A Flawed Visual Extravaganza

Rating: 6/10 (22 October 2013)

Reviewed by: Dare Devil Kid (DDK) Rating: 2.5/5 stars
All hoopla and no real steam. Don't care who found it astounding, or spellbinding, or whatever superlatives are being used to describe this over-indulgent soporific mess of a sci-fi drama. Now the film isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination, It's just not as great as it's being made out to be, and that's what peeves me.
In fact, after ages I actually felt like walking out of the cinema hall midway, and I usually don't do that for even worse movies than this. The reason being, that this movie is, plain and simple, boooooorrrrring as hell. The biggest drawback of this film is that it becomes all to predictable and static after a certain point, and that point arrives all too soon.
If it wasn't for Sandra Bullock and her amazing performance, which somehow managed to salvage the disintegrating remains of "Gravity", I actually might have walked out on the movie. Sandra Bullock is the life and soul of "Gravity", and along with the stunning visuals, the only good thing in the entire movie. George Clooney also manages to get your attention in his surprisingly brief appearance.
The visuals, while exemplary, are not worth your time and effort to sit through the lethargic proceedings. So if you do wish to catch "Gravity" just because it's being pushed down our throats as something so cool, and contemporary, and the biggest spectacle since "Avatar" (an infinitely superior film), then watch it for Bullock's performance and her performance alone. Sadly, even her mesmerizing and captivating act cannot make us care in the end if her character actually manages to survive the ordeal or not, only because of the painful ordeal the film itself inflicts upon us.