Gravity
Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:54:26 PM | (Age Not Specified)
GRAVITY We saw the film Gravity last night in 3D, and the effect was invisibly immersive. Near Earth space is portrayed exquisitely beautifully. The visuals look and feel viscerally real. The circumstances, although extreme, are certainly possible. The movie is only 90 minutes long - exactly the amount of time it takes for orbiting spacecraft like the ISS to complete one orbit around the planet. In essence, the film-makers have presented the events of the story in real time. These events commence at the beginning of one orbit and conclude upon completion and the beginning of the next. Yet it isn't the physics of being in "outer" space that make the story of the two main characters so riveting; it's the "inner" space landscapes that unfold from the astronauts as they experience unimaginable stress, which truly resonate with viewers. Confronting the reality that "I'm going to die today" and knowing in advance that it's really going to happen, brings up that looming and unavoidable situation for every human being. In the face of certain death, bringing forth the essential resolve to live on into the next moment, and the next, consciously, intentionally, is what transforms mere physics, into metaphysics... By all means please do check out GRAVITY.