I finally watched this on my blue-ray dvd!
I wished I had seen this in theaters, it most definitely deserves all the box office, money, awards, and so forth that it got and even more some. This was such a nail-biter the whole way through. And wow! The graphics were just breath-taking! Not only that, but I love how the director shot this movie at times with chaos and shaky cam (THIS is where shaky cam is affective), like when she was tumbling through space. It made me feel like I was Stone herself, just flying off in space with no one to help me. I felt scared for her.
It wasn't a perfect movie for me though, I have minor quarrels. One, I think the biggest mistake they made was character development. I think they went way too fast to get into the action (the spaceship is hit in like, 5 minutes into the movie lol), and because of it, we never get any sort of character development in the beginning with both main characters Stone and Kowolski(sp?), and even the third guy who was with them that just kind of floated around not doing anything. If they had spent just a bit more time showing conversations with them, maybe having a dinner scene inside the craft before going out (kind of like how Alien and Aliens did it), I think I would have been so much more emotional when we ended up finding the third guy with half his face blown away from debris. Instead, I mean I felt bad for him, but I was kind of eh to it. It didn't affect me like it was suppose to.
Second problem with the movie was the ending. I don't know what it is about Sandra Bullock movies, but why is it in every movie she's in, she NEVER DIES? I know this is morbid, but it's true! I can't think of any movie she's been in where she's died, and my sister being a HUGE Bullock fan, said the same thing! The ending with her going through Earth's gravity and almost melting/exploding to death.....I don't know how realistic it would be for he to actually have landed that thing in once piece. It just seemed so cliche to me. Once again, Bullock lives on (seriously, she's becoming like a Chuck Norris or something).
I know it seems like I'm ranting, but really I loved loved loved the movie. I'd give it an A-, overall rating 8.5/10. It was very good and I would definitely rewatch again!