Overrated

Rating: 1/10 (4 April 2014)

I was in two minds on whether to watch this film or not as I have a serious aversion to Sandra Bullock, I put her level of repugnance on the same level as Shia LeBeouf. They both possess similar babbling, er.. acting qualities, but hey, give it a shot I told myself, put your feelings for ms Bullock aside, after all Alfonso Cuarón is director on this one and Y Tu Mamá También is one of my favourite movies, I told myself.
Visually, Gravity is stunning, no doubt about that but that's pretty much all it has going for it. This might be fine for some but as a lover of film I prefer something more, a little substance, some semblance of realism pertaining to the rules of the world being portrayed on screen. Gravity, unfortunately fails to cater on any of these fundamental details nay, prerequisites. Instead we are asked that any incredulity that the film so rightly deserves is put aside in favour of the shiny, shiny graphics, like a moth to a light-bulb I feel, is how I am asked to approach it.
To call a film 'Gravity' but then disregard all other rules of physics is utterly beyond my comprehension. I won't go into all the mistakes made in this film regarding physical errors and the like, that has been well documented by other writers already. What I will add however, and something that still bugs me with the plot is why the Russians decided to blow up one of their satellites. How dumb are we supposed to think the Russians are? Surely there are regulations regarding the destruction of property in space, there have to be.
Have they managed to polish the proverbial turd with this film, I keep asking myself? Perhaps not but they made a good attempt at trying to distract from its axiomatic shortcomings.