Nothing at all special.

Rating: 4/10 (18 August 2014)

Quite often, a project has its worth enhanced by the names attached to it and that is exactly what happened with Gravity.
Having Clooney, Bullock and Cuaron's names attached elevated a particularly average (often borderline awful) movie about an astronaut floating in space to a level it doesn't deserve to be at.
Then there's also the 3D aspect.
I purposely neglected to see this in 3D, as a movie shouldn't need to be seen a certain way to be appreciated. I DO appreciate that using a particular technique or say, a big action flick being filmed for IMAX screens has benefits but it only makes the experience more fun or more engrossing, it doesn't affect the movie in any other way than cosmetically. So when I'm told 'you have to see Gravity in 3D; it's meant to be seen in 3D', that's great but if you take away the 3D there should still be a great cinematic spectacle to experience.
Instead, what you're left with, is Sandy Bullock floating about in space for 70 minutes, seemingly losing her grip on reality.
Maybe this was a cinematic gold for some people, but for me it just left me feeling a little lost as to what all of the fuss and hype was about.