Movie Review: Gravity
“Gravity” was highly praised as a cinematic magnificence, receiving many Oscars this year but the film was a bit of a letdown that just dragged on. Its plot was too predictable, the script fell flat with its cheesy, overdramatic and even at times, vague dialogue and the character development was a bit lifeless and unrealistic at times. While its visual effects were its best feature, the creators of “Gravity” knew that wouldn’t suffice in drawing big ratings, having to rely on big Hollywood star names like Sandra Bullock and George Clooney to bring in ticket sales.
The film focuses on a female astronaut named Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock, on her first mission in outer space. She, along with her team, which includes astronaut Matt Kowalski, played by George Clooney soon encounter chaos when debris hits their space shuttle, killing mostly everyone which if you ask me happened too soon into the film. They could have built that climatic moment up more, even by adding some background into the characters preparing for the mission, choosing to show that this is Stone’s first mission, rather than just have her mention it right away .
After the tragedy, Stone and Kowalski are the two remaining characters but even with the focus being on the two of them, the character development and script still fall short. Both before and after Kowalski sacrifices his life, Stone panics about everything, to the point where it is too over the top. Granted, it is her first mission in space but when your partner is telling you to stay calm in order to survive, you better be listening to them and shutting up but Stone does not, continuing to panic and give up on everything, to the point where her character becomes so annoying that you just want to slap her and tell her to shut up, even though it’s doubtful she would even listen and cooperate then either.
As for further character development, there isn’t much in the film. The only thing we learn about Stone is that she was a mother but her child died after taking a bad fall at her school. Of course, all of this is told to us through a poorly written script and we never see any flashbacks of Stone with her daughter, making Stone’s character seem even less realistic and believable when she is talking about how much she misses and loves her daughter. Perhaps, there could have been a stronger connection between Stone’s character and the audience if they had developed the character more through scenes showing memories of her with her daughter, instead of only scenes of Stone panicking and floating around in outer space the whole time. Eventually, Stone makes it back to Earth, which is no shocker since they made it overly predictable through the script that she was going to make it back the entire time.
To conclude, “Gravity” may have received major points for its visual effects but the film was highly overrated and never kept my interest from the very beginning.
The film focuses on a female astronaut named Ryan Stone, played by Sandra Bullock, on her first mission in outer space. She, along with her team, which includes astronaut Matt Kowalski, played by George Clooney soon encounter chaos when debris hits their space shuttle, killing mostly everyone which if you ask me happened too soon into the film. They could have built that climatic moment up more, even by adding some background into the characters preparing for the mission, choosing to show that this is Stone’s first mission, rather than just have her mention it right away .
After the tragedy, Stone and Kowalski are the two remaining characters but even with the focus being on the two of them, the character development and script still fall short. Both before and after Kowalski sacrifices his life, Stone panics about everything, to the point where it is too over the top. Granted, it is her first mission in space but when your partner is telling you to stay calm in order to survive, you better be listening to them and shutting up but Stone does not, continuing to panic and give up on everything, to the point where her character becomes so annoying that you just want to slap her and tell her to shut up, even though it’s doubtful she would even listen and cooperate then either.
As for further character development, there isn’t much in the film. The only thing we learn about Stone is that she was a mother but her child died after taking a bad fall at her school. Of course, all of this is told to us through a poorly written script and we never see any flashbacks of Stone with her daughter, making Stone’s character seem even less realistic and believable when she is talking about how much she misses and loves her daughter. Perhaps, there could have been a stronger connection between Stone’s character and the audience if they had developed the character more through scenes showing memories of her with her daughter, instead of only scenes of Stone panicking and floating around in outer space the whole time. Eventually, Stone makes it back to Earth, which is no shocker since they made it overly predictable through the script that she was going to make it back the entire time.
To conclude, “Gravity” may have received major points for its visual effects but the film was highly overrated and never kept my interest from the very beginning.
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