Gravity

[Joeybagadonuts]

I haven't seen the movie yet but I thought we could use a third thread.

 

[doctor_insanus]

They should all be merged into one singular thread.

Because gravity.

 

[JohnnySavage]

I thought this was going to be a John Mayer thread.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

I thought this was going to be a John Mayer thread.

it could be.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

They should all be merged into one singular thread.

Because gravity.

looool

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

my thread is the best. well maybe not now, but I have plans, pictures, celebrity guests....gonna be very cool.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

If the threads all merge it will be a singularity.

whoah.

 

[FistedSister]

Remind people that Honey Boo Boo is not in Gravity. It'll keep the jens and vettes out.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Ok, I saw the movie and I wasn't impressed. Having just watched the marathon showing of Breaking Bad it's going to be hard to impress me. I spent $12 to see The Family....it sucked and $16 to see gravity in 3D. 3D is ok, but there is a trade off as far as clarity.

Anyway, I'm canceling my plans to spiff up this thread with pictures and celebrity guests. You'll all have to make due with the other Gravity treads.

 

[mamasota]

We will tread lightly

 

[Phelia]

Ok, I saw the movie and I wasn't impressed. Having just watched the marathon showing of Breaking Bad it's going to be hard to impress me. I spent $12 to see The Family....it sucked and $16 to see gravity in 3D. 3D is ok, but there is a trade off as far as clarity.

Anyway, I'm canceling my plans to spiff up this thread with pictures and celebrity guests. You'll all have to make due with the other Gravity treads.

I didn't care for it either. Very surprised that it's been so well received. Saving grace for me was that it was pretty short. I didn't think the 3D added anything special and agree about the clarity - the sweeping shots of planet earth would have been better served by crisp lines than a gimmick. I don't like going to movies very much anymore. I'm almost always disappointed. I think they're doing much better work on television and also I'm a grouch who hates everything.

 

[Fata Morgana]

I saw the trailer last night at the cinema and thought it looked utter wank. Bullock annoys me though.

 

[1sickbastard]

Celebrity astrophysicist and Director of the Hayden Planetarium pointed out a number of scientific flaws, but said he enjoyed the movie. He says that the film was accurate enough to rate scientific criticism was actually high praise and proceeded to point out a number of things the movie 'got right'.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/10/4823078/neil-degrasse-tyson-gravity-movie-high-quality

 

[Fata Morgana]

I saw Prisoners last night - very good. Dunno what all the fuss is about Hugh Jackman though.

 

[1sickbastard]

Ok, I saw the movie and I wasn't impressed. Having just watched the marathon showing of Breaking Bad it's going to be hard to impress me. I spent $12 to see The Family....it sucked and $16 to see gravity in 3D. 3D is ok, but there is a trade off as far as clarity.

Anyway, I'm canceling my plans to spiff up this thread with pictures and celebrity guests. You'll all have to make due with the other Gravity treads.

If you got to the finale, then yeah, it's pretty damn hard to top.

 

[tactful]

"Major Tom", was better.

 

[phrodeau]

I haven't seen it, and not sure that I will. I am puzzled by one condition in the film.

The weightlessness doesn't look right. It could have been authentic if they had filmed in a freefall condition, like that provided by an airplane commonly called the "Vomit Comet". The director Alfonso Cuarón is on record that he didn't want to film that way because he wanted shots that were longer than the 90-second limit of freefall available.

Which in this age of CGI morphing techniques is completely bogus. Shots can be connected up seamlessly if they're filmed right, and an entire movie can be made to appear as a single shot nowadays.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Saw it in IMAX. I thought it was amazing. Perfect sense of encroaching dread, man's futility of trying to overcome the laws of physics, chain reactions, alla that. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it, downloaded the terrific score when I got home. I'd watch it again, no problem.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

The other thing that made it weird for me is that I saw it in a theater that serves dinner and drinks during the movie. Having waiters serving tables during a movie was just too strange. I might have enjoyed the movie if it wasn't 3D.

 

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[Phelia]

I haven't seen it, and not sure that I will. I am puzzled by one condition in the film.

The weightlessness doesn't look right. It could have been authentic if they had filmed in a freefall condition, like that provided by an airplane commonly called the "Vomit Comet". The director Alfonso Cuarón is on record that he didn't want to film that way because he wanted shots that were longer than the 90-second limit of freefall available.

Which in this age of CGI morphing techniques is completely bogus. Shots can be connected up seamlessly if they're filmed right, and an entire movie can be made to appear as a single shot nowadays.

I want to go on the Vomit Comet so much!!! I thought they did a pretty good job of the zero-G effects, actually. Some cool scenes.

Saw it in IMAX. I thought it was amazing. Perfect sense of encroaching dread, man's futility of trying to overcome the laws of physics, chain reactions, alla that. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it, downloaded the terrific score when I got home. I'd watch it again, no problem.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

Was it in 3D? I saw it on a big ol' screen that they said was "comparable" to IMAX, but I thought a lot of the impact was lost cuz of the glasses. I have pretty fucked up eyesight, though, and my eyes don't cooperate well, so maybe I don't see it like others do. I didn't hate it, and they did do a great job with the dread/tension, which was fun to experience, but I thought the characterizations and plot were a little lazy. Fire extinguisher scene - really????

Part of it is just because I think real outer space is sooooo coooooool. I'd rather just watch Chris Hadfield singing Space Oddity a thousand times

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I want to go on the Vomit Comet so much!!! I thought they did a pretty good job of the zero-G effects, actually. Some cool scenes.



Was it in 3D? I saw it on a big ol' screen that they said was "comparable" to IMAX, but I thought a lot of the impact was lost cuz of the glasses. I have pretty fucked up eyesight, though, and my eyes don't cooperate well, so maybe I don't see it like others do. I didn't hate it, and they did do a great job with the dread/tension, which was fun to experience, but I thought the characterizations and plot were a little lazy. Fire extinguisher scene - really????

Part of it is just because I think real outer space is sooooo coooooool. I'd rather just watch Chris Hadfield singing Space Oddity a thousand times

Somebody sold your city a lemon on that cinema. There's nothing "comparable" to IMAX. It's one of those either-you-is-or-you-ain't dealios. When you're in one, you know it because all of your senses (outside of smell) are consumed. When the theater is huge, it's almost like being in the movie itself.

That did add a great deal to my enjoyment of the film, which is why I wanted to see it that way first. The tariff is high, though. I can see it again sans IMAX now if I want. I wear glasses myself, but the IMAX shades envelop them and sit on my face comfortably. Same with the Real 3D shades you get at the "regular" 3D movies, too.

Weird how 3D has become a casual standard now when it used to be a specialty. Wasn't that long ago, either!

 

[Phelia]

Somebody sold your city a lemon on that cinema. There's nothing "comparable" to IMAX. It's one of those either-you-is-or-you-ain't dealios. When you're in one, you know it because all of your senses (outside of smell) are consumed. When the theater is huge, it's almost like being in the movie itself.

That did add a great deal to my enjoyment of the film, which is why I wanted to see it that way first. The tariff is high, though. I can see it again sans IMAX now if I want. I wear glasses myself, but the IMAX shades envelop them and sit on my face comfortably. Same with the Real 3D shades you get at the "regular" 3D movies, too.

Weird how 3D has become a casual standard now when it used to be a specialty. Wasn't that long ago, either!

Oh, no doubt. It was at a Cineplex, which is the Canadian arm of AMC except run by a band of shit-weasels. It was a pretty huge screen, but no IMAX. I'm sure they just invoke the name to justify what they charge for it.

Definitely! I used to think of it as something fun just for Pixar/kids' movie, but it was a relatively quick shift into the mainstream. I can't think of a movie that was improved for me by being in 3D, but I think that could be in part because my eyes won't focus (the 3D glasses fit over my regular ones if I wear them, but it always looks blinky to me and gives me a headache). I also didn't see Avatar in 3D, which was specifically meant to be viewed that way, so part of the problem is also that I'm an idiot!

 

[evesdream]

I want to go on the Vomit Comet so much!!! I thought they did a pretty good job of the zero-G effects, actually. Some cool scenes.

Bit o' Toronto trivia for you my good lady; the nickname of the all-night Blue line on Bloor Street, the one that runs after the subways close, is "the Vomit Comet". Sci fi experiences on a budget!

Thanks for the soft sell on Imax, Zumi. I'm one of the philistines who is prepared to be a little bit bored by this one (slow motion pans of simulated cosmos = zzzz ) but my SO is hyped. Imax might be the equalizer we need.

 

[richard_daily]

I thought this thread was going to be about saggy boobs...

Which I'm not opposed to, just for the record.