A solid 5

Rating: 5/10 (15 February 2014)

$100,000,000 budget and yet not enough money for a decent script. Outside of the action scenes and the amazing (yes, I give credit where credit is due) special effects, the movie was quite boring and predictable. The acting wasn't bad, but didn't blow me away. The details seemed authentic...i.e. inside and outside the ships, the suits, the zero gravity effects of space (though, admittedly I'm no expert). But overall, it was like watching a guitar virtuoso who can't play a song, but can play notes really really fast. All technique and no soul. I can understand how this movie was nominated for awards (SFX, art direction, sound) but I don't see how it could be nominated for best picture. Were the movies that came out last year really that bad? On a list of space movies, this one would be at the bottom for me.