Through the years, numerous movies have been made that portray the journeys of astronauts in space. Now NASA is hoping the new George Clooney film Gravity will help boost the interest of the public in space activities.

Gravity is a thriller that also stars Sandra Bullock and features amazing cinematography effects set in 3D. Its storyline revolves around the character of Bullock completing her journey is space with a mission to repair a tool the soonest, Washington Post writes. The journey though is hit by several troubles along the way due to a space junk. Reviewers say that it renders the audience a unique sense of how it is to be in space too.

Now NASA has plans of using several Gravity scenes to encourage more funds to come in to their agency which has been recently affected by the government shutdown. According to The Australian, the Hollywood movie has earned about a $100 million already since it opened during the previous weekend.

NASA's Connection With Hollywood

NASA has always been supportive of several Hollywood movies even in the past with Apollo 13 which starred Tom Hanks. Other movies include The Right Stuff and even Transformers: Dark Side of The Moon.

Various Reactions Of Astronauts And Experts About Gravity

Chris Hadfield, a retired astronaut who became popular not just as the first Canadian to walk on space but also in the field of social media, commented how beautiful the film is regardless of some of its flaws, Sydney Morning Herald stated. "If you want to get qualified to fly a spaceship it's not the right training movie to watch. But who cares? I had fun watching it," Hadfield explained.

Buzz Aldrin who gained credibility as second man on the moon told The Hollywood Reporter that the movie is visually stimulating in terms of effects but his only comment was the lack of clouds and less sense of humor during troubling times in space.

"I think it's going to inspire young people and get people interested in what Nasa is doing," Mike Massimino, a space engineer and astronaut from NASA explained. He was amazed with how his bolt remover in real life has the same number on the power tool of Bullock in Gravity.