Fantastic movie making

Rating: 9/10 (7 October 2013)

In Hong Kong, the promotion of this film stated that various film critics given this film very high score, I just saw the empire magazine and it was given 5 stars (the highest). So, I was excited to go to see this film in IMAX 3D, on a Monday night show. The story is straight forward, it's an episode film to me, meaning there is only one main thing happen throughout the movie, and the director's job is to guide you through it with all the abilities he/ she can, and let you feel that it's happening to you and you are right at the center of it....and this movie done it, perfectly. From the opening to the ending scene; you are immersed into the events happen to the main character. With spectacular and stunning view of the earth and the space, you are so absorbed into it and feels like you are at space with them. I won't go into details but the story is solid and the acting from both Clooney and Bullock is good. But this is basically a one man (or should I say woman) show, as most of the time you can only see Sandra Bullock on the screen, so it puts lots of stress onto the actress, because the success of the film solely depend on her; but she did a beautiful job. One more thing, I think that this story is visually stunning, but at the same time it told about the importance of courage, to live on no matter how desperate you think you are. Because help may come from places you never expected. P.S remember to watch it in 3D!! As big as a screen you can find!