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This past October the movie “Gravity” was released. It’s a science-fiction drama featuring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney and directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the same director behind “Children of Men,” and “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.”
I’m not a huge fan of science-fiction because it seems to be notoriously corny, but this movie is done in such a realistic way that I wasn’t bothered. The movie starts off slowly in terms of plot, but every scene is so visually breathtaking that again, I wasn’t bothered. It’s enough to just enjoy the cinematography if nothing else.
However that doesn’t mean there wasn’t more to love. Being that there are only two characters in this story, the movie’s cast is an all-star lineup. The acting is phenomenal. Especially from Bullock, who (spoiler alert) early on becomes the sole character in the story.
This definitely isn’t a light-hearted movie. It is a drama after all, and it will have you feeling things undoubtedly. You will go from inspired to stressed, to relieved and then stressed again. As the story progresses you spiral out of control from one tragic event to another.
As you watch Astronaut Ryan Stone (Bullock) near her breaking point as she is stranded hopelessly in open space, It doesn’t make you want to be an astronaut. But I think it’s admirable that a science-fiction movie has finally been made with an improved level of realism. But for anyone not thinking about being an astronaut, it’s a great movie. I give it a 4.3 out of 5 stars.
