6) Gravity
The first time I saw the trailer for this movie, the only thing I could muster was laughter. Yes, laughter. With the entirety of the trailer being a woman spiralling off into space, there was nothing I could attach myself to, and so I laughed because of how absurd it was. Was the film really just two hours of watching Sandra Bullock basically talking to herself? Well, yes, but in all the best ways possible.
I admit that I fell for the hype after I heard the massive amount of acclaim that Gravity was receiving. And much to my pleasant surprise, director Alfonso Cuarón created a tear-spewing, fist-wrenching, emotionally overflowing epic of a film.
Let’s face it, the logline for Gravity is as simple as: “A woman tries to survive in space.” I highly doubt that will evoke any sort of curiosity to your average viewer, as she really is just “surviving in space” with almost all the incidents being as predictable as the tenth viewing of The Sixth Sense. But what Cuarón does is hammer into the fear of all human beings on this earth, over and over and over again: the fear of being alone. We can’t help but to break down at the sight of everyone leaving Dr. Stone. First her daughter, then Matt Kowalski, and finally, the lone fisherman with his innocent laughter.
