Gravity (by Alfonso Cuarón of Children of Men)

[Abortedj]

i'm with abortion guy. this movie looks like crap. children of men was a splendid accident, just like district 9 was for that other guy.

Children of Men was pretty good. However, just becaue a directer makes one good movie it doesn't mean they get a pass on their next movie.

 

[wander]

that's... what I just said. children of men was an accident, i.e. the director got lucky. same as the district 9 guy. whose latest effort keeps getting lukewarm reviews.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Whereas Neil Blomkamp is a little bit of a newer director, I still really enjoyed Elysium, though it wasn't as good as District 9 (but that's a pretty high mark to achieve again).

On topic of Gravity's director though, Alfonso Cuarón also directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban which is the highest rated Potter film (aside from Deathly Hallows Part 2) as well as writing/directing Y Tu Mamá También which is another quite well-received film, and his production company was involved with Pan's Labyrinth, so I wouldn't say he, "just got lucky" so much as he actually knows what he's doing.

Additionally, I'd say that this is the type of story that's MUCH more well suited to a visual format than text format. Depending on how nice the theater is, you can quite distinctly get the feeling of vertigo from the trailer, which is a type of sensation that can only be delivered in a visual format.

That being said, no knows if it'll be good, but it's got quite a good number of things going for it.


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[The Twilight Mexican]

It has a lot of good going for it, but these things do tend to fail at stimulating audiences. "Buried" comes to mind. Great concept, great execution, the critics loved it, I liked it. Nobody cared. That's kind of what I'm expecting here -- though I am looking forward to this.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Worth your read, and related to my previous post: http://variety.com/2013/film/news/a...en-after-seven-years-with-gravity-1200596518/



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[X-SOLDIER]

This is the first trailer that shows any more footage from the film aside from just the opening sequence. It gives a bit of a sense of what the film's gonna be like ASIDE from just the intense stress/claustrophobia/fear.

I am going to see this is IMAX and terrify the everliving fuck out of myself.


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[X-SOLDIER]

This deserves to be seen in 3D. I'm probably gonna try to catch it in IMAX with some friends next weekend once it's out.



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[X-SOLDIER]

97% on IMDB right now: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gravity_2013/
70 positive vs. 2 negative ratings.
Average score is 9/10.

Suffice to say that I am STOKED AS HELL for this.



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[Unlucky]

I have to catch this in the theater!

 

[Ⓐaron]

So has anyone else seen this yet? This is easily and by far the best experience I have ever had in a theatre. It's also the best space film I've seen since 2001, and probably the best film of any genre I've seen since Pan's Labyrinth. I can't even begin to express how immersive it is seeing this in IMAX 3D. I suspect the technical team must have invented some new techniques for filming this because I've never seen anything like it before. The first thirty minutes of the film has only one cut; the remainder of the storytelling is accomplished with continuous camera panning, and these aren't the only long shots in the film. The film is consistently beautiful and stunningly shot, and the cinematographer deserves an Oscar. I could go on.

Really, go see it. Perfect film.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Reviews are now 215/5 at 98%, still averaging 9/10.

Also, yes I saw this, and it was absolutely everything that I'd hoped for.

Spoiler

It amazes me how he still fucking pulls twists in a movie with 2 people in space: The whole, "It's a hell of a story" moment was just fucking amazing.

Alfonso Cuarón is just unbelievably talented at what he does. The 3D immersion and long cuts are just SO damn good at all ends. The soundtrack + the realistic sounds of only hearing what's coming through the suit + the fucking amazing new technique that they used for all the zero-G scenes were just phenomenal. I could probably talk about this film all day, but I've had friends describe themselves as leaving a cold theater sweating after it ended.

Seriously, do yourself a favor and just go see this in the best format 3D that's available to you. There is not a goddamn thing like this.

Spoiler: AFTER YOU SEE THE FILM, HERE ARE SOME AWESOME LINKS

Here's an interview with the Director that's worth reading: http://io9.com/not-sold-on-the-3d-part-every-3d-movie-ive-seen-with-1440263510

And here's one that's worth watching: http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...cuaron-talks-gravity-20131002,0,4113283.story

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[Tetsujin]

Goddamn, you sold the movie to me.

I wasn't planning to spend money on cinema this month as it's fucking expensive but now I'm intrigued.

 

[Tetsujin]

Holy shit, that money was well spent.

The movie was so intense, just one "oh crap" moment after the other. For the first time for me, I loved the 3D! LOVED. It's like you were up in space, looking down to Earth. For a brief moment, I even experienced fear of heights.

Amazing experience.

I had to take a couple of deep breaths after the movie was over. It was so intense I think I forgot to breathe properly at times.

 

[Cthulhu]

I... guess I'll have to stop hating 3D and watch this, .

 

[Gym Leader Devil]

Its ok to continue hating 3D and just concede that every once in a blue moon, someone makes it awesome right?

 

[Cthulhu]

Sure,

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Its ok to continue hating 3D and just concede that every once in a blue moon, someone makes it awesome right?

One could be said the same of CGI / colour film.





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[ForceStealer]

Its ok to continue hating 3D and just concede that every once in a blue moon, someone makes it awesome right?

Even a stopped clock's right twice a day.


Anyone see Neil deGrasse Tyson's tongue-in-cheek nitpicks? Kinda funny (funnier are all the people getting their panties in a bunch over it), the article I looked that didn't feature spoilery ones, I don't know if there were any.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Anyone see Neil deGrasse Tyson's tongue-in-cheek nitpicks? Kinda funny (funnier are all the people getting their panties in a bunch over it), the article I looked that didn't feature spoilery ones, I don't know if there were any.

They weren't really tongue-in-cheek, since he knows his shit and is making legitimate little fact checks against what's seen in the film for things like geo-positional and altitude-specific inaccuracies. It is mostly nit picking though, and he also commented that he really liked the movie, so people just like getting all up about inaccuracies that really don't have a significant impact and most nobody else would have know.





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[ForceStealer]

that's all I meant by tongue-in-cheek. Not that they weren't legitimate, just that he wasn't seriously disparaging the movie for them.

 

[Lord Noctis]

Easily the most intense movie I've seen this year. The acting was really good, and the whole movie was incredibly intense. By the time the credits started rolling I'm at least reasonably certain that I had left permanent imprints of my fingernail in the arms of my chair.

While I won't call this my favourite movie, I'd probably place it in the top five.

 

[Carlie]

I'm heading off to see it now in 3D, I'm very excited.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

I'm glad that everyone's been enjoying themselves so far, especially on the 3D-immersion side of things.


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[Carlie]

That was truly an incredible experience in 3D, it was so intense to watch even though I read the plot before seeing it. Sandra Bullock was fantastic, she has a much better acting range than people give her credit. I could gush all day about the cinematography and special effects of the film because it was bloody brilliant.

Spoiler

Anyone else thought about Wall-E when Ryan was using the fire extinguisher to get to the Chinese station?

 

[Ⓐaron]

Interview with the soundtrack composer. Interesting reading if you're a music nerd like I am.