When Sandra Bullock’s Gravity came out in 2013, people raved about it and critics showered the movie with a 97% RT rating. However, a handful of people simply despised the petty characterization of Bullock as an unhappy woman who survives a bad journey through space.
Further, when Christopher Nolan came up with Interstellar the very next year in 2014, people epitomized it as one of the best outer space movies ever made. Thus, finding solid ground for comparison, NASA astronaut dissected Sandra Bullock’s Gravity and slammed it to be extremely backward, even for mere entertainment purposes.
Astronaut Criticizes Sandra Bullock’s 2013 Movie Gravity
Although most movies related to outer space consisting of certain over-exaggeration for entertainment purposes, turn out to be accurate to some extent, Sandra Bullock’s 2013 movie Gravity appeared to be entirely inaccurate. Joining Vanity Fair to review space films, NASA astronaut Chris Hadfield, thus hammered the $685M blockbusters for several reasons.
While reviewing Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, James Gray’s Ad Astra, and Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, Chris Hadfield scornfully picked at Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity. Admitting how Cuarón boasted about the movie’s great visual effects and magnificent depiction, Hadfield claimed how bizarre and inaccurate it actually turned out to be.
Confessing, “Gravity is so far from reality that I want to turn my head” the NASA astronaut started criticizing Sandra Bullock‘s 2013 blockbuster. Apart from the fact that Gravity violated the laws of physics, Chris Hadfield mentioned, “real satellites are going 5 miles a second, 17-and-a-half thousand miles an hour” unlike the one shown in the movie that goes 120 miles per hour.
NASA Astronaut Slammed Gravity‘s Character Depiction
Picking at Sandra Bullock’s $685M movie, the NASA astronaut discussed the extreme exaggeration portrayed in the movie. Stating how Alfonso Cuarón moved way past scientific logic, Chris Hadfield went on to discuss Bullock’s character depiction in the film. Looking past scientific errors for the sake of cinema, Hadfield mentioned stumbling upon the actress’ terrible depiction of astronauts.
Chris Hadfield claimed that he could forgive Alfonso Cuarón for the factual errors but could never forgive him for the awful behavioral depiction of astronauts. “Everyone on the crew, the dialogue, they’re all yelling back to Houston as if Houston is going to help them right here,” Hadfield stated. He further added, “It’s not astronaut behavior…It’s so execrable from actual, practical realities of space flight.”
Further dissecting Sandra Bullock’s character in Gravity, the NASA astronaut claimed it’s unforgivable. “In this movie, Sandra Bullock has only been an astronaut for less than a year. When she’s faced with a problem, she’s panicking and has no idea what to do.” Chris Hadfield criticized. He further slammed the movie for its stereotypical depiction that might impact young minds. “I think it set back a little girl’s vision of what a woman astronaut can be an entire generation” Hadfield stated.
Eventually praising the actress for her amazing acting skills, Chris Hadfield criticized the writers and director of Gravity for offering such a disappointing role to Sandra Bullock.
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Source: Vanity Fair
