Gravity 2013
I could not help it but compare it to Apollo 13, the excellent film directed by Ron Howard (of Happy Days). At the same time there is an overlap with 'Cast Away' where solitude and silence is the order of the day. Unfortunately, it failed to capture my attention as the previous two did. On the other hand, thanks to the high resolution, it gave some spectacular images of space comparable only to 'Space Odyssey 2001'
In essence, it is a story of three astronauts were repairing a space shuttle who were hit by debris of a blast. One died instantaneously whilst the other two fight against all odds to make it home in one piece. Dr Ryan Stone (Bullock), who had earlier lost her 4 year old daughter to a freak accident has to fight her inner demons to stay afloat and survive. Her colleague, the experienced astronaut, Kowalski (Clooney) helps along but also perishes along way the way.
So, it is left to her to hitchhike on Chinese space pod to reach Earth. This escapade displays some excellent CGIs but story wise, err.....
I could not help it but compare it to Apollo 13, the excellent film directed by Ron Howard (of Happy Days). At the same time there is an overlap with 'Cast Away' where solitude and silence is the order of the day. Unfortunately, it failed to capture my attention as the previous two did. On the other hand, thanks to the high resolution, it gave some spectacular images of space comparable only to 'Space Odyssey 2001'
So, it is left to her to hitchhike on Chinese space pod to reach Earth. This escapade displays some excellent CGIs but story wise, err.....
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