Mind Blowing and Ground Breaking

Rating: 10/10 (4 October 2013)

What can one say about Alfredo Cuaron's work quality? He's given us films that are among the best of their kinds. They're full of magic, talent, and wonder no matter what the subject matter might be. Harry Potter became a fully-dimensional character, the girls in "A Little Princess" brought to life marvelous representations of an era long gone, with humor and insight. "The Children of Men" showed a bleak future, a time where hope almost disappeared from the face of this planet. It wasn't an empty portrayal in a science fiction half-cooked universe.
"Gravity" tops them all and easily positions itself as a movie that could fit very well with the best ever made. In fact, there might not be enough superlatives to describe what you will see there. We have two players, and for the first minutes of the film are only recognizable through their vocal performances, their faces hidden as they are introducing the vastness and beauty of an unforgiving universe. It's grand, magnificent and completely inhospitable. It's a place where humans are one step away from death.
Conditions become more and more dangerous as the film progresses, and our two main actors go through ordeals which keep getting more and more difficult to overcome. Before you know it, only one of them will be on the screen, and this where the movie steps up the action, tension, and allows its heart to beat with unrelenting force, never forgetting this work combines love, faith, and intelligence.
"Gravity" is full of wonder, from its jaw dropping vistas, its superb photography, its flawless editing and direction, and because of the amazing Mr. Cuaron's admirable dedication: one of the best acting turns of the last 25 years. What you will see Sandra Bullock do in this film requires complete commitment to the material. Her performance is both physical and spiritual. There are moments that are touching and full of qualities one only wished had been present moments of "2001"... a film that it will evoke. It is nevertheless to classify this film as Science Fiction because technically it depicts a situation that is entirely possible in these times.
Much credit should go to Clooney's supportive performance, a turn that uses his talents with absolute perfection, most of all because it's a difficult role, one that requires a person with charisma to burn and forces him to reach deep inside his soul in the later scenes. Bullock is just perfect and surprises all of us with her range, giving us a character that is rich with much depth and capable of producing incredible amounts of empathy. She's marvelous.
There is only one word to attach to this great movie, and it is unbelievable. It has elements we have heard of before, maybe even seen them in IMAX screens, but what Cuaron has put in the screen is nothing short of breathtaking. You will keep on asking yourself: "How did they do that?" We might as well be witness to the Best Movie of the Year.