I couldn't see anything unconventional in this film except a few beautiful shots

Rating: 3/10 (28 January 2014)

I saw the movie in IMAX 3D (despite the fact that I am not a fan of it) and the experience itself was effective, yes, but the film was not. The film was visually beautiful, but not that dazzling except two scenes (the beginning and the "octopussy-like cords" scene. Honestly, as said despite I found the movie visually beautiful, it was not a jaw dropping visual feast in contrast with the hype. For example, The Tree of Life was much better visually or Holy Motors. In terms of "space experience", I prefer Into The Darkness as a recent sci-fi film (it was not perfect, but near perfect as a sci-fi blockbuster) and 2001 from the past, the mother of all sci-fi movies. Children of Men is a masterpiece for me, and it was a brilliant film from a genius director, but I couldn't see or feel that in Gravity. The idea is brilliant, but the movie is not unconventional to carry this idea. This is not an offbeat film, there are just a few "different" angles and shots, the editing in some scenes is impressive, but all these are technical aspects of the film, so is this enough? What about the story, what about the decisions (some silly decisions) of the characters, what about their motivation or what about their weird reactions just to affect or manipulate the audience? I am a Clooney fan, also I really like Mrs. Bullock (when I was a kid, I fell in love with her when I watched The Demolition Man), so seeing these people in the movie was a joy for me, but after a while, the movie turned into a conventional space drama thriller like Apollo 13 or even Red Planet (by the way Apollo 13 is a great film), but wasn't this movie supposed to be an offbeat space film? or at least an original film? Just the idea is original here, not the execution or the story, especially the development and the conclusion part of the story are pretty typical. The atmosphere could have been more uncanny, the situations could have been more suspenseful, the story could have been darker and the story could have been more mysterious. The spiritual background of the film was not that deep, just a few obvious symbols and themes, that's all. The movie was rather far-fetched than being subtle in transferring emotions and ideas, also it was rather "mechanic" than a thrill-ride. This is not a psychological film, because there is no time for that, the film was too short maybe and I didn't find the film inspiring including the finale. Gravity is not the new "A Space Odyssey".