Gravity

[Maglor]

Those debris rain sequences are so freaking unsettling, I love them!

No doubt! Those massive collisions in silence are like nothing I've seen before.

 

[GasparZizou]

Freaking soundtrack is unbelievably good.

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[Lejuan]

Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Without going through what made this movie awesome, a few nitpicks brought it down to earth for me. So to speak.

The score was overwrought. I started to hate the constant emotive signalling and accompaniment by the orchestra and wished the string section in particular would get sucked into a black hole.

The writing. Not great. Probably the weakest link in the whole film. Props to Clooney and Bullock for making it even remotely effective.

The foetus scene. Ryan apparently still believes she can go after Kowalski - but then spends a few precious minutes floating in the foetal position just so Cuaron can bust out another rebirth metaphor.

It's been a long time since I walked out of a cinema on such a high because I experienced a film made for cinema. Not Bluray, or HD projection - but cinema. What a rush. Thank you Alfonso Cuaron - the opening scene alone was worth the price of admission

 

[CelticPredator]

You mean 20 seconds. Not minutes.

 

[Lejuan]

The point is that it was indulgent.

 

[darthviper107]

Yeah, I kind of thought that, after he let go she should have been hurrying as fast as she could, if only because she was running out of air. I get the reaction when she gets inside though, it's exactly what I would be thinking--get the suit off and just breathe.

 

[Lejuan]

It's not just her reaction... it's the imagery employed, so heavy handed. Anyway, whatever, it's a minor nit pick. It might have been a bit schmaltzy, but it didn't lurch into pretension or an inflated sense of its own importance as could easily have been the case (Prometheus *cough). I can't remember the last time I had so much fun in a cinema.

 

[CelticPredator]

Well...I'm gonna nitpick your post, I guess...

But still, yes, it's heavy handed, but it has to be. It's the only way Curon can bring a bit of depth to a big budget film like this for the masses. And I appreciate it. I loved that shot. It's so obvious, but at the same time, I really liked it was there. The film was a tiny bit more then just survival. And that was refreshing. Not that I thought Curon would make it Michael Bay stupid or anything....but ya know. Depth, even obvious death, is welcome in big effects movies like this.

 

[Lejuan]

I hear ya. We Aussies are a bit less given to that kind of sentimentality. The final scene as she struggles to shore I called out "gators dude!". At such a dramatic moment I might've been lynched in a lot of American cinemas, but it brought the house down

 

[CelticPredator]

Probably not.

I would've laughed.

But the UK might have thrown a tissy fit.

 

[Maglor]

Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Without going through what made this movie awesome, a few nitpicks brought it down to earth for me. So to speak.

The score was overwrought. I started to hate the constant emotive signalling and accompaniment by the orchestra and wished the string section in particular would get sucked into a black hole.

The writing. Not great. Probably the weakest link in the whole film. Props to Clooney and Bullock for making it even remotely effective.

The foetus scene. Ryan apparently still believes she can go after Kowalski - but then spends a few precious minutes floating in the foetal position just so Cuaron can bust out another rebirth metaphor.

It's been a long time since I walked out of a cinema on such a high because I experienced a film made for cinema. Not Bluray, or HD projection - but cinema. What a rush. Thank you Alfonso Cuaron - the opening scene alone was worth the price of admission

Had there been one before that point?

Yeah, I kind of thought that, after he let go she should have been hurrying as fast as she could, if only because she was running out of air. I get the reaction when she gets inside though, it's exactly what I would be thinking--get the suit off and just breathe.

Indeed, it makes perfect sense. It would take a while to reoxiginate after being deprived.

I hear ya. We Aussies are a bit less given to that kind of sentimentality. The final scene as she struggles to shore I called out "gators dude!". At such a dramatic moment I might've been lynched in a lot of American cinemas, but it brought the house down

Yeah, I would have been pissed.

I'm crying at that moment and someone's cracking jokes???

This is gonna seem like a overly harsh thing to say, but cracking that joke at that moment to 'bring the house down' is every bit as masterbatory or self indulgent as anything you nit pic Cuaron for doing. I would say more. He is crafting a piece of art in order to evoke certain feelings in an audience that has paid him to do so. Your comment was a cheap shot that no one asked for, and I would venture to say that even some of the Aussies their didn't appreciate it.

Sorry. The movie was a profound experience for me, and I feel impelled to defend it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Dude, at the moment, I would've been perfectly fine with any relief. I was so ****ing nervous and gripping the edge of my seat like a mad man.
That would have been such a great cathartic moment.

 

[Maglor]

Dude, at the moment, I would've been perfectly fine with any relief. I was so ****ing nervous and gripping the edge of my seat like a mad man.
That would have been such a great cathartic moment.

If the movie needed a comic relief moment right then it would have been there. The 'one woman wail' soundtrack at that point is the catharsis.

 

[Maglor]

Come to think of it, the character does laugh when she stands up. It's a laugh of pure joy though.

 

[CelticPredator]

My bladder almost evacuating from sheer terror would've been a catharsis...of sorts. I was so drunk and freaked out Curon would pull a ****ty artsy director thing and have her wake up inside of the ship. Yuck.

 

[Maglor]

My bladder almost evacuating from sheer terror would've been a catharsis...of sorts.

I was so drunk and freaked out Curon would pull a ****ty artsy director thing and have her wake up inside of the ship. Yuck.

What? Like an "it was all a dream" ending?

 

[Lejuan]

Had there been one before that point?

"Another" in the sense that it wasn't the only one in the movie. The most obvious two rebirth metaphors are the pod scene and emerging from the water scene. They are obvious and heavy handed. There were also other scenes where Ryan is arguably portrayed as an infant of sorts, but these were handled with a lot more subtlety.

Yeah, I would have been pissed.

I'm crying at that moment and someone's cracking jokes???

This is gonna seem like a overly harsh thing to say, but cracking that joke at that moment to 'bring the house down' is every bit as masterbatory or self indulgent as anything you nit pic Cuaron for doing. I would say more. He is crafting a piece of art in order to evoke certain feelings in an audience that has paid him to do so. Your comment was a cheap shot that no one asked for, and I would venture to say that even some of the Aussies their didn't appreciate it.

Sorry. The movie was a profound experience for me, and I feel impelled to defend it.

Yes it is overly harsh, mainly because you're not in a position to comment on how the Australian audience of which I was a part responded to it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Pretty much a dream ending yes. I was afraid of that.

 

[69slimer]

I just saw this at the IMAX 3D at City Walk at Universal in LA. I thought it was incredible. Okay the science may be a little inaccurate in places, but in terms of a space film that delivers a perfect cinematic exerience I could not fault it.

 

[GasparZizou]

I perceived only 2 scenes in which the science was inaccurate, it's a new record in movie history.