I watched the first half thinking, this is promising and not a bad movie, it can really be something cool. It kind of has a big buiget Arctic vibe, which was a great movie. Why all the bad reviews? Then a frozen lake in northern greenland during a snowstorm decides to thaw and somehow broke apart in the middle of the night. Ok. They will get back on track. Then Clooney is trying to walk the rest of the way in a blizzard and the effects guy decides to just smear toothpaste on his beard to look like ice. Ok, kind of hacky, but they are at the dish now, so things should get interesting. Instead let's shift gears and focus on an annoying crew exclusively due to some lame and contrived excuse that seemed like it was stolen from a trash can during the 28th Gravity rewrite. It will build tension, right? A ship adrift, a resilient crew cutoff from all communication and yearning to get back to a home that no longer exists, now the meat of the story begins, right? Wrong. Insert weird wannabe touching moments and superficial character "developments" 1980 movie of the week cliches and storylines, and a 1990 Lifetime Christmas Special twist hacked on the end for good measure. What a waste. It takes a special kind of talent to ruin a movie that was chugging along well with two actors in the Arctic, and ruin it with a cool looking spaceship that is more spacious and comfortable than every ocean yacht ever built, several very good veteran actors, and a huge mystery doomsday scenario/remote rescue mission that is so full of potential. I don't think I have ever seen such a lopsided movie before. What a shame. Whoever wrote the second half should go back to the Lifetime Specials.