Date: Friday, 10 January 2014 05:56 pm (UTC)
I'd say that gravity is like Die Hard: a thriller, set in the present day, in a high-tech location, about overcoming huge odds, and not quite realistic. I know it's kinda also SF because Space.

Some of the major deviations from reality include - no, all those space stations' orbits aren't that conveniently close to each other; it takes a solo astronaut the best part of an hour to extract themself, unaided, from a space suit. And they wear a powered heating/cooling undergarment under the suit (the astronaut could otherwise boil in direct sunlight and freeze out of it) and a diaper (because things happen during 12-hour EVAs). And the debris storm. And ... never mind.

But despite that it's an amazing movie, even more so in big-screen 3d. Also really good considering that it's short, and simple in plot and a very small cast. And has to be almost entirely CGI, unless it was filmed in LEO without telling anyone.

I've never before seen absolute nothingness so chillingly realised, and triumphed over. That's a feat, and it's very SFy.
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