FILM
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Issue 57 / 2013
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Gravity
Gravity starts off sluggishly but it soon orbits you into the
non-stop action, clinging to survival thousands of miles
above Earth.
October 4th
Gravity sets up the central characters through
slow paced, at times cringe worthy dialogue, but
with fantastically innovative camera work, gives
a great sense of being in zero gravity. It's this
camera work, which sells you into thinking, and
rightly so, that this is a Hollywood masterclass in
CGI, photography and acting.
Coming SooN
After establishing this sense of loss through the
breakdown in communication with headquarters
back on earth and expendable characters put in
there just to be killed off when disaster strikes,
you are sucked into the dilemma that Sandra
Bullock and George Clooney face in getting back
to Earth, despite the impending sense of how inevitable their deaths are.
The film glorifies, in taking moments when they
fill up screen time, through periods, of reflection
to appreciate the beauty of Earth and the peace
out in space. The peace, which in the right situation can be wonderful to have because you are
free of the busy and hectic life that Earth provides is juxtaposed to how desperate you are for
contact and civilization.
The ending is a fantastic pay off for the adventure, you are sent hopping from one space station to the next hanging onto survival. By the
time Sandra Bullock enters the Earth's orbit, you
feel a great sense of relief to get your first feeling of the proximity to home. Furthermore, you
share in her achievement at reaching the end of
her physical (reaching Earth alive) and emotional
journey (ready to live her life and enter back into
the world after the loss of her daughter). All resulting in a breathtaking and exhilarating watch.
Don Jon
Now
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Don Jon is Joseph GordonLevitt's directorial debut,
featuring JGL himself alongside Scarlett Johansson.
JGL plays a porn addicted
lothario, whose favoured
pastime affects the relationships he has with women.
The Hunger
Games: Catching
Fire
November 22st
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta
Mellark become targets of
the Capitol after their victory
in the 74th Hunger Games
sparked a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
The Hobbit: The
Desolation of
Smaug
December 13th
The second in a trilogy of
films adapted from J.R.R.
Tolkein's literary masterpiece, The Hobbit. Martin
Freeman plays Bilbo Baggins
as he travels with Gandalf
and a horde of 13 Dwarves
on a quest to reclaim the
lost Dwarven Kingdom of
Erebor.
