This afternoon, Jerry and I went to see the Sandra Bullock and George Clooney 3D movie, Gravity. Whew! Many hours later, I’m still feeling a little wobbly, as if I’d been the one flying around in and spinning through space.
George Clooney may have equal billing on the billboards and in the TV ads, but trust me, this is Sandra Bullock’s movie. George is on screen about 30 of the 90 minutes. Sandra is there for every single heart-stopping moment, and she is fabulous. Riveting. I see another Oscar nomination in her future.
I don’t know what I was expecting the film to be about. I knew from the ads that there was some kind of disaster in space. That was about it. But even if I’d known more, I think the film would still have surprised me. Surprised me again and again. I held my breath a lot. I jumped in my seat more than once. I felt all of my phobias rise up inside of me.
The visuals in this film are truly out of this world. Yes, that’s a poor pun, but those seem the only words that fit. They are simply stunning.
I’ve been disappointed in 3D more than once. Some films just don’t require 3D. But I was not disappointed this time. If you go to see Gravity and the 3D version is available, see it. It’s worth it.
~ robin
I was also interested in this movie, especially now that great reviews are making their way around the internet. Did you find it offensive at all?
Julie, I cannot recall anything offensive, with the possible exception of a few curse words.
Great – thanks! I want to bring a couple of boys ages 11 and 12, and I would feel awful if there were unexpected scenes of lewdness! I think we are going to try finding an IMAX theater to view this one this weekend.
We went to see it! Although I really enjoyed the plot and acting, I was disheartened to hear one f-bomb and one JC expletive. There were a handful of other swears, but they were minor words in comparison. Before I went, I read the review at Christian Spotlight on Entertainment, and they alerted the viewer to the minor swears, but they didn’t mention the very important two above. My sister and her family were visiting from Maine, so we made the unfortunate choice to bring her two boys, 11 and 12, even though it was rated PG-13 for intense and stressful scenes in outer space. Why do they feel the need to ruin perfectly good stories with foul language? Did you know that they even included the f-bomb in the latest Superman movie that came out this summer? A movie marketed to children! No class!
Julie, I mentioned the curse words as the one offensive possibility, but I didn’t think to stress what “kind” they were. Sorry. (I tend to block those things from my memory.) I’m with you. I get so tired of the foul language in movies and general market books. I have discovered that children and youth today hear a barrage of foul language in the halls of their schools such as I would never have dreamed was possible.
Totally agree with you about what they’re routinely hearing these days! I wasn’t trying to point the finger at you about the swears…I was only expressing my disappointment with that Christian website whose very purpose is to warn us of content! They gave a count of each swear, but left out the two biggies! (This may be a duplicate post as after I submitted the first one, it didn’t seem to take…feel free to delete whichever one you’d like.) And thanks for taking the time to write me back!