Gravity

Before I started watching this movie, I had high expectations. Reviews and friends told me to expect a real science fiction movie. I've been longing for a real sci-fi flick since "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Contact" and "Sunshine". I know people nowadays are calling fiction and fantasy movies sci-fi, but I rather tend to draw a dinstinctive line and emphasize on the word "science".
That being said, the plot is simple, but at the same time realistic. The movie tells the story of humans trying to survive in an utterly inhabitable place - space. It's a movie that will remind kids (and adults alike), spoiled by the strange education they receive through contemporary media, that not everything can be achieved by wishful thinking. Humans are not made for living in space. Every step off earth is a step defying nature. Is that bad or good? That's a decision everyone has to make for himself.

The visuals are stunning. I watched it in 2D and I plan on watching it again in 3D. The spectator has the feeling to actually be there.
At least as important though is the sound. Many filmmakers make the mistake of having sound in space. Of course that's totally ridiculous. The only sound there is, is the sound that's created inside of your space-suit or space-station by the shockwaves that hit it. Throughout the movie I had the feeling they got it right. And actually it didn't make the movie "empty", but quite the opposite, more tense. It intensified the feeling of "this is not a place where I belong".

There was one scene though, I thought wasn't right. When Bullock holds on to Clooney, Clooney should already have the same trajectory as Bullock or the station or he should bounce back. I just don't get what's still pulling him. I think it is a mistake in the movie and a serious one at that.

Anyway, I can overlook that, since the rest of the movie is very good. On IMDB it has a rating of 8.2 right now. I'd give it more like a 7.8. Maybe even less. I guess the rating is a bit high, because for young viewers it is a new experience to see something realistic on the screen.

Should you watch it? Yes, definitely. Should you rewatch it? Maybe, for the CGI and if you haven't seen it in 3D. Certainly not for the story.

Low ratings are from people who expected a hard sci-fi thriller, rather than a powerful drama set in space.

For a moment that day, this film managed to pull me out of the dark place I was. I am eternally grateful for it.

This is a technical masterpiece. The visuals are simply breathtaking. I wish I would of seen this in 3D Imax. The cinematography is just phenomenal. Those long takes are super immersive and couldn't be done on other movies. The story is pretty simple but effective. I haven't been this enthralled in a movie in a while.

What a fantastic piece of film making!! Alfonso Cuarón just solidified his stature as a top Hollywood director and writer. 10/10. The 3D was...out of this world. Beyond believable, it was as real as we'll ever get IMO and The Best 3D experience yet for me. Suspense was, Wow!!! This is a Must See in the theater. James Cameron got it right when he said; "I think it's the best space photography ever done, I think it's the best space film ever done, and it's the movie I've been hungry to see for an awful long time.” - Me too James, me too. This story, the visuals + the intensity will be hard to top. An Oscar winner for sure. I'll be seeing this again next week. Congratulations to all involved and bien hecho Alfonso, bien hecho.

I really don't get what half of the comments mean with "Boring".
Yes, the story is simple: Just survive
But in my honest opinion the movie is solely about surviving in the hostile environment called "space" but about the experience as well. The whole time was tense. There were few moments where I could "relax".
I first saw it in the cinema and enjoyed it for "*space"* but now I see it for the space, the art and experience.

The CGI is stunning and believeable. I would even argue it looks more real than Avatar 2 does.

*Just to add for those about to watch: This movie is a hard-science movie and not an action novel sci-fi fantasy like Star Wars. If you have read "The Martian" and like the idea, you will probably like it as well.*
:)

Recently watched for the 3rd time, and it amazes every time, stunning in 3d, the pacing is incredible, fantastic movie

A stunning film in its own right but equally one that demands to be seen on the biggest screen possible. This is what cinema was made for and probably the first film since Avatar that is made even better in 3D. Fortunately, unlike that film, the story and characters are much stronger - this is essentially a two-hander between Clooney and Bullock - and each of the set piece sequences are tense, visually stunning and completely convincing - some of the camerawork is vertigo inducing at times. The film is beautiful to look at and the score is as effective as a character as it is at enhancing the mood of certain scenes. One of the best films of the year!!

Such a surprise! Definitely best film of the year so far, and a front runner for the Oscars no doubt. You're at the edge of your seat the whole time, and it never lets go of you until the end title. 10/10!