Gravity (PG-13)
Run Time: 91 mins
If someone asked me which movies contain visual effects that
have managed to literally drop my jaw, I would respond with a very select group
of titles. Inception, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, James
Cameron’s Avatar and Graivty, for sure. This movie looked absolutely phenomenal
and is without a doubt one of the most visually impressive movies that I have
ever seen. I’ll be in abosolute shock if this movie doesn’t win an Oscar for
best visual effects, in fact it will most likely be a contender in several
other categories.
Gravity
is science fiction drama/thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban). The movie stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, who are actually
the only two people in the movie for a significant amount of time. Bullock
delivered a great, career performance as the lead role in this movie and
Clooney played a great part as well. Because of all the hype surrounding this
film, I had huge expectations heading into the theater; Gravity completely
surpassed my hopes.
In the beginning of the movie, bio-medical
engineer Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is shown working as a mission
specialist with a small group of astronauts on her first space shuttle mission.
The leader of the team is a veteran astronaut named Matt Kowalski (George
Clooney) who is commanding his final mission. In the middle of their last
spacewalk to service the Hubble Space Telescope, the team receives a warning
call from Mission Control in Houston. A Russian missile struck a defunct
satellite and the debris from the explosion caused a destructive chain reaction.
The mission must be aborted. The shuttle is destroyed by the debris and the
rest of the crew is killed, leaving Stone and Kowalski as the lone survivors.
The two are left tethered to each other while floating in the dark, silence of
space. They are hoping to find some way to survive and
return to Earth.
Gravity’s cinematography is absolutely
breathtaking. I give all the credit in the world to Alfonso Cuarón and his
incredible crew. As a member of the audience, I felt as if I was personally in
space with the two main characters fighting for my own life. It was an
absolutely sensational experience. Do not allow yourself to miss out on this spectacular
work of art. It is worth every penny of admission.
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