Did you see this in theaters? In 3-D? I hope so, because it's a movie that is miraculous on the big screen. I did rewatch much of it at home and it holds up pretty well though. Needless to say the bigger your TV and the better your sound system, the more enjoyable Gravity will be.
Gravity is a movie about a field of debris that strikes the space shuttle during a routine repair of the Hubble telescope. One of these astronauts must make her way through the vastness of space and all its perils in order to find a way to return to Earth.
Gravity is a technical marvel. The computer effects are incredible. The world they inhabit feels very real. But it's sweeping camerawork that is really impressive. If there is one film for 2013 that deserves to have the "making of" featurettes watched, it's this one. The combination of various effects technologies come together to make an absolutely captivating film. It'll blow your mind how much of the film is practical. It's also amazing how much effort was put into seemingly minute details. But you would've been hugely distracted had the filmmakers not had that keen eye for detail.
Apart from the incredible visuals, the movie has some problems. Some script problems. The dialogue is awful. The scenarios start to get repetitive, but the movie is relatively short and doesn't wear out its welcome. We also have no emotional connection to Ryan Stone. She is our only character, yet nothing is done to make us care about her. The script does try for a bit of lazy, Hollywood shorthand by having her be a woman whose child died. But that doesn't make me root for her. The suspense lies just in wondering how she's going to get out of that situation not in any real concern for her. Had Ryan Stone been a character that a viewer really cared about, the various perils she faced would've been almost unbearably intense. As it stands, her struggles to return to Earth are just visually impressive.
One thing that really helps create an air of tension is the score. The music drives the movie. It is flawless, intense action music. Without that music, even the impeccable renderings of space turmoil would've been fairly dull. Gravity is a film that marries sight and sound in a nearly perfect way.
10 Academy Award nominations have been given to Gravity. It's one of the best of 2013 without a doubt. It's a more impressive use of computer effects and 3-D than Avatar. This movie is a classic. There are better movies out there, but Gravity is the kind of movie that people keep coming back to. Rent or buy it (preferably on Blu-ray) and take it to the biggest TV you've got access to. In a world where we can watch some of the greatest stories, characters, and acting on television, Gravity makes a strong case for the continuing relevance of movies.
8 out of 10
Gravity is a movie about a field of debris that strikes the space shuttle during a routine repair of the Hubble telescope. One of these astronauts must make her way through the vastness of space and all its perils in order to find a way to return to Earth.
Gravity is a technical marvel. The computer effects are incredible. The world they inhabit feels very real. But it's sweeping camerawork that is really impressive. If there is one film for 2013 that deserves to have the "making of" featurettes watched, it's this one. The combination of various effects technologies come together to make an absolutely captivating film. It'll blow your mind how much of the film is practical. It's also amazing how much effort was put into seemingly minute details. But you would've been hugely distracted had the filmmakers not had that keen eye for detail.
Apart from the incredible visuals, the movie has some problems. Some script problems. The dialogue is awful. The scenarios start to get repetitive, but the movie is relatively short and doesn't wear out its welcome. We also have no emotional connection to Ryan Stone. She is our only character, yet nothing is done to make us care about her. The script does try for a bit of lazy, Hollywood shorthand by having her be a woman whose child died. But that doesn't make me root for her. The suspense lies just in wondering how she's going to get out of that situation not in any real concern for her. Had Ryan Stone been a character that a viewer really cared about, the various perils she faced would've been almost unbearably intense. As it stands, her struggles to return to Earth are just visually impressive.
One thing that really helps create an air of tension is the score. The music drives the movie. It is flawless, intense action music. Without that music, even the impeccable renderings of space turmoil would've been fairly dull. Gravity is a film that marries sight and sound in a nearly perfect way.
10 Academy Award nominations have been given to Gravity. It's one of the best of 2013 without a doubt. It's a more impressive use of computer effects and 3-D than Avatar. This movie is a classic. There are better movies out there, but Gravity is the kind of movie that people keep coming back to. Rent or buy it (preferably on Blu-ray) and take it to the biggest TV you've got access to. In a world where we can watch some of the greatest stories, characters, and acting on television, Gravity makes a strong case for the continuing relevance of movies.
8 out of 10
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