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Gravity (2013): Another View

Dir. Alfonso Cuaron

The best film since Inception!

The evolution of Film has been building up to this moment, a film of purity and monumental beauty which truly constructs and induces the escapist and captivating effects of Film. This picture revolves around the survival of two astronauts in the most deadly terrain we humans know: space. The fluidity of the camera work and its movements depicts this elegancy of drifting in an environment without gravity. The interchange of marvelling at the digitised imagery from afar and then seeping into the helmet of Sandra Bullock’s suit epitomises how we the audience are the camera moving within the weightless surroundings.

The simplicity of the narrative is its own indefinite strength. It’s not a film that will win Best Screenplay at the Oscars, it’s positives was that this was possibly the best 3-D film ever produced with the enticing and engrossing imagery which literally takes the breath away. Further, when watching I constantly thought this film has to hold the Best Film podium, come February. But if not, to appease myself and others Gravity will inevitably win all the Cinematography and CGI awards through the fluency of camera abilities and indeed the vibrant and vivid imagery shot in a backdrop that replicates space in its grace and horror.

Even though the screenplay isn’t descriptive or on the Tarantino bore-barometer, the story is still solid. It was simple. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a tragic mother who lost her child and is hoping in the recess of space and its eternal silence will segregate her from the loud and subjective lifestyle she lives on Earth. Subsequently, while working repairs on a spacewalk our characters Ryan and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) hear from Mission Control there is ferocious debris heading toward them. So as they attempt to finish up and look for shelter, they are hit by the remains, leaving catastrophic damage. Setting up this immense survival story.

Cuaron is no stranger to the surprising and unexpected death in his pictures, so with that in mind, my thought process constantly contemplated Sandra Bullock’s life span. So far that I was supporting her cause to the very core of my being, hoping she would live to tell the tale.

After the destruction, Matt then sets an objective which is that they must try and reach the nearest space station and use their escape capsule that will send them to Earth. On the slow and quiet journey we discover more personal facts about our characters, to which one of them is Ryan’s traumatic past. Morality and the importance of life rivets throughout the narrative until an emotional and pivotal moment for Ryan’s plight.

Gravity consistently taps into the fear of the unknown and how one nudge could set an eternal trajectory. Even with the simplistic survival tale, what is embedded within is that importance of life.

It’s hard to believe this film was shot with ropes and cables within a studio. The plausibility and convincing movements made by the characters and captured by the director truly magnifies the genius of this picture.

The adulation for this film has been incredible with people and critics deeming the best film of the year, if not the decade, with it showing so many flawless techniques in imagery and story. The compelling narrative, superbly acted and unbelievable imagery surely makes this one of the best films created this year.