There is no sagging in space

Depending on how old you are, you will think this title refers to either:
1. oversize pants
2. aging body parts

If you were thinking aging body parts, then you win! Or lose, depending on how you look at it. This weekend I went to see the movie Gravity in 3D. My first observation was that 3D technology has come a long way since I last sampled it at The Muppets attraction at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando approximately 10 years ago. My next observation was: Wait, how old is Sandra Bullock?

I already knew in advance that George Clooney was unrealistically old to be an astronaut. He owns up to it with his salt-and-pepper hair. Plus, men in Hollywood are allowed to be old. Women, however, are not. So I had a rather nebulous suspicion that Bullock was too old to be an astronaut, but I wasn't entirely sure. My unresolved thoughts about her age were floating around in my mind as I watched the movie and saw her floating around among the stars.

At first she was clad in the usual astronaut gear of bubble-helmet and baggy spacesuit. But then she stripped it off and was suddenly up there on the big screen in nothing but a clingy tank top and some kind of Spandex undies. And there was no flab! Or sag! In high definition! And 3D!

I know there's been much written about the computer-generated special effects in this film, but I thought that only related to the weightlessness and visions of space. I am now entirely convinced that there was some CGI involved in Bullock's butt (among other parts).

But maybe it was all part of the realism of the movie, because, after all, there is only one culprit responsible for our body parts' heading south, and that's GRAVITY.