I don't understand the raves...

Rating: 4/10 (28 December 2013)

Like so many before me, I was looking forward to watching and enjoying one of the films, if not THE film of the year. The critics raved about it. IMDb rates it an 8.4 average.
What a disappointment.
The first five minutes introduced us to three characters, two male buffoons acting like five year olds in a space playground and a female engineer, temperamentally unsuited to being on the mission. She cannot follow orders and ultimately causes both their deaths -- not that she seems to give that much thought -- and we are supposed to care about her and her plight? There is no one here to care about.
The visuals aren't enough. Watching Bullock pinball from one crisis to another gets old really quickly.
Honestly, I don't understand the raves. Poor to average at best.