Gravity blasts off to the final frontier

LADIES and gentlemen, we have a game-changer. Aside from everything else that can be said to praise the new Warner Bros sci-fi thriller Gravity, the first thing you should know is that you’ve never seen anything like the visual experience of this film.

It’s akin to the effects leaps represented by 2001: A Space Odyssey, Star Wars, and Avatar. So realistic and breathtaking, in fact, that you’ll forget you’re watching special effects, and feel as if the movie were actually shot in space.

But as great as that is, there’s far more to praise about director Alfonso Cuarón’s masterpiece than just the greatest special effects to yet grace the big screen. Let’s look at some of the box office and budget considerations, before I give you my full review.