You don't need IMAX or 3D or Aliens to make a great space movie

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2013)

I have macular degeneration, more pronounced in one eye than the other so I don't have much sense of depth. Therefore I didn't bother to see it in anything other than widescreen format. Even so, the film really fulfills my yearning to see at least one more great movie in the theater. This film was the perfect film to fulfill my yearning. It is terrific in widescreen format, the best of the best of fusion cgi and actual sets. Bullock does a great job, the best space movie I have ever seen. Clooney if likable but he could have mailed in his performance. And no cgi aliens were needed although I have been so used to that genre of horror movies I watched for an alien to jump out. None did if you don't count a subconscious dream that helped to solve a problem. If you see it, I would recommend do the 3D or IMAX experience if you can, I see from other reviews that it takes the photography to another dimension. I will go back and see it in 3D just to make sure I don't miss something. I suspect that those who can't get that this is a great movie were expecting a mundane film that they can play computer game with. This movie has content, unlike the one dimensional movies we have gotten so used to. Like if the movie goer is challenged to think,they don't have that cognitive ability developed yet therefore they pan that which they can't comprehend. Footnote: I went and saw the movie again in 3D and IMax. It was better than in 2D for sure.