{"id":685,"date":"2013-10-05T14:56:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T12:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=685"},"modified":"2013-10-12T10:48:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-12T08:48:03","slug":"review-gravity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2013\/10\/05\/review-gravity\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Gravity"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 600km above planet Earth, the temperature\u00a0 fluctuates between +258 and -148 degrees Fahrenheit.
\nThere is nothing to carry sound.
\nNo air pressure.
\nNo oxygen.<\/p>\n

Life in space is impossible.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/a><\/p>\n

Acadamy Award winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney team up in this non-stop thrill ride set in low Earth orbit.<\/p>\n

Gravity takes a few minutes to introduce the audience to the main characters, then it takes a deep breath from it’s rapidly depleting oxygen tanks, and hits you with flying debris, leaving you gasping from the tension and thrills for the rest of the fast paced, heart stopping ride!<\/p>\n

Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (Clooney) in command.\u00a0But on a seemingly routine mission, disaster strikes.\u00a0 The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone\u2014tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness.\u00a0 The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth\u2026and any chance for rescue.\u00a0 As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left.<\/p>\n

Clooney and Bullock deliver intense performances, falling nothing short of the high flying standards one would expect. Ed Harris once again play Mission Control, the voice of reason and calm amidst the life threatening chaos. Harris played mission controler Gene Kranz in Apollo 13.<\/p>\n

Clooney’s character Kowalksi brings\u00a0us the\u00a0few of the lighter, and more humours moments, being the more experienced astronaut, and mainting a clam compusure.<\/p>\n

KOWALSKI
\nHouston, in the blind.\u00a0 To confirm:<\/em>
\nMission Specialist Dr. Stone and Mission Commander <\/em>
\nMatthew Kowalski are the sole survivors of the STS-157.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bullock’s character Ryan is the less experienced of the team, fighitng nerves, panic and the on going danger coming at her from every angle.<\/p>\n

The effects are biliiant, believable and technically correct, with few titles since Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Oddysee presenting such realism and ‘silent space’. See the trailer below (keeping in theme with pushing the visual and technological boundries, now available to view in 2k).<\/p>\n

Gravity is a must see, for its thrilling story, impressive effects, and engrossing performance by a top cast. A must see.<\/p>\n

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