Promo poster for Gravity

Wow.

Imagine floating in space approximately 350 miles beyond the ozone. Or better yet, imagine being stuck in a movie theater chair helplessly watching two of the biggest movie stars in the world take on the unforgiving, unexplored, gravity-free place known as outer space.

Dr. Ryan Stone, played flawlessly by Sandra Bullock, is a highly intelligent medical engineer on her very first space mission. She is accompanied by a highly decorated veteran astronaut named Matt Kowalsky, portrayed artfully by the great George Clooney, who is in command of his final mission before retirement.

While casually embarking on a routine space walk, the comrades are notified by Houston that a Russian satellite has exploded, causing a chain reaction that is sending a massive shower of debris hurdling toward them at incredible speeds.

This incredibly destructive force separates the astronauts from their vessel and suddenly Dr. Stone and Matt Kowalsky find themselves without a ship, lost floating in space. It would take an absolute miracle for them to survive long enough for someone to come rescue them. Has Dr. Stone’s career ended just as soon as it has begun?

Alfonso Cuaron directs Gravity to near perfection. I highly recommend watching this epic film while it is still in theaters.  The experience would be enhanced even further in 3D. The huge screen of the movie theater allows the viewer to perceive space more vividly than ever before and feel as if he is being bounced around with the characters in outer space. The special effects are a breathtaking spectacle and the score really put the entire audience on edge.

Although I personally have never been to space, the movie really gives you a feel of what it must be like all the way up there. The 100-million dollar budget for Gravity was certainly put to full use as space came to life in a way the world has never seen before.

Ayo Ayokambi, student at Bob Jones, said, “Gravity lived up to its potential (and) maybe even surpassed it. Being an astronomy enthusiast, it really was one of the most interesting and exciting movies I have ever seen.”

There are also critics of the movie, however. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, questions the accuracy of the actors displayed in space.

The Huffington Post reported many tweets from Tyson pointing out minor flaws. Warning: link does include possible spoilers. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/07/gravity-accuracy_n_4057280.html