Gravity

The saying of finding solid ground under your feet will never be the same again. A visually ingenious, revolutionary, liberating experience of overcoming loneliness and finding gravity (hope). With the exception of the deus ex machina and the overly literal emancipation scheme in the last third, this was an absolutely brilliant and captivating experience that moved me to tears in the middle part through the image of endless solitude. Bullock took my breath away. A juicy variation of brave babes in spacesuits. Clooney as a space trucker is economical and charismatic in every line of dialogue. It's not revolutionary in terms of ideas, profound and dizzyingly metaphysical, yet at the right time it got to me like nothing else could this year (and very few in recent years). A pure visual celebration of the fragility of existence. Somewhere out in space. One of the best sci-fi films of all time, which can easily withstand its admitted simplicity (who needs more metaphysical diarrhea from The Tree of Life? I don’t). A Space Odyssey for the new millennium. Goodbye... I'm drifting forever and only answering the phone when Ed Harris calls from Houston. [90%] (25/09/2013)

Gravity is not about its story, which is practically non-existent. We learn minimum information about the only two characters and we’re able to build an emotional connection to only one of them. Gravity is about conveying a feeling. It’s a space survival drama where you dodge flying debris, save oxygen and try to get hold of something. It is a distinctive and unique film in the filmmaking respect, one of a kind. But how long will it resonate within us given that it lacks a more powerful message or a more surprising ending? Thanks to Sandra Bullock, who acts as if her life depended on it, it resonates longer than it would have without her. There is no sense in seeing Gravity anywhere but on the big screen. (24/09/2013)

So Murphy’s laws apply up there in the silence of space too... Straightforward or, if you like, story-less, minimalist but still grandiose. Gravity is unarguably a breathtaking technical revolution; whether the delicious games they play with the camera or the (non)presence of sound is indescribable and what Cuarón does for 3D or for working with sound is certainly innovative. But what is the good of this if the movie is no good and serves simply as a sparkling director’s showcase? That’s right, no good. But this movie is not just good, but outstanding, intense and incredibly engrossing and fully functional in terms of emotions. And this is not in spite of, but mainly to thanks to Sandra. And also thanks to Cuarón, Lubezki and Price and... And simply if you like to spoil yourself a little, then go see this (as far as possible) realistic, little-big creation at an IMAX movie theater; it’s (and you are) worth it and it gives you a good answer to the question “why when every other household owns a home theatre with the parameters of a good movie theater" bother to go see movies at a real life movie theater. It’s like standing in front of the pyramids in person compared to a photo of them in a movie; incomparable. (03/10/2013)

Together with Man of Steel, the most intensive movie experience of the year. Where the new Superman banged with its hectic and endless action, Gravity amazes with the visuals. But not only that, it also makes you root for the fragile protagonist in her struggle against crushing loneliness and the feeling of utter hopelessness. I was expecting a slow, philosophical and depressive movie, but Cuarón surprised me delivering a brisk sci-fi survival that’s very, very far from philosophical boredom. (22/10/2013)

Dear film fans, those of you who missed a story and sophisticated dialogue raise your hands. No, not you Pomo, you always raise your hand. Anyone else? Anyone? Now seriously. Cuarón has created a technological marvel that will make you forget to eat overpriced popcorn and might even make you realise that our life-giving ball called Earth, floating through deadly space, is truly unique and beautiful. Only the 3D seemed unrecognizable and unnecessary, for that we have only the master of three-dimensional experiences Jim Cameron. (13/10/2013)