Spectacular simplicity of "Gravity"

Credit: Alfonso Cuaron/ Gravity/ The Atlantic

"... special effects that are at once so novel, so technologically ahead-of-the-curve, and so essential to the underlying narrative ..."

Have to see this!

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/the-spectacular-simplicity-of-em-gravity-em/280245/ / review movie film motion picture watch view film gravity spatial geometry Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron Children of Men 2006 fascinating experiment hybrid filmmaking awesome display cutting edge cutting-edge special effects compact character drama shot plays play deep space deep-space variation Sherif Ali iconic entrance Lawrence of Arabia supernal slice blue white blue-white Planet Earth space shuttle Sandra Bullock George Clooney Dr. Ryan Stone medical engineer rookie astronaut Matt Kowalski yarn spinning yarn-spinning space veteran final mission routine spacewalk tinker Hubble Telescope figure prominently detonation explosion Russian satellite chain reaction collision collisions massive debris field hurtling toward inadvertent projectiles primary antagonist more elegant title Flying Space Junk opening sequence stunning display pure cinema disengage cargo bay bay's arm pinwheel pinwheels helplessly around shuttle tsunami orbital flotsam twirls axis she's freed arm hurled silent void itself reveal details intermittent success find their way to safety shuttle neighboring space station any port in a storm back to Earth journey home physical spiritual convey visual spectacle spectacularity mathematical equations featuring vectors vector force acceleration customary prose unfolding series terrifying object lessons Newtonian physics spatial geometry cinematography collaboration collaborator Emmanuel Lubezki, alternates between harrowing sublime vertigo vertiginous sequences settle unexpectedly intimate closeups featuring special effects novel, technologically ahead of the curve ahead-of-the-curve essential underlying narrative an argument for 3D demands seen theater largest screen available the silence visual extravagance cast essentially consists Ed Harris voice of Mission Control succinct Peter Jackson story propelled simplest most universal human motivations motivation quest survival uncaring cosmos contribution contribute contributes arguably best work of her career coast limitless charm coasting principal reality life in space disappoint disappointment screenplay Jonas movie's magisterial visuals writing often pinched conventional overwrought unnecessary backstory clumsily executed hinge plot dialogue hoary cliché cliche narrative missteps disappointing easy to correct conversation avoid avoided moments clunky immersion movie theater rather Earth space walk silence air supply flaw genuine wonders big ones dazzlingly unforgettably right /