Gravity in 3D

TAKE 1: One Man’s Opinion

…because film is largely subjective

    

by Frederick William Springer III

 

Gravity in 3D

Release Date:  4 October 2013                                                               Runtime:  91 Minutes              

Review Date:  30 November 2013                                                          Rating:  4 (of 6)

      It was interesting to finally see space depicted as it is--vacuous and silent--which, to my recollection, hasn't been done before.  And here it emphasizes the isolation, heightens the circumstantial tension our main character, Dr. Ryan Stone played by Sandra Bullock, experiences (and George Clooney's cool-headed Matt Kowalski to a lesser extent).

     However, other than the "gravity" of the situation, I don't know how much the title really comes into play in outer space other than it keeping the catastrophic space debris in orbit around our planet.

     George Clooney was trying to hype Gravity up as the quintessential 3D movie--"It's an actual argument for 3D.  It's crazy how good it is"--not seeing the point in other motion pictures filmed this way.  I'd have to say that this aspect doesn't live up to his hype, having seen many 3D movies on par or surpassing this flick.

     This film is definitely a step up from the last two of his movies I saw (The American and Ides of March).  In the past, I had been a fan but they had been enough to make me skeptical about seeing anything of his anymore.  In that regard, he's almost like Cary Grant to me--someone I enjoy seeing and hearing onscreen but whose movies I don't always necessarily like.

     Rest assure, though, this is more of a Sandra Bullock movie, she carries the picture and she does it well.