Days are not quite out of sight when the human race
will have residential colonies on extraterrestrial zero-gravity space stations
but in its own time. And till the time, when advanced science & the technology
constantly making headways in getting breakthroughs achieve that, we have another
power to experience what may suggest the future in its own way…the vision to
create, replicate, reproduce and design the ‘dream-come-true’ ultramodern set-up
into another brilliant piece of art never less than the predicted and the expected
one.
For Alfonso Cuaron’s sci-fi thriller GRAVITY (3D),
adjectives like breathtaking, heart-pounding, awe-inspiring, spine-chilling,
nail-biting are not merely some words mentioned in the phrase book but an
experience at large. Or else you can say that these words look just plain
simple formation of random alphabets when the jaw-dropping visuals of GRAVITY
happen to you in the most extraordinary way that has never been tried before. It’s
‘out of the world’ in literal and every sense.
In an unpredictably splendid scenic celestial
beauty, when the crew of a space-shuttle undergoes with a critical accident caused
by destruction in another satellite, 2 crew-members find themselves detached
from their space-stations to float around in the vast environs of zero gravity
world. Oxygen level is dropping down persistently. Connections to the base are
lost. Hopes are the only survival instinct. Undying Spirit is the only way out.
But aren’t these the rules of earth they have left long way down?
Filtering GRAVITY to extract one hero, to credit its
success in the name of, will not be an achievable choice. Camerawork that makes
you believe what all you see is never done in a comparatively tiny little studio
covered in green, is absolutely picturesque and mesmerizing. Watch out for the
opening sequence of a 10-12 min long one shot and you will be submerged into
thoughts that how could they even think of it. Visual effects and the 3D
technology have really gone beyond expectations. They don’t just make you jump
or cringe into your seats for the sake of it but they grab & grasp you firmly
to enjoy every bit of it like you are in there in all of your flesh and with your
entire soul.
Oscar award winner Sandra Bullock earns all your
emotions to be with her character in all good and bad times. Her commitment to
excel is very much visible through her emoting muscles and in physical
appearances also. George Clooney plays an ‘out and out’ charismatic astronaut
who, even in the worst case scenario, doesn’t lose his calm and the pleasurable
flirtatious attitude. Don’t miss the softer moments between them…of love ‘in no
air’.
After Stanley Kubrick’s philosophical sci-fi drama ‘2001:
A SPACE ODYSSEY’, this is the most astonishing 90-min long trip to space, no
one should give a miss. I am not sure how many of us will make it to the
futuristic space-colonies in their lifetime but here’s a chance to live your
dreams like never done before. Watch it in IMAX 3D if you have the privilege! [4.5/5]
Special Note:
Don’t forget to cheer when you hear a crew-member
at space-shuttle singing ‘mera joota hai Japani’!
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