{"id":8143,"date":"2014-03-13T23:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8143"},"modified":"2014-03-13T23:36:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:36:21","slug":"br-gravity-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8143","title":{"rendered":"BR: Gravity (2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Gravity_BR\"<\/a>Film<\/strong>: Excellent<\/p>\n

Transfer<\/strong>: Excellent\/ Extras<\/strong>:\u00a0Excellent<\/p>\n

Label:\u00a0<\/strong>Warner Home Video<\/p>\n

Region:<\/strong> All<\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0February 25, 2014<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> \u00a0Drama \/ Science-Fiction \/ 3D<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong> Two astronauts struggle to survive and return to Earth after their space shuttle and the International Space Station are destroyed by rogue space junk.<\/p>\n

Special Features:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Making\u2013of documentary: \u201cGravity: Mission Control\u201d \/ Making-of Featurette: \u201cShot Breakdown\u201d \/ Short film by Jon\u00e1s Cuar\u00f3n: \u201cAnungaaq\u201d \/ Documentary: \u201cCollision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space\u201d \/ Bonus DVD + Ultraviolet<\/p>\n

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Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s much-hyped, Oscar-winning 3D space drama \/ sort-of sci-fi translates well to home video, even in a flat 2D version, but it\u2019s a film more impressive for being an immersive audio-visual experience than storytelling, which isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing.<\/p>\n

With so much invested in capturing and conveying the drama of being stranded in Earth\u2019s orbit after wreckage from a blown-apart satellite shreds several space stations and damages ts emergency return crafts, the story and dialogue can\u2019t be showy; keeping the language professional and threadbare was the right approach in making sure audiences feel the terror as astronaut Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) struggles to return to an intact section of an orbiting station, only to be ejected into the openness and essentially leap-frog from space pod to station to pod in the hope of reaching Earth’ warm surface in a barely functional capsule.<\/p>\n

George Clooney plays the mission captain and Stone\u2019s savior, and there\u2019s a point in the film where things get a little trippy, mandating an acceptance of certain perceived events, and Stone\u2019s effort to return home by propelling and flinging herself in some insane situations which might (do) test the limits of believability. They\u2019re still hair-raising set-pieces, but the \u2018return to Earth\u2019 sequence maybe asks audiences to accept one too many incredible goals.<\/p>\n

Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s technical direction is amazing \u2013 the opening sequence lacks any cuts, and later edits have a subliminal feel \u2013 and Bullock offers an accessible (and necessary) human element to ensure the film isn’t just a special effects extravaganza.<\/p>\n

Steven Price\u2019s Oscar-winning score conveys tension without resorting to clich\u00e9d musical sounds \u2013 most of the score is interweaving drones and grinding electronica, making up for Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s use of muted sounds in the stillness of space \u2013 but the score falls apart during Ryan\u2019s return, adopting a melodic style far too close to a generic Hans Zimmer-produced wrap-up cue. It\u2019s a generic track in an otherwise inventive score, and instead of conveying reality or Ryan\u2019s humanity, the cue transforms the finale into a generic sci-fi finale, which is a shame.<\/p>\n

Warner Home Video\u2019s chosen to release the film in separate DVD, BR\/DVD combo, and 3D BR combo editions, each carrying a steady wealth of extras that contextualize the film\u2019s effects, production and casting, and more importantly, the very real threat of space junk that\u2019s still building up around the Earth, and increasing the chances of a devastating collision.\u00a0Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s enactment of a destroyed space station is horrifying \u2013 the craft is shredded to pieces, making it clear no one can survive the impact of particles moving faster that bullets. The main doc, \u201cCollision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space,\u201d was appropriately narrated by Ed Harris, who makes a cameo as the voice of Mission Control, recalling his performances in the space docu-dramas Apollo 13<\/strong> (1995) and The Right Stuff<\/strong> (1983).<\/p>\n

Gravity<\/strong> was designed to be seen in cinemas, but it\u2019s still an affecting work which also brings attention to a serious global problem without sermonizing audiences.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2014 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/strong>
\nIMDB <\/a>\u00a0— \u00a0Soundtrack Album<\/a>\u00a0 — \u00a0Soundtrack Review<\/a> —\u00a0Composer Filmography<\/a>
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\nVendor Search Links:<\/strong>
\nAmazon.ca<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.com<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2019s much-hyped, Oscar-winning 3D space drama \/ sort-of sci-fi translates well to home video, even in a flat 2D version, but it\u2019s a film more impressive for being an immersive audio-visual experience than storytelling, which isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[2600,280,2240,2601,2241],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-27l","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8143"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8167,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8143\/revisions\/8167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}