A very good movie

After seven long years, Alfonso Cuaron finally came up with a new directing effort and, boy, it was definitely worth the wait. I got in a traffic jam (the Dutch national football team was playing the same evening at the stadium next door… Talking about a great timing…) in the pouring rain but I still managed to get a ticket in IMAX 3D way in the back but still a decent sit. It was totally worth it though. Indeed, what a spectacle! Eventually, it was easily one of the best movie I have seen this year  and, from a visual point of view, it was really impressive. Nowadays, almost all the blockbusters are released in 3D but it is actually a worthless gimmick used just to make you purchase an even more expensive ticket. Not here though. With ‘Avatar’, it must be one of the very few movies which properly used the 3D and it looked really terrific. Concerning the actors, I was rather surprised that they picked up Sandra Bullock but she did a great job, providing easily the best performance of her career. George Clooney had slightly less screen time but he gave a solid performance as usual. So, it was a thrilling story in outer space, 10 times more impressive and interesting than ‘Apollo 13’.The only issue is that when you analyze everything that happens to the main character, it is actually pretty far-fetched. I mean, a space shuttle and two space space stations are destroyed but she still managed to get away by piloting first a Russian spacecraft and then a Chinese spacecraft when she is not even a great pilot whatsoever. They also keep putting her in some impossibly difficult situations and it became rather tiresome at some points. Still, it remains a terrific flick and it is definitely worth a look.