Techinically brilliant..... but lacks the emotional depth......

Rating: 6/10 (27 January 2014)

With the recent Oscar nomination march on, I watched "Gravity" with a high expectation. And after watching it thought, it would have been better had I watched it in 3D. What happens when you are adrift in the outer space without gravity is what the film's plot is about. And with the space suits on, Sandra Bullock as a medical engineer and George Clooney as a veteran astronaut take us to the journey outside the space which highlights the technical brilliance in movie making. You get stunned, and Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as usual enlivens the film through their screen presence. But beyond that the film appears a bit empty lacking the emotional depth or depth in characters. In the aspect, I liked 'Apollo 13" which documented an important event form the space history. In "Gravity" the story somehow resembles the adrift journey of "Wall-E." You would surely be mesmerized by its sheer expertise in the visuals but in terms of story and characters, the film ends inadequate; and to me "The Life of Pi" was better. Overall, the film ends pretty well technically but I highly doubt about its probability for getting through Oscars in the popular awards.
Rating: 2 stars out of 4