No character development and you are supposed to empathy? My god, no real story at all. Highly technical but so is Star Wars and Star Trek but you won't see any of those true classics nominated for best picture anytime soon. Bullock huffs and puffs. Looks fairly good. The only real comparison I can think of is the Tom Hanks Apollo 13 masterpiece and an older version known as Marooned. Both light years beyond this dribble. Must be a lean year in the movie industry to have this garbage nominated for best picture. Another clunker for the Clooney camp. Can anyone remember Solaris? Bad. Bad. Bad. Dear God this was BAD! Please do not win this Oscar!