Immersive in 3D but .....really worth the hype ?

Rating: 6/10 (4 October 2013)

'Gravity' marketing team should be credited to have created calibrated enthusiasm starting with releasing the first trailers leading up to its Venice premiere. So, I considered myself privileged to be an audience to a preview which I saw a full two days before the world saw it in theatres.
What did I see ? How beautiful the earth looks from space. How spectacular sunrises and sunsets can be. How NASA imagery of the earth makes it real out of the world pictures. And of course an immersive 3D experience created in Macbook Pros. If 'Gravity' is drawing rave reviews from critics who first saw it in festivals - I think we are moving to an age where anyone with a mobile device and 3D editing software will morph celebrity faces to create 'Gravity' of their own, in the near future.
Too much has been written about Cuaron's signature longshots and James Cameron's endorsement of a project which was conceived 4 years ahead of today. But cinema - is it today only about engagement, entertainment and experience OR more about story, reality, script, screenplay, acting and messaging ? I left the theatre at the end - unsure if 'Gravity' is worthy to be screened in theatres or a better fit for screening in themeparks, Astrodomes or Planetariums.
Absurd reality has been as much a part and parcel of Bollywood movies as has been its song and dance. Cuaron can be credited to have consumed a lot of such 70/80s Bollywood absurdity to make a superwoman out of Sandra Bullock. Unlike Bollywood, she does not need to survive after six bullets are pumped inside her, though.
However, if hopping and hiking from space-station to space-station was not enough, - wait till you see use of a fire extinguisher to propel her to a earth return vehicle in a ridiculous sprint against satellite debris as her co-runners.
Great South Indian hero, Rajnikant would watch such an end spectacle and rue the chance of not having Cuaron as director during his heydays.