Spoiler alert for those who want to see Gravity.
Saturday, I went to go see the new movie Gravity and it was really good. The main character is a woman named
Ryan (sorry I can’t remember her last name) goes into space and ends up being
left alone in space after a series of events that leave her stranded. Although the main character is a strong
intelligent female, I have some issues with it:
1.
There are several scenes within the movies where
she talks about how she can’t handle landing the machinery because each time
she practiced on earth she crashed it.
It’s frustrating because even though the woman is a “smart” woman she
still can’t handle the machinery. By the end she is able to land the whole
thing by herself.
2.
There is a scene where George Clooney’s character
and Sandra Bullocks character are able to meet up. The entire time Bullock’s character (she plays Ryan) is
always in a panic while Clooney’s character is totally calm. Again, there is this image that women
can’t handle being in situations of danger.
3.
In on of the last scenes she is in space alone
and she’s in a shuttle that won’t launch.
This is when (spoiler alert!) Bullock’s character decides to die. Then Clooney’s character comes in and gives
her a pep talk and explains how she can get back to earth (this is her
imagination, because at this point Clooney’s character is assumed dead in
space). It bothered me because
AGAIN she couldn’t come up with the idea on her own, someone else (a man) had
to explain it to her.
4.
The last thing that bothered me about the movie
is out of the three characters one was a person of color and you didn’t see him
till he was dead. Ugh.
Besides the overly critical mind of mine thinking about
these things through out the movie, it still was pretty good and by the end she
was able to get back to Earth.
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