This is too amusing not to pass on. My sister and her hubby saw Gravity tonight, in 2D. Her verdict? It's boring, as nothing happens Her exact description was, about 20 minutes in you're down to one character, and you know nothing can happen to them or the movie ends so there's zero suspense. The visuals also did nothing for her, as that's just what every movie looks like nowadays.

Obviously, it's just not her kind of film She likes plot, and is more a destination than the journey type of person.

I think it was meant (guy number three more than Clooney) to appeal to everyone's "god it'd be fun to be in space, floating around" instinct, before all hell breaks loose.

But yeah, as a matter of protocol, not so much.

That SNL sketch was followed up on with a "Weekend Update" joke that basically said that the most farfetched thing about the film was George Clooney spending that much time talking to a woman his own age.

More importantly, from a character standpoint, it's crucial because it cements for Sandra how the counter momentum in zero-G works. Clooney un-tethering gives her just enough push to drift back towards the station. Then later at the end, when she's got the empty fire-extinguisher and is just out of reach of the hatch, she chucks it to give herself that extra boost and makes it. I love that moment so much.

Although you can change the theme.

(haven't seen the film, and have no idea if it was a case of the writer getting to the end with a male and female character and going, "Oh, theme!", or if he started with a theme and wrote the characters)