Gravity does not pull emotions

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2014)

About Gravity I heard it had "great visuals" and it does look good. I don't go into that in more detail because many movies can look good but seems like that is all for so many of the expensive movies these days. Money is spent on flying stuff on the screen.
I also heard that Gravity would be "slower paced" movie. And to that I say bullsh*t. I have heard comparisons to 2001 Space Odyssey but this movie does not come close. Problems with the Gravity are characters all three that we see (and even the ones that only hear!) and the action. I do not get why in earth does so many movies have to be full of destruction and explosions happening all the time. Every action scene (if you can call them that) is happening right on the clock. When character gets to safety instantly everything goes BOOM second after. It is not exciting at all.
And next is my nitpicking marathon: From the start I was annoyed by the ridiculous dialogue and stuff that the astronauts were doing. Clooney was wasting his jetpack all over like he was freaking BORED IN THE SPACE! Okay no matter what but that experience would be so amazing I bet you could not be bored even if you worked there for years. It is totally different world to be out there I don't think that character was born in space did he? Or did hes family move in the space while he was a kid and he was always wanting to be somewhere else on an adventure! WTH! Seriously. I don't buy it.
And then there is some pointless Indian accented character which acts like a total retard: "-Hey watch this! Yeiii", screaming while bouncing around in his safety harness. I was thinking: "that thing will snap but anyway it is so retard thing that he is doing it does not matter since he is going to die and I would not care less for that guy". And would you guess he was hit by debris through his face! Oh but I should feel sad since he had a family on earth :'( at least he was the only one enjoying it! In that world only the idiots really enjoy being in space
Then is this chick who is doing something but it doesn't work and she needs to fix some other things to make it work. Then she must open this hatch which is bolted on with regular bolts so when she screws the bolts loose they will fly all over the place. Okay, it is an exterior of a space telescope. Well who idiot designed that thing! Even me an average Joe can think that it is pretty inconvenient to have those bolts flying around in space! There is million ways to prevent that and this movie tells they have not come up with a solution for it.
That perhaps seems like a minor thing. But no. That short moment is an important detail about the space this movie is creating and it is in the beginning of the movie so everyone's focus at that point is still fixed on the screen. That kind of small details really make it or fail it. And Bullock even says she is sorry and is used that the bolts will fall into the garage floor, like "Whoops! I forgot I was in SPACE and not my GARAGE! Well that happens!" Yeah, I can totally understand floating in zero gravity is very unnoticeable and you can forget it anytime. Being in space is so booooriiiing!
So I like Sandra Bullock's looks in this movie and it was pleasure to watch. But the great visuals are ruined by the fast movement and moving camera. The movie can be about moving from place to another but the camera can still be still sometimes! The special effects are once again wasted on such haste. Everything is moving and exploding and destruction and death and screams and breathing and AAAR=?#)(!"#21?!"#/(!"&#?)!/)?%RGH! But it is not moving. Emotionally.
The movie lacks tension because it does not build it up and everything is just happening too fast. After all I still enjoyed watching the movie but I am disappointed that the true potential was wasted.