Movie: Gravity

source: IMDB

5 out of 5

The story was a simple survival story set in an extraordinary setting. 

Dr. Stone was separated from her comrades after a disaster met them in space. Shortly, after minutes of rolling into space, she was joined by veteran astronaut and together they went back to the destroyed shuttle only to find that they were the only survivors.

What happens when you get trapped outside Earth? It was the same as being trapped in water with no means of going above the surface.

Dr. Stone was lucky enough that she was found by colleague Matt Kowalsky. However, misfortune remained to follow her.

With a low level oxygen to support her, they need to get to another shuttle to get one. Time wasn't at their side, nor was Matt's resources.

They were both close to surviving, entering the shuttle and all, however, Stone who was hanging literally by a single strand seemed bound to be left alone. Matt, seeing how bad the situation could be for both of them if he won't let go, decided to do the ultimate sacrifice, leaving Stone alone, as he drifted away, and into the unknown.

Stone made it inside the shuttle, but it wasn't still easy. There was a fire, and there had been a problem with her parachute. When she went out to fix it, another disaster befell on her. Nonetheless, the woman succeeded in doing what seemed to be the impossible.

However, she faced a serious trouble in the near-end of the film. She has a trouble with the landing. She cannot get anyone from Earth to answer her calls. Instead, a chinese man who seemed to be having fun with his dog was the one she was hearing. Slowly, Stone closed her eyes and she seemed to give up, saying that nobody would pray for her if she dies here, having a child who is dead already anyway.

But at the spur of the moment, Matt returned and with that playful attitude still. He told Stone to get it together and to do something to survive. Stone insisted that the fuel left is for launching only, but Matt said that she could use it for landing as well. Stone said her landing always turn out so bad. But Matt said she should still try.

Just like that, Stone opened her eyes and realized it was just a hallucination. Matt wasn't there, he never is coming back just like their other colleagues. But she had enough motivation to keep going and try anything that could work, even with the Chinese-charactered keys before her.

She was able to land on Earth, and she made it out alive safely.

In my own opinion, Gravity is the kind of sci-fi that is rich in vocabulary (seriously, half of their terms were foreign to me) and strong on the plot. What made me remain sitting on that cinema is the fact that it kept me guessing whether she'll make it or not. One moment you'll be convinced that she will make it alive, but in the next it'll confuse you once again. It was amazing how it all happened in just less than two hours. It was, of course, one of the most impossible things to happen in human history, but the movie was so convincing you'd doubt the impossible. :)