Gravity-Alex Cimieri Blog 2

             Over the week I watched the movie Gravity.  This movie was released in 2013; it was written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron.  This film probably had the most minimal cast I have ever seen in a film.  The film only shows two characters, Ryan Stone played by Sandra Bullock, and Matt Kowalski played by George Clooney.  The movie does technically star a few other characters but we never see them on screen, we are merely left with only their voices which are rarely in the film at all.  The film opens up with a “normal” day in the life of astronauts working in space.  Disaster strikes when a Russian missile strikes a satellite, which causes a chain reaction that forms a massive cloud of debris into outer space.  This debris strikes the Space shuttle that Stone and Kowlaski are working on.  After the brutal attack of flying debris is over, we are left not knowing who is alive or dead.  Stone detaches herself from the shuttle and is left free falling through outer space, until she is recovered by Kowalsk. They shortly realize that their entire crew is dead and they are the only survivors.  They devise a plan to use their thruster pack, which resembles a jet pack to fly themselves over to the international space station, located not too far from their location.  They are not out of the clear though, the debris that threatened their life is still in orbit, Kowalski predicts they have about 90 minutes until they will be bombarded again.  This film although I found dragged out in certain spots along the way, was truly original and very inventive.  The script and cast was so minimal but they were still able to convey and emotional and heart throbbing action movie. Also the visual effects in this film were truly amazing and the attention to details amazed me.