Gravity was a huge hit when it came out in 2013, earning around 274 million domestically and 723 million worldwide. It’s pretty much a two-person movie starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. The movie clocks in at 91 minutes and is takes place entirely in space. Gravity was a big deal when it came out. It was an ambitious movie set in space directed by Alfonso Cuaron and starring two Oscar winning actors.

Was Gravity impressive from a technical aspect? I would say to a degree. A movie like Gravity was meant to be experienced on the big screen. The fact I did not see it until now sums out that I did not see it on the big screen. Would it have made a difference for me if I had? Maybe? I did see Top Gun: Maverick in Imax and I did feel that enhanced the experience of the movie which is what the filmmakers wanted. I think it was an impressive feat and a bold choice to make a movie set entirely in space. The film is not very action packed. There is action but not the typical action there is. This is a dramatic movie that is focused on Sandra Bullock’s character Ryan Stone and George Clooney’s character Matt Kowalski. Their lives are at stake, and they have to rely on each other to make it back to Earth alive.

I am glad the movie was an hour and a half. I think it would have gotten a little overbearing if it was any longer. The cinematography was impressive. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney did a great job, and they carried the movie well. Space is also a major character in the film as well and it plays well especially since I believe they did not actually film in space. The movie felt very believable and that is a huge testament to both the stars as well as the director Alfonso Cuaron and the whole production crew.

What did I think of Gravity? I thought the movie accomplished what it set out to do. Everything came together well from those behind the scenes to those in front of the camera.  Did I enjoy the movie? That is a trickier question to answer. I’ll be honest, as impressive as it was from a visual and technical standpoint, I was kind of bored slightly. That is why I said earlier that I was happy it was an hour and a half long. If it went on longer, I think it would have dragged on. It has a basic plot which really was not substantial enough to stretch out to a two-hour movie. I’ll say that I did not dislike Gravity but I did not love it either. The way I think of it is, it is a movie that I saw and that is that. I kind of feel indifferent to it. It is still an accomplishment of what Alfonso Cuaron and the whole production team and Sandra Bullock and George Clooney were able to achieve making Gravity and that is something that can never been taken away from them.