Hits you right where you live; an unbelievably tense thrill ride.

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2014)

I wholeheartedly agree with the release hype: if ever there was a movie that demanded to be seen on the biggest screen possible, it's "Gravity". From the first frame, you're immediately plunged into outer space, and the magnitude of those shots enveloping your field of vision must have been breathtaking (I missed this in theaters, but the movie still makes its point on home video). I kept looking for the CGI trickery involved in sending the actors into orbit, but the camera movements, the brilliant looming Earth and omnipresent blackness of space make you feel like you're really up there.
I love this movie; that they got Ed Harris for Mission Control Voice; the white-knuckle suspense . . . But more than just that, I loved George Clooney's character. His role in the movie is obvious, but he ties right into that human spirit angle something fierce. And even though I knew the big spoilers before seeing this (indeed, the worst kept secret around), "Gravity" was worth every second.
Normally I write these things to either just be honest about how I liked/disliked a movie, or to remember something about it. In the case of "Gravity", I'm fairly certain I'll never forget one particular scene: where Sandra Bullock is telling Clooney to give a message to her daughter. It's Bullock's indefatigable human spirit that really lands the punch to the gut (her daughter's dead, and she's decided not to go see her today) and really gives this movie its lasting impact.
9/10