Written by James M. Tate / 10/04/2013 / 1 Comment / 2013 , george clooney , sandra bullock , science-fiction , suspense
GRAVITY
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year: 2013 cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Amy Warren, Paul Sharma rating: *** |
Thankfully, Ryan has a big brother type in the form of a confident George Clooney. His rambling Matt Kowalski seems like a hotshot pilot telling stories, until debris from a Russian Satellite sends Ryan adrift into space, and right up the orbital creek… Here’s where Matt’s wry sarcasm morphs into a soulful, comforting tone not unlike a doctor’s voice during those few moments after anesthesia sets in. Both make a nice team, and perhaps the most intriguing part has the duo floating toward a Russian Satellite for safety, that is, until the next round of anticipated debris will return: malicious as hungry sharks in a stranded-at-sea adventure.
While capably taut, suspenseful and satisfying, GRAVITY feels more like an IMAX real-time roller coaster than a fleshed-out story, and yet it is character-driven, somewhat… Bullock plays a likable, vulnerable heroine but the special-effects, making the audience feel like they, too, are stranded above the glimmering Earth, is really what your 3D ticket pays for.
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I finally saw it today. Since I missed the hype, at least purposely not reading the reviews, I was really looking forward to it. Visually amazing. Unfortunately the sound at the theater I went to was almost completely out on the right hand side. The surround was working but the main speakers were out. You could hear a bit of fuzz when it was trying to work. Hurray. Since everyone in America is 90% deaf nowadays...you see where this is going. I'll have to see it again, in a different theater. Now about the 3-D - it looked nice but it really wasn't filling up all the empty spots like I like 3-D to do for that extra $4 or $5 dollars. $14.50 hurray. In other words I could have done without the 3-D and not felt like I missed anything.
ReplyDeleteAt its best when the movie was quiet and all the action was going on in the background, it was a pretty darn engrossing affair. At its worst, it was a set up to get middle aged and older Americans into the theater with George Clooney & Sandra Bullock with their cool chemistry to get the audience turned on and caring about the characters without a long drawn out set-up (at least that would be the predominant age group in my theater). George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Space Disaster...and GO! And it worked. Go team!
Saying all that I really dug it, until the end. It could have been so much better with just one little tweak.
Great review.