Gravity Movie Review: If you are going to see this one, see it NOW!

Watching Gravity felt like watching the scene in Titanic where Rose is on the piece of wood and Jack is the water for the first time, except that it went on for two hours instead of four minutes. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The action starts only a few minutes into the film and the audience is left on the brink of a panic attack the whole time. But unfortunately, Gravity fails in the department of character development. Minimal information about a particular demon in Sandra Bullock’s characters past is given but apart from that the audience gets nothing. I wasn’t on the edge of my seat because I cared about her character but because I felt like I was the one stuck in space. Where this film fails in character development, it picks up in beauty. Gravity is a gorgeous film that should be reserved for 3D and Imax viewings. The audience feels as if they are the ones drifting in space, minus the zero gravity part. And personally, I can’t think of many scenarios more terrifying than the one presented in the film. The performances are good. Clooney is his usual charming self but this film is all about Bullock. Many will probably disagree with me on this one, but Gravity is not a movie I would choose to experience more than once. And maybe it is because it seemed to be more of an experience than a movie. I recommend that if you are going to see this one, you see it now. Gravity was made for the big screen and 3D. Don’t wait for this one on DVD because the best parts of this movie will be lost on your TV, no matter how big your screen is. Critics may be raving, but Gravity failed to get me excited about it with the trailers and never won me over during the film. Overall, a two and a half out of five is all I can give this movie.