Review: Gravity

It's been a few years since I first watched Gravity on the big screen in 3D at the cinema  (or 2.5D as the purists rightly say). It was a breathtaking vertiginous experience and I came out of the cinema awed.

So a few years on, I wondered how it would like in 2D and on our home projector?  I felt it held up pretty well, even stripped of the deep immersion that big screen 3D had provided.

Essentially, it's a single handed Bullock chase movie vehicle despite the attachment of Clooney to the billing (although his role is a valuable one).  It's mostly a physical role for her too, although as a long term fan, it was hard not to be charmed by her dog impressions.

Understandably it's not as immersive as previously, but I still found it incredibly tense at times although having recently mainlined most of Chris Hadfield's ISS videos, the science is rather dodgy at times - and I couldn't fail to remember his anecdote around disrobing after a spacewalk. Apparently after a spacewalk - everything aches, your hair is matted with sweat, you have chafed skin from contact with the inflexible suit and one colleague even had nerve damage.

Verdict: Tense and majestic viewing.