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Ty wrote:

Saw Gravity last night with the whole IMAX 3D treatment which was actually worth it. It was very exciting, a Hell of a ride, sphincter-tightening stuff but despite being exceptionally well shot and edited it probably isn't worth all the accolades.

I definitely recommend it. It has an amazing atmosphere and the action scenes are very compelling but it is let down by a few too many things to justify its status as the sort of film critics can't seem to find anything wrong with on the first viewing, (see also: The Dark Knight.) For one I think the casting choice was poor. While many people are gushing about George Clooney and Sandra Bullock I just didn't see what the fuss was about. Clooney was just himself and Bullock was... I just don't find her a good actress. I still don't know she earned an Oscar for The Blind Side, that film was rubbish. And here she performs adequately for the most part - like when she's required to be scared and spinning through space. She gets away with it there but later on when she's carrying the movie on her own and needs to put in some emotion and character it falls flat. It may be due to problems with the character itself, I don't know. It certainly suffers from a bit of stock dialogue.

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Clooney's return proved to be somewhat of a record skip for me. First off it seemed so ridiculously unbelievable and when it was revealed to be a fantasy my reaction was more of a "well duh". Probably would have worked better if it came across as more unreal from the get-go - like the cliche of having a lone character suddenly be in the company of a lost partner which lets you know it's a hallucination. Instead it's presented as if the movie expects you to believe it's actually happening, meaning you're kind of scoffing at the whole thing as it goes on before it returns to credibility with an air of "woah betcha didn't see that coming".

Lastly with the focus so much on a series of "how can it possibly get worse" action scenes it borders on taking it too far. At the very end when you've had a frantic escape into the Chinese station as it re-enters the atmosphere and is pelted by debris, the frantic re-entry of the capsule, the landing, the capsule sinking, Bullock unable to get out of the capsule, and then Bullock sinking in her space suit and having to get out of it before finally swimming to the surface - it just seems like it never ends. She swam through a bunch of weeds and judging from some giggling around me in the theatre I'm guessing others were thinking exactly what I was and expecting her to get tangled in the damn seaweed next. I was just thinking it was enough. The film delivered more than enough thrills and it was wrapping up but it seemed to want to try the "it's not over" game too much. It's like at the end of the horror movie when the seemingly dead killer gets up and needs to be put down again. Except they wanted to do it two more times after that.

All in all a worthy film and a fun film-going experience that most likely won't be able to be replicated by watching it at home. It's exceptionally well shot and well edited and the sound mixing and score is expertly applied but is let down in enough areas where I don't think it will stand the test of time.

DesertFox- wrote:

The question we're all interested in, though, is there any mention of space dementia?

Ty wrote:

Saw Gravity last night with the whole IMAX 3D treatment which was actually worth it. It was very exciting, a Hell of a ride, sphincter-tightening stuff but despite being exceptionally well shot and edited it probably isn't worth all the accolades.

I definitely recommend it. It has an amazing atmosphere and the action scenes are very compelling but it is let down by a few too many things to justify its status as the sort of film critics can't seem to find anything wrong with on the first viewing, (see also: The Dark Knight.) For one I think the casting choice was poor. While many people are gushing about George Clooney and Sandra Bullock I just didn't see what the fuss was about. Clooney was just himself and Bullock was... I just don't find her a good actress. I still don't know she earned an Oscar for The Blind Side, that film was rubbish. And here she performs adequately for the most part - like when she's required to be scared and spinning through space. She gets away with it there but later on when she's carrying the movie on her own and needs to put in some emotion and character it falls flat. It may be due to problems with the character itself, I don't know. It certainly suffers from a bit of stock dialogue.

Other spoilery points:
Spoiler (highlight to read):
Clooney's return proved to be somewhat of a record skip for me. First off it seemed so ridiculously unbelievable and when it was revealed to be a fantasy my reaction was more of a "well duh". Probably would have worked better if it came across as more unreal from the get-go - like the cliche of having a lone character suddenly be in the company of a lost partner which lets you know it's a hallucination. Instead it's presented as if the movie expects you to believe it's actually happening, meaning you're kind of scoffing at the whole thing as it goes on before it returns to credibility with an air of "woah betcha didn't see that coming".

Lastly with the focus so much on a series of "how can it possibly get worse" action scenes it borders on taking it too far. At the very end when you've had a frantic escape into the Chinese station as it re-enters the atmosphere and is pelted by debris, the frantic re-entry of the capsule, the landing, the capsule sinking, Bullock unable to get out of the capsule, and then Bullock sinking in her space suit and having to get out of it before finally swimming to the surface - it just seems like it never ends. She swam through a bunch of weeds and judging from some giggling around me in the theatre I'm guessing others were thinking exactly what I was and expecting her to get tangled in the damn seaweed next. I was just thinking it was enough. The film delivered more than enough thrills and it was wrapping up but it seemed to want to try the "it's not over" game too much. It's like at the end of the horror movie when the seemingly dead killer gets up and needs to be put down again. Except they wanted to do it two more times after that.

All in all a worthy film and a fun film-going experience that most likely won't be able to be replicated by watching it at home. It's exceptionally well shot and well edited and the sound mixing and score is expertly applied but is let down in enough areas where I don't think it will stand the test of time.

Jay wrote:

Ender's Game: 8/10Go see it in the theater, the battle scenes won't be as epic on a tv.

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