fiction. I was disgusted/frustrated and annoyed that we are forced to accept that a Russian missile, presumably an ICBM (intercontinental Ballistic Missile) or something similar is launched to destroy a former Soviet Spy Satellite and the result of the satellites destruction is a hail of metal fragments that proceed to circumnavigate the planet destroying Shuttlecraft, other Satellites, the International Space Station and pretty much everything else....yeah right! Now lets take a step into reality, since man started putting satellites into orbit when they become of no use they simply let their orbit decay and they get eaten up in the atmosphere. On top of that, not all satellites, space stations and what not are all located at the same distance from the earth (ie they don't maintain the same geostationary orbit) so even if debris was blowing around the planet it wouldn't affect everything around the world. This movie was utter crap, shame on you Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. But the title of worst director/writer is owned by Alfonso Cuaron...shame on you for making scenically spectacular utter trash!