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Warner Bros.
Rated PG-13
Running time: 91 Minutes
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In Warner Bros. Gravity, NASA space shuttle astronauts - comedic veteran George Clooney and frustrated Sandra Bullock, on her first mission in space - get stranded in space when their space vehicles get struck by a debris field.
Directed, Produced, and Edited by Alfonso Cuaron, and Written with his son Jonas Cuaron, Gravity is basically a combination of Apollo 13, Armageddon, and Cast Away in space and shows both the beauty and dangers of space. This movie give you the feeling of what space would really be like if you were an astronaut. The Kessler Syndrome of metallic space debris was rather scary. This is a tour de force performance for Bullock as she continues to try to communicate by radio, although Bullock was rather irritating to me in the beginning with her frustration and space sickness. This is not a film for those with acrophobia to watch. Bullock floating free in space is a rather scary thought if you can relate to that position. Space can be an extremely dangerous place, especially as shown by the various hazards Bullock encounters. The astronaut that I liked the most, voiced by Phaldut Sharma, you hardly got to know. I think it is great that Ed Harris from Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff was the voice of Mission Control.
There is at least one plot point that was scientifically inaccurate, but made the story. Another inaccurate plot point fortunately was explained in the movie. I am also not crazy about the ending, and several people I know agree with me.
The film is in 3D, but after a while, I did not notice the 3D. The only times that the 3D really stood out to me was through the solar/camera lens flares and the space debris - although there was a floating drop of water that was rather obvious, as well as the reflections from the visors. I will admit that I had flinched a few times with the debris coming out at me. The visor reflections were so good that at first I thought that my glasses got smudged and I was going to wipe them. Cuaron's use of long camera takes helps to illustrate the immense feel of space, especially now that we have the technology to realistically simulate zero gravity. I am glad that the only sounds you hear in space are the music composed by Steven Price and the sounds that you hear inside the space suits and vehicles. The crawl in the beginning of the movie helps to explain this.
What is curious is that the movie is 91 minutes long, which is about how long it takes for the International Space Station to orbit the Earth. Seeing a set of the ISS in the movie was nice to see.
Rated PG-13 for violence and language. Running time: 91 Minutes.
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