Jman Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 We just saw it on Imax 3D. Just a really REALLY good flick! Thoroughly entertaining... Solid 3-1/2 stars out of 4. See it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alecmc Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I seem to be going against the curve here, The wife and I went because of strong reviews , and we both felt like walking out half way through - Terrible movie, - Visually though, it was outstanding. But the story was sort of blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpeltier Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 I seem to be going against the curve here, The wife and I went because of strong reviews , and we both felt like walking out half way through - Terrible movie, - Visually though, it was outstanding. But the story was sort of blah. I sorta felt the same way. Im usually very forgiving of creative content in hollywood movies, but i was hoping for more realism in the events and details of what was depicted. A little more research would have paid dividends for this flick. I give it 2 stars (one for Bullock and one for Clooney, the only two actors in the whole movie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 (edited) Ah yes. Subjectivity ...there's that. Edited to add that Bullock is muy caliente Edited October 15, 2013 by Jman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdzman Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I seem to be going against the curve here, The wife and I went because of strong reviews , and we both felt like walking out half way through - Terrible movie, - Visually though, it was outstanding. But the story was sort of blah. I sorta felt the same way. Im usually very forgiving of creative content in hollywood movies, but i was hoping for more realism in the events and details of what was depicted. A little more research would have paid dividends for this flick. I give it 2 stars (one for Bullock and one for Clooney, the only two actors in the whole movie) I agree it wasn't as good as I had hoped it would be but certainly not the worst flix I've paid to see, my wife liked it more than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgtsvi Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I refuse to spend money on any George Clooney movie after his comments about Charlton Heston, as well as his stance on firearms ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AICS308 Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 I refuse to spend money on any George Clooney movie after his comments about Charlton Heston, as well as his stance on firearms ownership. Ditto +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoandiris Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Saw it today in IMAX 3D. That will be the last first run movie I see in IMAX and the last movie I see in 3D. I just don't think it adds that much. The movie was visually stimulating but scientifically impossible due to the widely varying orbits of the satellites...at least that is what a rocket scientist said in an article I saw earlier this week. I kept thinking about that throughout the movie. Would have loved to see what happens after Bullock is rescued; parties, medals, parades, Congressional hearings, interrogation, etc. At least they remembered the muscle atrophy part. And I guess there was a Scott Carpenter homage in there at splash down. Either that or she just freaked after the whole ordeal and wanted out. Edited October 17, 2013 by remoandiris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgnoyes Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) (Careful about inadvertent spoilers, there...) Gravity was the first film I've seen that actually worked very will in 3D. I found myself inadvertently flinching when bits of orbital debris whizzed "by my head", as it were. I know a lot about real space; I lived and breathed it all through Gemini and Apollo and beyond, and read everything I could get my hands on, and watched every minute of coverage on TV that I could find. Buzz Aldrin's nickname at NASA was "Dr. Rendezvous", as he developed the techniques for getting two spacecraft to meet up and dock, and it's complicated, involving ideas that seem contrary to what you're trying to do. (Slow down to speed up, huh, what?) That's not what happened in Gravity (they depicted simple point and shoot, instead), but it would have crossed people's eyes in the theatre to try to represent the process accurately, so I understood their reasoning. I mercilessly picked apart "Apollo 13" years ago for dozens of stupid mistakes they made (Ron Howard should have known better), even though I enjoyed that movie, and still do. I didn't find all that much to gripe about with Gravity. The most obvious error was that the Hubble Space Telescope and the ISS were depicted to be in the same orbital plane and altitude. They're not; not even close. HST is about a 150 miles higher than ISS and at a different orbital angle. This was brought home pointedly by the last HST servicing mission (STS-125, Atlantis, May, 2009), which occurred after the Columbia re-entry disaster 6 years prior. If a shuttle launched to meet up with HST were damaged during powered ascent beyond the ability of the astronauts to effect sufficient repairs on the tiles, then they were screwed. There would be absolutely no way to rendezvous with the ISS and await rescue because of the wildly different orbits; it just wouldn't be possible. It was therefore a "bet your ass" mission. So they took significant theatrical license there (not to mention that there's no chinese space station!), but for purposes of the movie it was still fun and worked out. It might even convince me to get a 3d blu-ray player. Definitely thumbs up on this one! Edited October 19, 2013 by wgnoyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatsauce Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Wife and I went to go see Gravity this morning. Not far in, we walked out and slipped in to see Insidious 2. That movie sucked too but at least I didn't have to wear those damn glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted October 21, 2013 Author Share Posted October 21, 2013 Yes, I will be adding this to my Blu-ray collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgnoyes Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Seven Oscars. Not too shabby! I watched it again; it's a great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric4069 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) My wife and I enjoyed the suspense for sure. Eric Edited March 4, 2014 by eric4069 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdphotoguy Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The only thing that even remotely saves this movie is the VFX, other then that, it's a turd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I seem to be going against the curve here, The wife and I went because of strong reviews , and we both felt like walking out half way through - Terrible movie, - Visually though, it was outstanding. But the story was sort of blah. Candis and I did walk out halfway through... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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