Hollywood made a realistic and plausible space movie!

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2014)

Believe the hype and the accolades. Just do it. They are all so well deserved for this movie. Those 1- and 2-star reviews? Ignore them. The reviewers probably had no idea what they were watching.
At first, I was a bit concerned about the relatively short runtime of only 90 minutes. However, while watching the movie, I realized the number was irrelevant. This is mainly because of how each scene in the movie lasts multiple minutes and only one camera angle is used for the duration of the scene. While in almost every other film, a camera switch between characters goes unnoticed, it is pretty obvious when it takes place here (NOTE: not a criticism; simply an observation).
While not perfectly adherent to the laws of physics, Gravity takes the idea of realism in movies to a level being demanded for decades. The most important point here is the sound mixing. It was utterly brilliant. There was a great mix between no sound and dampened sound while out in space, just as reality demands it to be. But, as soon as Stone is back in an environment with air (like the ships and Earth), the sound is all back. It is done properly and I love that. I say that it was not perfect because of the scene where Stone has to untether from Kowalski: his momentum would not have kept tension in the tether perpetually and Stone would have been easily been able to pull him back after the initial full stretch.
Truly enjoyable and quite heart-pounding, especially with the first person camera angles. Hollywood needs to take note for every future space movie. Watched 05/06/2014, written 05/16/2014.