‘Gravity’- Movie Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

Starring: - Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

Director:- Alfonso Cuaron

 

So guys, the ingredients that make a good film are a good star cast, a great screenplay, a fantastic plot (with an elusive message!), breathtaking cinematography, startling sound recording and superlative performance that draws you inside the world that the cinema creates for you for that little time inside the movie hall where you cry, laugh, feel happy and feared along with the main protagonist.

The latest sci-fi thriller and space drama ‘Gravity’ my friends do all that for you!

It’s a superlative piece of cinema, which tells you the story of a lone bio-medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone who is a mission specialist on her first space shuttle mission to Hubble space telescope gets lost in the vast space and her struggle to come back to earth and be alive.

Sandra Bullock gives a tremendous performance, the sheer physicality she puts in while essaying the role leaves you panting after her during the entire run of the film.

The film is metamorphic in many ways,

-The vast space represents the big panorama of life where living and dying are two facets of life, completely unattached to the emotions and social credentials of people.

-Bullock’s fight for survival is akin to our journey in life facing all odds and coming out victorious from them.

-Clooney’s ‘special appearance’ in the end reminds us of our motivational prowess that we carry inside us and never quite realize it.

- The scene where Bullock listens to a dog barking and baby crying emphasizes the small joys of being alive; we often sleep over them in our own ‘busy lives’.

 

The Production values of the film are par excellence, the special effects and camera movement makes you feel you are travelling in the space. This just shows the length (and money!) that the western filmmakers go to make their vision come alive. (I at times envy that…C’Mon Mr Khan there’s whole world other than travelling in Chennai express!) Don’t be surprised if this one rings some bells at the Academy this year!

 

All in all a great supper for a festive weekend !

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Great Screen play, brilliant performances & fantastic 3D effects

-  ive:-  might put you off if you are a true masala lover

 

 

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 4 out of 5

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5)  Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)   Good, Should Watch 

(3)   Not Bad;

(2)  One Time Watch; 

(1)  On your own risk;