Gravity: Review of a Review

Rotten Tomatoes describes the movie Gravity as "a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space". At times I agree, that the movie was in fact a heart pounding thriller, but for the most part I found the movie quite boring. A lot of the movie was just watching Sandra Bullock, who plays Dr. Ryan Stone, breathing, doing absolutely nothing. I felt that it was kind of predictable and very unrealistic at times, especially the ending. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney go to space for a mission, when disaster strikes. Their shuttle is destroyed, and are forced to survive on their own without any communication. The special effects in the movie were amazing, but other than that, I was not really interested. 

Director

Director
Danny Boyle is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his work on movies such as Slumdog Millionaire, Shallow Grave, 28 Days Later, and others. In 2008, he won an Academy Award along with many other awards for Best Director for the movie Slumdog Millionaire. 

Cinematographer

Cinematographer 
Claudio Miranda is a cinematographer who is best known for his work in Life of Pi, which he won an Academy Award for. He was also part of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. 

Producer

Producer
Ben Affleck is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. He is one of the producers for the Academy Award winning movie Argo. Grant Heslov and George Clooney also helped produce the movie. Along with the Academy Award, Affleck won a Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the Producers Guild Award for Argo. Besides acting, producing, writing, and directing, Affleck, along with Matt Damon, founded the LivePlanet production company in 2000 and Pearl Street Films in 2012. 

Screenwriter

Screenwriter
David O. Russell is an American film director and screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for Silver Linings playbook, which won many awards, one of which was a BAFTA Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. David O. Russell has written the screenplay for many other movies, including Flirting With Disaster, Three Kings, and most recently, American Hustle. 

Questions

Things I have learned

I learned about how different camera angles make a scene look more interesting. For example, if you film each person as they are talking and switch from person to person, it makes it more exciting, rather than just filming straight on in one shot. I also have learned a little film vocabulary, which I can use to recognize different shots and things in a movie.  

Ideas I have contributed

When working in our groups, I have contributed ideas about our movie remake. I gave some ideas about the plot, story board, and characters. 

What I want to take away

I want to learn how to make a movie look and sound more professional. I also want to learn how to do some cool special effects.