Gravity

 Watched Gravity just now, after I remembered how much I loved the movie. It's still amazing.

I don't think I have a whole lot to say about this movie, but a few things.

George Clooney is so great on this. The sense of humour pervades, and that sense of sanity.

When I watched this the first few times, I remember being really moved by the part where Sandra Bullock is imagining Clooney finding her on the ship. It ended up not being as crazy of a scene as I thought it was prior (crazy as in like, I would always be so insanely moved at that scene), but still hits heavy.

Rather, I found myself focused on how Bullock's character changes. How she picks up the mannerisms of Matt, with the humour. Also how Matt still walks Bullock through getting her into the pod (whatever it's called) for her to get to the ISS, even when he's drifting away in space, knowing he's left to die. It was pretty interesting. The dynamics of death that work so so differently in that dynamic. Because techincally Matt was dead in that moment, but his voice still persisted. His impending doom was imminent, but you couldn't tell. Then he lived through Sandra's hallucinations, through her mannerisms.

But yeah, I love this movie so much. I love Clooney, I love Bullock. How heartbreakingly lonely space is, how complete helplessness can be portrayed in the simplest of terms, like spiraling out of control while not being tethered, I can only imagine what a horrible death that would be, spinning in space, nothing to stop you. Every jump is a leap of faith, every grasp is a matter of life and death. It's an insane thriller in its own regard, but also manages to portray something much bigger.

It was also a nice way to get a few interesting ideas. Like how she talks to some random person on the AM radio, I can't remember the dude's name. That would be a pretty interesting concept as a web app, it was something I was thinking about for a bit, it wouldn't make any money but it would be cool, just make a space like that where people just tune in and out of each other, or something like that. Also the phrase, 'landing is launching'. I mean there must be some sort of business proposal sleeping in there somewhere...

Love the movie, probably can't physically watch it for another 3 years, but it was a great ride.

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