Comments on: Gravity – a review.

By: Graham Clements

Graham Clements — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 01:39:47 +0000

Good point Anthony. Perhaps because I watch and read so much apocalptic fiction I take the drive to survive as given. But, as a result of another comment on facebook, I have been pondering if it was not so much their drive to survive, but their training to survive. If they had not had the training, might they not just have given up? I expect astronauts, like soldiers, to do everything in their training to survive. So perhaps the drive to survive in this movie was not as powerful for me as it might be in a story where the main characters had nil training on how to survive, but survived on pure will power.

By: Karen Tyrrell

Karen Tyrrell — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:04:25 +0000

Thanks Graham for your excellent review.
I read your Review with interest, since I watched Gravity only 12 hours ago.
I loved the spectacular "real" space backdrop and "space walk" scenes. Breathtaking.
All the science was so Believable and logical.
I LOVED the personal story and motivation behind Sandra Bullock's character to survive.
The message: We can Achieve anything.

By: Anthony J. Langford

Anthony J. Langford — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:54:31 +0000

Good review Graham. Though I think I do have to disagree slightly to a point.

Certainly was a great film, no doubt, with high tension and jaw dropping scenarios – unlike anything done before, as you say, except perhaps 2001. The director has proved he can do tension brilliantly (Children of Men is one of my favourite films of the past ten years).
It is light on story, though, (without wishing to give anything away to readers who haven't seen it), there is some back story regarding Bullock's character that explains her actions, her single mindedness to get to where she was in the space program, and to surpass that in the effort to survive. I don't think you can underestimate that. This is a film about picking yourself up from one of the worst things that can happen to you and find the inner strength to push on. For me, there was a strong drive there that was real. I believed it. There is a powerful, emotional beating heart in this film, that may draw people to it without knowing why.

As for Oblivion, hmmmm, yeah… say no more.

By: Dan O.

Dan O. — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 07:31:11 +0000

No matter what problems the script may run into, the visuals and overall whole feel of the movie never, ever let you go from its grasp. Nice review Graham.