Gravity ...beautiful, artistic, sci-fi drama

Rating: 9/10 (22 May 2015)

This is a sci-fi movie that is outstandingly good in terms of story, limited characters, pacing, action sequences, and the gorgeous cinematography.
Regarding the special effects used, it is one of the best that I have ever seen, and looked amazing in both 2G and 3G. The camera shots are graceful, and moves effortlessly between close to the lead character's viewpoint to general views. I enjoyed the film's sound effects and score, it had a fresh sound with subtle classical tones, and just the right build up to climatic sequences.
The lead and supporting characters are great on screen, played by Sandra Bullock (Ryan Stone) and George Clooney (Matt Kowalski) respectively. Their chemistry and on screen banter was excellent. The film, albeit with less characters to show for on screen and therefore less dialogue, makes the conversations that would take place all the more important and interesting.
The story had me gripped, and kept my interest throughout, although I only really appreciated the lead character more so upon second viewing, perhaps from being slightly distracted by the photography and action effects.
The director and all the people involved had a clear vision of how to make this movie well ahead of it's time, it was made to look as if the actual film crew were in space filming the sequences, it is that good.
The "extras" on my Blu-ray certainly indicated this was a bold attempt at filmmaking, from direction to acting and every element in between, there was hard work, meticulous preparation, and a lot of thought into how to make the film sequences as real and engaging as possible.
I will watch this movie time and again.