I went to see this movie because of its multitude of positive reviews and the fact that I like the movie The Fountain. So of course I went into this with great expectations and got very, very disappointed. The reason that the Fountain worked with its metaphysical exploration of life and death is because you got to know and liked the two leads. In this movie you quickly like George Clooney's character and quickly dislike Sandra Bullock's character. She is whiny and incompetent. She needed a longer training time. I would have quickly left her to die. She just didn't garner any sympathy because of the way her character was written,

Well, now for the good things. The visuals were stunning for sure. But the drama seemed force, almost horror movie like.

I wish Cuaron had done better.