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This film is a little different from my usual material. There are no more than three actors on screen at any given time, for one thing. I usually don't cover serious award season stuff either. But, when I saw the trailers I was intruiged, so I went and saw it. I recommend you do so as well.
No time to waste so let's get to the bullet points.
Story-The film is the story of two astronauts*, played by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, working on the Hubble Telescope when a Russain sattelite explodes. Cutting off communication with the surface and surrounding them in a field of lethal shrapnel. Forcing them to drift from one sattelite to the next for hundreds of miles or die alone in the blackness of the void. It is engaging as all hell, the actors are absolutley fantastic, and it illustrates the unbreakable nature of the human spirit rather well. Although one scene towards the end is a bit of a moodbreaker, which I will not spoil.
Visuals-This movie is absolutley beautiful to behold. It is very hard to make space not look pretty. Several scenes consist of single unbroken shots, that work very well. But the warning up top is quite accurate. Many of those unbroken shots consist of a lot of spinning and sattelite debris flying at the audience. However that does not subtract from how beautiful it is and it looks even better in 3D, although if you have a weak stomach I reccomend opting for 2D instead.
Acting- Like I said the cast is very small, Mostly consisting of just Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Even then Clooney exits near the halfway mark, sort of. Leaving Bullock to do an absolutley wonderful job. Several minutes of the film is just her talking to herself while drifting and I bought every second of it. And a particular point is one of the few occasions that a film has gotten me to nearly shed a tear.
She deserves to get an Oscar nomination for this, and I will be very surprised if she doesn't. Clooney also does a very good job.
In conclusion, Gravity is a spectacular experience, and you will want to see it just to say you did. It's an experience that you just have to see.
Hats off to all, and have a nice day.
Greg.B
*Funnily enough, the government shutdown has a couple astronauts stuck up on the ISS.
No time to waste so let's get to the bullet points.
Story-The film is the story of two astronauts*, played by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, working on the Hubble Telescope when a Russain sattelite explodes. Cutting off communication with the surface and surrounding them in a field of lethal shrapnel. Forcing them to drift from one sattelite to the next for hundreds of miles or die alone in the blackness of the void. It is engaging as all hell, the actors are absolutley fantastic, and it illustrates the unbreakable nature of the human spirit rather well. Although one scene towards the end is a bit of a moodbreaker, which I will not spoil.
Visuals-This movie is absolutley beautiful to behold. It is very hard to make space not look pretty. Several scenes consist of single unbroken shots, that work very well. But the warning up top is quite accurate. Many of those unbroken shots consist of a lot of spinning and sattelite debris flying at the audience. However that does not subtract from how beautiful it is and it looks even better in 3D, although if you have a weak stomach I reccomend opting for 2D instead.
Acting- Like I said the cast is very small, Mostly consisting of just Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Even then Clooney exits near the halfway mark, sort of. Leaving Bullock to do an absolutley wonderful job. Several minutes of the film is just her talking to herself while drifting and I bought every second of it. And a particular point is one of the few occasions that a film has gotten me to nearly shed a tear.
She deserves to get an Oscar nomination for this, and I will be very surprised if she doesn't. Clooney also does a very good job.
In conclusion, Gravity is a spectacular experience, and you will want to see it just to say you did. It's an experience that you just have to see.
Hats off to all, and have a nice day.
Greg.B
*Funnily enough, the government shutdown has a couple astronauts stuck up on the ISS.
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