Fabulous and quite surprising.....

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2014)

Didn't get round to watching this movie for ages, felt it was over-hyped, but was more than surprised. Its a movie, its about space, so suspend belief, its not a documentary and on first pass you don't get much of a 'story', but wait a minute..... Its a movie, and entertainment it does deliver and mostly.... Its fun, the effects are perfect, and largely 'unbelievable', but then this is a Hollywood movie, and aren't they all? For all its clichéd and cheesiness, I loved it, easy to cast a critical eye and forget .... This is space, sit back and just enjoy the effects and flying debris.....
I doubt this will make my 'will watch again' list, it does lack some of the drama of Europa Report or blackness of Prometheus, but is well worth a bag of popcorn and and a couple of hours, pure entertainment.