Gravity is for sci-fi lovers, it is for space lovers, it is for anyone who wants to be awed by the brutal nature of outer space. Amazingly shot by Mexican Alphonso Cuarran Gravity stars Sandra Bullock as an astronaut who suffers a problem in orbit and then must return back home any way possible. The cinematography and direction is amazing and the shots of the planet are humbling and scary at the same time. Of course, I know all this is CGI but it looks so real you'd be shocked. George Clooney also stars but he's barely in the film. Bullock is more than competent and carries the film though it is the visuals and the sequences of chaos that stay with you.
... View MorePure gold. Each time I watch this film I am surprised at the amount of suspended intensity. It feels like I'm holding my breath for 50% of the run-time. And the other half is split between the most gorgeous depictions of space you've ever seen (required HD viewing), and a deeply personal meditation on what it means to be alive; the ability and privilege to pray, to walk, and to keep going despite how tough it gets (both physically and emotionally) ...all innately bestowed upon each person from the womb. There is so much to praise here, from experiencing the weightlessness of space by Emmanuel Lubezki's floating unbroken takes...to the beautiful metaphor of birth.One of the biggest regrets of my life is not watching this in theaters.It may rely heavily on CG, and it may not have an intricately developed plot, but I firmly believe that this is one of the greatest films.
... View MoreThe only aspect of this movie that stopped me from walking out of the theater halfway through was the visual effects. Other than that, this film had almost no story or character development and an awful script. Would you like me to summarize it for you? Sandra Bullock and George Clooney are astronauts who encounter an increasingly dangerous situation when on a routine mission in space. George Clooney dies, and then about every 20 minutes something new (very predictably) goes wrong. A frantic and overly emotional Sandra Bullock (very predictably) manages to work around each problem at the last possible second until she (very predictably) makes it back to Earth. The worst of all is when she seems to have "given up" and a dead George Clooney appears to her in some sort of corny hallucination and instructs her on how to escape her latest peril.This is movie is the epitome of what I hate about major Hollywood movies...extreme predictability riddled with fake "suspense." As a viewer, never did I once believe that the final outcome would be anything other than Sandra Bullock safely returning home. Without the stunning visual effects, this movie would be completely unwatchable. I will never understand how or why critics were so high on this movie, but this is just one of many terrible movies of the last decade to receive such undeserved acclaim.
... View MoreThese are such effects and space landscapes that are incredibly emotional in the man's sense of harmony and thinking ... Even if I add the very emotion that the film possesses, I come to the conclusion that Gravity is an absolute 3D Masterpiece!
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