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Thursday 10 October 2013

GRAVITY [2013]

Feck, this kind of stuff scares the shit out of me.  This and deep water.
Alfonso Cuarón's sci-fi/thriller Gravity is the stuff some of my worst nightmares are made of and it's wonderful.  It's visually breathtaking and suffocatingly intense thanks to some wonderful performances, contrasting photography between the coldness of space & the warmth of planet Earth and an eerie score from Steven Price.  It makes you question your purpose and your place in the world as it also thrills and reaffirms you what good film-making should be, with the exception of some minor speed bumps in the pacing.
Scary, scary shit.

4 Space Transportation Systems out of 5

2 comments:

Dr Faustus said...

Maximum bearclaps for score.

Marceline said...

x2. My eyes went right to it even before I saw anything else.

I'm looking forward to seeing this one. Might try to go this weekend.