Astonishing

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2016)

I never got around to seeing this in the cinema, but I just rented the DVD from my library and good grief, this was amazing.
I was missing out on the 3D (which I hate anyway, it gives me a headache) but even so the visuals / cinematography / CGI were incredible. I also loved the score and sound design.
The plot is so small as to be almost non-existent, and the stuff about her daughter would ordinarily have me reaching for a sick-bag, but somehow this seemed much more than the sum of its parts, and at the end of it I was almost on the verge of tears. I'm not usually much 'moved' by movies in that way but this one really gripped me.
The kind of immersive, transcending spectacle I thought Hollywood had forgotten how to make.
If this ever comes back to an IMAX screen in my vicinity I'll be first in the queue.