In The Air Tonight

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2014)

After all the hype surrounding this film, I finally found it in my local video store. From the get go, I had this one thing irritating me repeatedly: the way Clooney's character reacted to everything that was happening. I mean, they were making a big effort in order to keep alive, and he acted calmly and jerky, like it wasn't a serious matter. If fighting for your life isn't a serious matter, I don't know what is. However, I forgive Kowalski's jerk behavior, considering it's just a blockbuster made for mainstream. Other than that, "Gravity" proves to be professional in almost all the way through; there are great special effects and many tense moments. The difficulties both characters had to face were due to the very application of Murphy's Law: anything that could go wrong, went REALLY wrong. The spaceship and its accessories were breaking for all the time, and I asked myself if director/writer wasn't trying too hard to build some trouble, in order to compensate the lack of material. I ended up not knowing if it was a good or bad thing, but either way, the movie still managed to be tense, agonizing and thrilling, delivering a happy ending that we all wanted to see. Maybe I don't agree with many people that labeled it as 2013's best movie, but I surely recognize its production values, reason why I give it a rating of 7.