So, yeah, I'm woefully "behind" on reviewing the things I've watched/read, but once in a while I have the overwhelming need to write about something I recently witnessed.
This one is about the film GRAVITY. I saw it on a big screen; not IMAX big (and I have heard only good about seeing it in IMAX), but still larger than normal-- and in 3D.
I saw it Friday and liked it so much I saw it again Saturday.
Fantastic! The acting was great, the direction was mesmerizing, and the effects were mind-blowing. I knew Clooney and Bullock could bring it, and I've been a fan of Alfonso Cuaron since I saw CHILDREN OF MEN (which resides as my #4 favorite movie on Flickchart), but I don't think my eyes have ever seen what I saw in this film done as well as it was here. My mind cannot even comprehend how they did those things (I hope the Blu-Ray release is decked out with making-of footage; I don't believe knowing the how will affect my enjoyment of it in the future).
It was absolutely amazing; just stunning on so many levels. And, yeah, some parts were scientifically inaccurate, but it didn't matter. The film was telling a nice, tight (90 minutes) story about survival, and it did it wonderfully. Just let it hit you.
And let it hit you on the big screen with speakers all around you. This is a huge-scale movie told from the point of view of a single character. The 3D isn't obnoxious, and it may not even be mandatory, but I found it really brought something to my enjoyment of the film. I'd recommend doing a gigantic screen and in 3D.
There are so many more things I'd like to say, but I hope anyone who watches it for the first time has the same sense of surprise I had (I really didn't know what it was about other than Bullock's character gets separated from her shuttle in space and is floating away at a high speed). This is a very realistic story, so don't think it's sci-fi. It just happened to be set in space (high-Earth orbit space).
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