Gravity
2013 has been a fantastic year for film, with so many terrific movies hitting the big screen: that is reflected in the range of different movies in the Best Picture Oscar category.
12 Years A Slave, Gravity, American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Her, Nebraska, Philomena, and The Wolf of Wall of Street.
While there are some wonderful films in this category, it looks like the Best Picture winner will be either Gravity or 12 Years A Slave.
- Gravity - directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Gravity is a movie that was surrounded in hype when it started playing on the festival circuit at the end of last year.
It is not very often that a movie turns out to be everything that you expect it to be, but Gravity is truly a movie that bucked that trend - I cannot tell you want a cinema masterpiece that this is.
Gravity is one of the finest pieces of filmmaking that I have seen in many a year, as Cuaron has set the bar when it comes to depicting space.
To say that this movie is beautiful is an understatement as Cuaron has truly captured the epicness, stillness, and deafening silence of space.
Cuaron has not only made a stunning film, but he has also got a fantastic central performance from Sandra Bullock. This may be a sweeping space epic, but it is also an intimate and human story.
Gravity has been picking up Best Picture nominations left, right and centre and has been a major force on the awards circuit this season.
- 12 Years A Slave - directed by Steve McQueen
The only film that has been more successful when it comes to picking up Best Picture gongs over the last few weeks has been 12 Years A Slave.
12 Years A Slave is an adaptation of Solomon Northup's slavery memoir, and is just the third feature film from director Steve McQueen.
12 Years A Slave is one of the most powerful movies that you will ever see, and it will stay with you long after the credits have rolled.
This is a milestone film, and truly a magnificent achievement from director McQueen. He has delivered a hard-hitting, dark, and powerful movie that does not shy away from the central message of slavery.
He has not made a fluffy Hollywood movie, instead he has remained true to the pain, and suffering that is found in the book. He must be applauded for having the courage to make this film.
However, 12 Years A Slave is not all doom and gloom, as with the central character of Solomon Northup, McQueen looks at the unbreakable human spirit.
This movie has already scooped the Golden Globe and the Bafta - as well as whole host of other gongs - and has been the Best Picture favourite for some time.
Gravity may be a technological marvel, but no other film but 12 Years A Slave should scoop Best Picture on Sunday evening.
The Oscar winners will be announced Sunday 2nd March.
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