The Pull of Gravity

The buzz surrounding this film has been growing for months, and the buzz was not made up. This movie is one for this cinema history books. With visual effects that make you feel like you are actually in outer space, acting that is so realistic it pulls at your heart strings, and directing that is so good it can only be dreamed about by other directors. The initial buzz around the film was how would they pull of the actual filming of the movie. With a visionary/ director such as Alfonso Cuaron, the film was destined for greatness. Cuaron is a master of visual movies like these, and turning simple plots that could be messed up by another director into something magnificent. Another huge buzz, that is also proven true, is the performance of Miss Sandra Bullock. Her acting skills are put to the test, with most of her scenes performed by herself, and she is forced to act most of her scenes with just body movement and facial expressions. This could end very badly for some actors, but with Bullock it may just end with an Oscar. This performance, she plays Dr. Ryan Stone, is one of the best in cinema history and I expect nothing short of multiple award season wins, eventually leading her to win the Oscar for Best Actress. No one could shine nearly as bright as Bullock did, and without her the movie would not be the same. Honorable mention to George Clooney, who does a heck of a job playing Lt. Matt Kowalski. Any movie Clooney appears in he could easily steal the show, but this time he let Bullock have her moment and yet still could obtain his own Oscar for Best Actor. The predictions are starting for the 2014 Oscars. With the pull that Gravity has, it will be a no brainer when it eventually wins the awards it so rightfully deserves.