Space movie aimed at very general audience, with little care for detail

Rating: 2/10 (14 July 2014)

Boy, I am glad I downloaded this movie instead of buying it. After all the hype around it (even on this website, it is currently rated at 8/10 stars), I would have thought it was the best movie of 2013. But as I began to watch the film, I started wondering how on Earth (no pun intended) this movie could have possible been nominated for accolades such as Best Picture and Best Director.
The first thing that struck out to me were the physical impossibilities rampant throughout the film. Ryan, the protagonist, flies off of the space arm and spins off into space, yet somehow a mere ten seconds later, her spin has slowed considerably. Or what about how the parachute opens later in the movie IN SPACE. That is impossible!
Perhaps the biggest fault in the movie was simply how unlikely the entire plot was. A chunk of debris is flying around the earth at 6 miles per second? No way can you spot that with your naked eye, and no way EACH AND EVERY satellite and space station orbiting the earth just happens to orbit along the same path. No way Ryan would be able to move from one space station to another. No way.
My biggest complaint with the film was how emotional unstable Ryan was. How did she manage to get selected to go into space with only six months of training and a recently deceased daughter? For the amount of hysterics and silly monologue viewers must endure, one can only come to the conclusion that Ryan is not suitable for being an astronaut and would have never been chosen in the first place.
To end on a positive note, the graphics were quite good, like most other reviews claim. I was impressed with the space stations and the depiction of earth.
In conclusion, do not waste your time on this so-called "Greatest Space Movie Of All Time".