Sandra Bullock and George Clooney find themselves in deep trouble among the stars in Alfonso Cuaron’s brilliant Gravity. Review right here.
Before the film was even released, Gravity came with an incredible amount of hype. Legendary action director James Cameron who, with hits like Avatar and Aliens is no stranger to the genre, described the movie as the greatest space film ever made. Thankfully, the praise was totally justified.
Gravity is one of the scariest films of this or any other year.
Female science officer Ryan (Sandra Bullock) and astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) are doing supposedly routine repair work just outside the earth’s atmosphere when they are suddenly bombarded by deadly debris, which leaves a very scared Ryan floating away in space, detached from the ship, the telescope they were fixing and her fellow astronauts.
We are then subjected to 90 minutes of incredible visual effects and nerve-wrecking tension and both Bullock and Clooney fight for survival above the planet we call home.
Strange as this may seem, but Gravity is one of the scariest films of this or any other year. It isn’t an all-out horror, but the film makes you think ‘what would I do in that situation?’ and ‘how could I survive that?’ The answers are simply ‘not a lot’ and ‘you most likely wouldn’t.’ Cuaron invades our senses and nightmares simultaneously, leaving a taste of utter terror in our mouths, with no foreseeable way of ever having the ability to remove it. 
Every so often, a movie comes along that changes the landscape of movie making. Avatar did this four years ago, Jurassic Park did it in 1993 and now Gravity has done so in 2013. The effects are (pardon the pun) out of this world and a treat for every cinemagoer.
A mention also needs to go out to the actors. Bullock plays the helpless heroine perfectly. Clooney also makes for a brilliant male companion who puts everyone around him first before himself.
If there was any doubt before, there certainly isn’t now; Alfonso Cuaron is one of the most exciting and talented directors in the world today. Having already turned heads with Children of Men and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Gravity is now Cuaron’s most incredible achievement to date and one that will be hard to top.
Also, Emmanuel Lubezki’s cinematography is simply breathtaking.
Overall Thoughts:
Gravity is an incredible achievement in movie-making. It will go down as one of the best films of 2013 and quite possibly the most thrilling and terrifying thrill-ride you will ever come across.
