Things like Gravity and the friction that causes the momentum of moving objects to slow down eventually. The film also effectively reminds us, and brings into sharp relief, that many things we take for granted here on Earth don’t exist in the extraterrestrial environment of outer space. Some of it moving at the astonishing rate of up to 17,000 miles an hour, a speed that allows it to remain in orbit. Things are not just peacefully floating in space as we sometimes imagine, but to the contrary, objects in orbit are, for the most part, traveling at a terrific velocity. One thing that makes this film so successful is how it grounds a lot of the ideas we have about being in outer space. The film uses the backdrop of Earth and outer space to significant effect, which helps elevate the movie to its extraordinary beauty and remarkable impact. Another way the film uses sound is by how tiny the characters’ voices seem in contrast to the vastness of space and planet behind them. Gravity adheres to the scientific reality of no sound occurring with no air molecules to transfer it. The sudden change in the events on the screen becomes heightened by the lack of sound resulting from what’s going on. However, this scene is short-lived as things abruptly change with the arrival of an unexpected swarm of space debris. The film masterfully creates and uses contrast to dramatic effect with the sudden appearance of the space junk turns the scene into chaos. This deceptively peaceful scene with George Clooney’s Matt Kowalski jetting around the tiny section of space in his little jet pack seems idyllic and calm. The opening shot of the distant shuttle and the still-not-visible, because they are so tiny, astronauts working on it against the backdrop of the Earth, and the deep blackness of space is an unmistakable salute to Kubrick’s 2001-A Space Odyssey (1968) and a wonderfully composed preamble to what the film has in store for us. Revisiting Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity last night reminded me off of a lot of things first of all, being what an astonishingly beautiful film it is. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts stranded in space after the mid-orbit destruction of their space shuttle and their subsequent attempt to survive and return to Earth. Gravity is a 2013 British-American science fiction adventure film co-written, co-edited, co-produced, and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. More than a story of survival, Gravity is also about perspective it’s a reminder of just how tiny we are in a universe vast beyond comprehension. At one point she says aloud she wishes someone had taught her how to pray.ĭespite the interesting story and amazing special effects, the movie contains a graphic scene of a man with a hole in his face and throughout his entire head, not to mention strong language so we are unable to award our Dove “Family-Approved” Seal to “Gravity.2001 A Space Odyssey, Alfonso Cuarón, George Clooney, Gravity, Gravity (2013), Matt Kowalski, Modern Classics, Sandra Bullock, SCI-FI NERD She faces a fire in a ship, more flying debris and other perils in her quest to somehow, miraculously, make it back home to Earth. Later, alone, Stone has to find a way to a nearby space station in order to have any hope for survival. When Stone is barely hanging on in space to a cable she attempts to pull Kowalsky in after the debris has separated them but he knows they will probably both die if he doesn’t let go and he makes a fateful decision. She also reveals that she lost a daughter, who died at age four. The film takes time to develop the characters a bit as the viewer learns Stone is named Ryan because her father wanted a boy. Stone and veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) were talking about the terrific view of space and how Stone loves the silence. After the Russians strike one of their own satellites it leaves flying debris hurtling toward a group of three American astronauts including Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) as she undergoes one trying test after another after space debris interrupts a mission she is on. The viewer can’t help but think that while watching Dr. What a story this would make if it were really to happen.
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