And it was the most devastating ninety frikkin' minutes of my life - in a good way. I mean imagine you are cluelessly (if there's such a word) flew around the space on your first mission with no communication and a chance of sudden space debris heading to you, trying to make your way home. Imagine Cast Away, but in outer space where oxygen is limited, and you barely recognize everything around you. How can it's not devastating?
Adegan dibuka dengan tiga astronot yang melayang-layang di luar angkasa. Adalah Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock), seorang ahli bio-medical yang sedang melakukan misi pertamanya ke luar angkasa untuk memasang sistem baru di satelit, Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) seorang veteran astronot yang memimpin misi, dan Shariff, seorang engineer. This was their last day on space, and everything went smooth. Sampai Houston melaporkan adanya 'serangan' pecahan satelit Rusia yang baru diledakan. Situasi yang tadinya tenang berubah penuh kepanikan. Serpihan-serpihan satelit dngan kecepatan tinggi menabrak semua, termasuk kapal luar angkasa Explorer yang menjadi tumpangan dan rumah mereka di luar angkasa.
Meskipun mood penonton untuk deg-degan sudah dibangun sejak awal, tapi buat saya, film baru benar-benar dimulai setelah hujan space debris ini. Dr. Ryan Stone bergelung di gravitasi nol, dengan kabel menjuntai disekitarnya, persis seperti di dalam rahim. Setelah itu, dimulailah berbagai usaha penyelamatan. Selama film saya banyak menahan napas mengikuti usaha-usaha penyelamatan diri sang astronot untuk kembali ke bumi. Mulai dari kepanikan saat terlempar sendirian, sampai berusaha menguasai alat-alat baru yang selama ini hanya dikenal di simulasi. Mulai dari ketegangan saat komunikasi terputus, sampai saat-saat genting ketika oksigen menipis. Tapi jangan khawatir akan ikut kehabisan oksigen juga karena terlalu lama menahan napas. Beberapa kali ketegangan-ketegangan ini juga dicairkan oleh dialog-dialog kocak Clooney yang berperan sebagai astronot berpengalaman, yang berusaha menenangkan astronot lainnya.
Semakin lama menonton film ini, saya merasa bahwa Gravity bukan semata-mata bercerita tentang misi penyelamatan diri, tapi tentang hidup dan kehidupan. Bahwa manusia ternyata, literally, memang hanyalah sebentuk benda mikroskopis di alam semesta, yang tak berdaya tanpaNya. Dan bahwa kita lahir untuk kemudian selalu berusaha untuk survive. Dalam usaha survive tersebut, ada kalanya kita merasa sudah berhasil, tapi ternyata di depan kita masih ada halangan. Dan ada kalanya kita merasa gagal, tapi ternyata Tuhan masih memberi kita jalan untuk terus, secara misterius.
Terlepas dari jalan ceritanya yang bikin saya penasaran untuk terus menonton, film ini berhasil menggambarkan keindahan luar angkasa, dan bumi dilihat dari luar angkasa. Scoring nya juga sangat mendukung jalan cerita. Ada momen dimana kita diajak menikmati kesenyapan luar angkasa, ada juga momen menegangkan dengan suara yang tidak terlalu menggelegar, tapi membuat kita ikut merasakan ketegangan dan kepanikan para tokoh.
All in all, this is a good movie to watch with your friends, your loved ones, or even on your own (the third option is for weird people like I who enjoy watching movie alone). For some people with very technical way of thinking it might be a bit boring, but for people who love to seek the meaning behind a story line, Gravity is a must watch.
SPOILER ALERT. Tulisan di bawah ini tentang annoying couple sitting next to us dan agak nggak ada hubungannya sama jalan cerita film, but I just have to tell this. And I've tried my best not to spoil the story, but I just can't. Kalau belum nonton dan penasaran, mendingan baca bagian ini tar aja abis nonton, hehe..
So, there will always be those stupid people who's talking during the movie. Commenting on every frikkin scene, asking (or informing!) about something that is very obvious. At first I was worried about the ABGs on back row. But apparently, the real danger was the stupid couple with stupid girlfriend next to me. I shoosh her once for talking too much, but she just ignored that. I mean her comment was really stupid and loud! I think the whole theater could hear her.
When the astronauts trying to reach the International Space Station after the catastrophe:
"Itu di ISS nya ada orang ga sih?"
We don't know yet. Don't we?!
On the 'fetus like' scene.
"Ih kaya bayi!"
Yes, we all can see that. Wa share the same big screen, aren't we?
When Stone trying to cut some rope to escape:
"Cepetan! Jangan liat-liat dulu!"
Thank you for the advice. But that won't help her to go faster. And that surely won't help us - the other audiences you share this theater with - to feel better.
When Stone accidentally bumped her head while trying to put fire off:
"Bego!"
LOE YANG BEGO!!!
When Kowalsky opens the door while Stone is not wearing her helmet:
"Itu kebakar ya mukanya? Kebakar ya?"
Well if so, this movie would end right there, no?!
And when I just thought it was only the girlfriend who's stupid, suddenly the boyfriend (which I almost advice him to find a smarter girlfriend) commenting on even louder voice.
"Hah kodok? Oh ini mah di danau! Danau Zurich udaaahhhh!"
*imagining pouring hot popcorn butter to him*
I start to think they were the same match-made-in-heaven-made-for-each-other-couple who sat next to us when we watched Argo sometimes ago. The girlfriend's comments is as stupid as the one when we see KFC on one of the scene.
"Ihhhh KFC!"
YES WE ALL CAN SEE!
There should be a service in every movie theater that allows us to know which seats are free from potentially annoying audience(s).
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