Did This Scene From ‘Gravity’ Drive You Bonkers? [VIDEO]

The motion picture Gravity was a masterpiece and deserved every Oscar nod it received. That being said, there was one scene which defied everything we learned in 8th-grade science class, and it's hard to let it go. Did this scene from Gravity drive you to the edge of madness?

What exactly is the force pulling George Clooney away from Sandra Bullock during the space station scene? Gravity? Not likely. Everything I learned in Mr. Edwards 8th grade "Intro to Science" class, a course I am pleased to say I received the passing grade of "D" in, says this is impossible.

For a movie so focused on detail, this maddening scene seemed to get past not only the writers, but the director and the optical effects people. It didn't get past us, though!

Did this scene catapult you out of the movie? Did it bring your suspension of disbelief to a screeching halt? In other words, did it kind of make your head hurt trying to figure out what was going on?

Many YouTube viewers express confusion regarding this scene:

Scientifically it doesn't make any sense. But it was very important to the story for Kowalski to die." - Oneofthem

"I love this scene too. Still, the physics is WRONG!" - Paul Strouse

Then there are people such as this guy who try to justify the scene:

For those discussing if Matt's death was necessary, just look closely at 1:17. The astronauts are not stationary and their momentum is still pulling them slightly up and away from the station. You can even see the parachute being pulled down across the hull, as well as the Earth slowly rotating out of the frame. They still had plenty of movement to drift away. With a direct line of sight towards the station and parachute (and probably noticing in which direction they were heading) Kowalski responded by removing his mass from the equation. His kinetic energy forces him to drift further away while Ryan gets pulled back by the tension on the parachute line. This may have been enough to counteract Ryan's own momentum causing her to drift back to safety." - GCVos

Check out the big brain on GCVos! Well, considering I've never actually been in outer space, maybe the movie and this guy are right, and I don't know what I'm talking about. In any case, the movie was great, but this scene still makes my head hurt.