Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron (Dir.)

Gravity presents a chance to experience the closest thing to life in space without getting a job at NASA. Cuaron masterfully presents captivating images of the cosmos, and at the next moment scenes of overwhelming nothingness. There’s no doubt that it’s an illuminating film; a demonstration of the visual prowess of modern cinema and the power to astound audiences the contemporary film-maker possesses. While Gravity undeniably breaks new ground in terms our experience of the film (you’re likely to start feeling genuinely queasy as Bullock’s astronaut is flung around the space-station in the midst of an asteroid shower), it perhaps loses some of the thought-provoking moments that make a great sci-fi movie unforgettable. There’s none of the comments on human nature discussed in Kubrick’s ­2001: A Space Odyssey , for example. Therefore, Gravity is perhaps a small step rather than a giant leap towards the future of film-making.

The cast/ crew of Gravity at ComicCon