8. Sound Design
Maybe you failed science, but if youre unaware, there is nothing to carry sound in space. In some of the commercials, they actually did leave sound in to create a sense of interest with modern audiences through destruction. Its essentially a marketing ploy that was reversed for the final cut, and wisely so. There is a sequence during Gravity where a station is blowing up and falling apart, and as this carnage begins flying in every direction, you realise that theres no sound from the explosions or surrounding carnage. Its a visual that cant be put into words, but these sound design decisions add to the atmosphere in chaotically beautiful fashion.