Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity"

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

I don't go to the movie theatres very often. A movie has to really grab my attention, AND look like an amazing 3-D experience for me to go. Otherwise I'll wait and watch it at home. I hadn't read the reviews, and am not a movie nerd by any means, but I'm almost always easily pleased by a film.

I loved the 3-D, and I loved the suspense. I just found the plot to be boring as hell. Someone said it was almost like they took the last 20 minutes of a movie and stretched it into a full length feature and I couldn't agree more. Someone else made a Super Mario reference, and that was the EXACT analogy I gave to my wife as we were walking out of the theater.

I wasn't upset I spent the money, nor was I upset I went to see the movie. It provided me the entertainment that I was expecting when I decided to see it, I just wasn't impressed with the movie itself. The visuals were stunning, the intensity was overwhelming at times, particularly at the end. I sat up in my seat and took deep breaths a few times during it. I LOVED that. The characters and plot could not suck me in on any level though. And if it wasn't supposed too, well, mission accomplished. I'm just sayin...

Overall though, what I wanted from it delivered. Enough that I'm considering seeing it again while I can in 3-D. And I haven't seen the same movie in a theater in over 20 years. Maybe I am a movie snob though. I got up and walked out in the middle of Jurassic Park and never did see the rest of it. I was 11 at the time.

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Check that. Clooney's character cracked me up, and I was genuinely sad when he let go. I also didn't know at the time she was "dreaming" when he reappeared. I was sad all over again when she came too.

[Monty]

We are going to see it IMAX 3D style later this morning while we are up in KC for the game. My son is majorly stoked to see it as am I. If Floppy says it is worth it, that's good enough for me.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Monty

We are going to see it IMAX 3D style later this morning while we are up in KC for the game. My son is majorly stoked to see it as am I. If Floppy says it is worth it, that's good enough for me.

Tell us what you thought!

[siberian khatru]

Saw it today in IMAX 3D. Visually stunning, haven't seen anything like it.

I found the plot highly improbable, but whatever.

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When Sandra Bullock was in the water after escaping the capsule and surviving a dozen terrible events, both I and my son expected a shark to menace her.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by siberian khatru

Saw it today in IMAX 3D. Visually stunning, haven't seen anything like it.

I found the plot highly improbable, but whatever.

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When Sandra Bullock was in the water after escaping the capsule and surviving a dozen terrible events, both I and my son expected a shark to menace her.

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I thought she was going to drown at the end with her suit on

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

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I thought she was going to drown at the end with her suit on

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I honestly thought the whole thing was going to be her imagination, final thoughts, as she drifted out into space from the beginning (i.e., Clooney never saved her).

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

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I thought she was going to drown at the end with her suit on

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I think people in the audience would have started eating each other.

[mr. tegu]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

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I thought she was going to drown at the end with her suit on

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I thought the same thing. It would have been so sad and gut wrenching to come so far and endure so much only to go out drowning back on earth. It also would have been an epic and bold way to end the movie.

[Monty]

Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Tell us what you thought!

I loved the movie! The cinematography was amazing! I am amazed that anyone could go and not come away unaffected. I did the 3D IMAX thing, so that May have a lot to do with how impressed I was.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Originally Posted by Monty

I loved the movie! The cinematography was amazing! I am amazed that anyone could go and not come away unaffected. I did the 3D IMAX thing, so that May have a lot to do with how impressed I was.

Yeah, I got precisely what I went for, and enjoyed the ride. I touched on the realism of it, because I always do with films. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy them, but I've always been that way. It was a lot more hilarious when I was 7.

[Frazod]

Saw it last night. Loved it. Can't remember the last time I got so completely engrossed in a movie.

[Sure-Oz]

Incredible experience in IMAX 3D...intense, scary as hell. What a nightmare.

[ragedogg69]

I went to see this in 3D at the Studio Movie Grill. One of those have some booze and dinner while you watch the movie type places. Got a Groupon for $5 tix. I highly recommend it. (I am one of those guys who hate the traditional movie experience and would rather watch it at home.)

As far as the movie: I loved it. My wife said meh. Different strokes I guess. The 3D was nice, but probably better if we sat closer or saw it on IMAX. Honestly, I am still not sold on 3D. Questions I do have in regards to space exposure: In Mission to Mars, they claim you become a popsicle in space, Star Trek says your blood boils, Itchie and Scratchie says your head explodes, and in Event Horizon your insides become your outsides.

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Gravity tended to say you just kinda float there, I guess?

Which one is correct?

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Also, Clooney's character lets go because of his momentum. Doesnt it stop when she grabs hold of him and is held by the parachute cords? Still an intense scene, but that was my only issue I had. Super Mario jumps made sense, since there was no resistance. They could technically float for days.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by ragedogg69

I went to see this in 3D at the Studio Movie Grill. One of those have some booze and dinner while you watch the movie type places. Got a Groupon for $5 tix. I highly recommend it. (I am one of those guys who hate the traditional movie experience and would rather watch it at home.)

As far as the movie: I loved it. My wife said meh. Different strokes I guess. The 3D was nice, but probably better if we sat closer or saw it on IMAX. Honestly, I am still not sold on 3D. Questions I do have in regards to space exposure: In Mission to Mars, they claim you become a popsicle in space, Star Trek says your blood boils, Itchie and Scratchie says your head explodes, and in Event Horizon your insides become your outsides.

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Gravity tended to say you just kinda float there, I guess?

Which one is correct?

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Also, Clooney's character lets go because of his momentum. Doesnt it stop when she grabs hold of him and is held by the parachute cords? Still an intense scene, but that was my only issue I had. Super Mario jumps made sense, since there was no resistance. They could technically float for days.

http://space.about.com/cs/basics/a/bodyvacuum1.htm

[Cannibal]

I'm not debating any physics that happened in the film. I suspended disbelief and loved the experience. But I did see it at the IMAX. I think seeing at a regular theater or waiting for regular TV will take a lot away from the film. The IMAX added quite a bit of realism to the film and you felt you were out there with them tumbling through space.