#9 Gravity

The premise of gravity is widely known. An issue occurs in space that separates an astronaut during a spacewalk from the space shuttle. Craziness ensues.

This movie is all about the effects and *gasp* the 3D. It really is a movie that should have been seen in the theater in 3D. It's still intense watching it on the small screen, but the breathtaking shots still leave you with some air. In 3D the beauty punched you in the gut and was simply spectacular. 

This movie is not written with a sharp tongue. It is a bit on the nose in some parts and it tends to get a bit verbose and overly dramatic. The drama is already happening on the screen, there is no need to increase it with mediocre dialog.

I've never been a big fan of Sandra Bullock, but she performs admirably. Clooney is given a little more rope with his role, but he's here to be charming and does that very well. 

If this movie had a little less dialog, like All is Lost (#10), this would be much higher on the list. The director was not confident enough in the images telling the story, so we get a lot of words that we can understand with the beautiful scenes depicted through the camera.

A wonderful accomplishment in cinematography, digital effects, and 3D, but the story falls short of classic status.

Gravity releases on DVD on February 25th and is still in some theaters.