Movies and TV Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" - Page 3

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-06-2013, 03:00 PM

The wife and I saw Gravity this morning. Really very good. While it was sufficiently intense, by the comments here I was expecting it to be pretty much a nail biter nonstop, and that wasn't the case. I disagree with underEJ; I felt Cuaron did a great job of giving the audience some breathing room to chill before upping the intensity even more. And I gotta disagree with Reaper16, too. I didn't find it particularly "scary" at all; thrilling, definitely.

And I'm not a Sandra Bullock fan at all. She's generic and better than average on her good days. I've always been very touchy about the fact she has an Oscar for The Blind Side - a role in which she was perfectly fine, but not extraordinary (also worth noting the same year she got a Razzie, the first person to win both Oscar and Razzie in the same year). She was extraordinary in Gravity.

**Reaper16** · 10-06-2013, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

The wife and I saw Gravity this morning. Really very good. While it was sufficiently intense, by the comments here I was expecting it to be pretty much a nail biter nonstop, and that wasn't the case. I disagree with underEJ; I felt Cuaron did a great job of giving the audience some breathing room to chill before upping the intensity even more. And I gotta disagree with Reaper16, too. I didn't find it particularly "scary" at all; thrilling, definitely.

And I'm not a Sandra Bullock fan at all. She's generic and better than average on her good days. I've always been very touchy about the fact she has an Oscar for The Blind Side - a role in which she was perfectly fine, but not extraordinary (also worth noting the same year she got a Razzie, the first person to win both Oscar and Razzie in the same year). She was extraordinary in Gravity.

look at me im not scared of dying alone in a vacuum im so tough

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-06-2013, 03:45 PM

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look at me im not scared of dying alone in a vacuum im so tough

Look at me, I don't know what's fictional and what's real.

Yes, the idea is terrifying. However, the movie is not a horror movie. It's supposed to be intense, thrilling, suspenseful... any of those I'd accept. Scariest movie ever, no.

**LoneWolf** · 10-06-2013, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Look at me, I don't know what's fictional and what's real.

Yes, the idea is terrifying. However, the movie is not a horror movie. It's supposed to be intense, thrilling, suspenseful... any of those I'd accept. Scariest movie ever, no.

I agree. Saw Gravity Friday night in IMAX 3D and it is the definition of thriller. The director did a fantastic job of ratcheting up the intensity and then giving the audience some space (pun intended) and let everyone get back to neutral. This is the best movie I've seen in years.

**Reaper16** · 10-06-2013, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Look at me, I don't know what's fictional and what's real.

Yes, the idea is terrifying. However, the movie is not a horror movie. It's supposed to be intense, thrilling, suspenseful... any of those I'd accept. Scariest movie ever, no.

look at me i apparently don't experience emotions when watching movies because experiencing anything means that i don't know it is fictional therefore film is purely an intellectual exercise

look at me i didn't read post #31 in this thread

**Fire Me Boy!** · 10-06-2013, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

look at me i apparently don't experience emotions when watching movies because experiencing anything means that i don't know it is fictional therefore film is purely an intellectual exercise

look at me i didn't read post #31 in this thread

Look at me, I can run a metaphor into the ground.

I saw it when you originally posted it, but forgot about it. Apologies.

And if you don't think I get emotionally vested in movies, you haven't paid any attention to my posts in movie threads. I get very invested emotionally, it's about the only thing I want in a movie - to make me feel something. I'm especially fond of movies that make me sad or particularly angry. In fact, I think you and I have been on the same side of some of those discussions with others.

I didn't find Gravity scary. I did find it intense, thrilling, suspenseful, and at times sad.

**Baby Lee** · 10-07-2013, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Look at me, I don't know what's fictional and what's real.

Yes, the idea is terrifying. However, the movie is not a horror movie. It's supposed to be intense, thrilling, suspenseful... any of those I'd accept. Scariest movie ever, no.

Scary depends on what you are scared OF.

underEJ · 10-07-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

The wife and I saw Gravity this morning. Really very good. While it was sufficiently intense, by the comments here I was expecting it to be pretty much a nail biter nonstop, and that wasn't the case. I disagree with underEJ; I felt Cuaron did a great job of giving the audience some breathing room to chill before upping the intensity even more. And I gotta disagree with Reaper16, too. I didn't find it particularly "scary" at all; thrilling, definitely.

Ah. Sorry. I was intentionally vague to avoid giving away details, but I guess that left my comment unclear. I liked the intensity, the part that drove me nuts was...

Spoiler!

Sure-Oz · 10-06-2013, 06:07 PM

Jennifer lopez lol

**Baby Lee** · 10-07-2013, 01:35 AM

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Jennifer lopez lol

They had a great plotline where her booty served as a heatshield, saving the entire crew on re-entry.

Rudy tossed tigger's salad · 10-06-2013, 06:10 PM

gonna see this tomorrow. Im pumped.

**Anyong Bluth** · 10-07-2013, 01:19 AM

Epic! I don't even have the energy to respond on it all right now and I'm just basking in the experience.

Eleazar · 10-07-2013, 11:49 AM

I didnt like it at all. There was no plot. There was almost no script. There were numerous suspension of disbelief, eyerolling moments.

It was like they took the last 20 minutes of a film and stretched it out to feature length.

It looked to me like some suit said, "We can charge more for 3D movies, make me a 3D movie", so someone did it, pasting in some floating doodads in post production

I actually was thinking halfway through that the film was rather boring. It was just visuals and nothing else.

**Reaper16** · 10-07-2013, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Cochise

I didnt like it at all. There was no plot. There was almost no script. There were numerous suspension of disbelief, eyerolling moments.

It was like they took the last 20 minutes of a film and stretched it out to feature length.

It looked to me like some suit said, "We can charge more for 3D movies, make me a 3D movie", so someone did it, pasting in some floating doodads in post production

I actually was thinking halfway through that the film was rather boring. It was just visuals and nothing else.

How much more out of touch can someone be than this? Sheesh.

Eleazar · 10-07-2013, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

How much more out of touch can someone be than this? Sheesh.

I could hear people around me saying that it was boring as well.

I didn't find it compelling at all. It was a special effects movie. The cinematography was nice. There was no substance at all. There was very little information given about the only 2 people who appear in the film. No backstory of any substance, no reason for us to know who they are or care what happens to them. Not to mention all the "yeah right" moments.

JMO. I found it massively disappointing and not even all that suspenseful.

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Eleazar Beyond the Rapids Join Date: May 2003 Location: Langley, VA Casino cash: $-370000	I didnt like it at all. There was no plot. There was almost no script. There were numerous suspension of disbelief, eyerolling moments. It was like they took the last 20 minutes of a film and stretched it out to feature length. It looked to me like some suit said, "We can charge more for 3D movies, make me a 3D movie", so someone did it, pasting in some floating doodads in post production I actually was thinking halfway through that the film was rather boring. It was just visuals and nothing else.
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