my new plaid pants: Have You Experienced Full Gravity Yet?

Friday, October 04, 2013

Have You Experienced Full Gravity Yet?

I'm seeing it in a couple of hours!

Tell me what you thought in the comments...

10 comments:

Anonymous said...: It looks good but I was bored.Saw it at the Chinese in 3D Imax. Seemed like a very long 90 minutes. Some very stupid headshaking hokey moments too.; 7:24 PM
Adam said...: Sandra Bullock is professionally bland. She could not be worse in the movie, but people grade her on such a curve that she now has Oscar buzz.; 10:48 PM
Anonymous said...: A must see in the theater not for story or plot or acting but for the visuals, sound and such details about space and being an astronaut that made this a movie going experience. Has there ever been a movie with only 1.5 actors? Or one with a total of 5 voices? The Earth should be listed as on of the stars even though it technically isn't one. (ha ha); 11:01 PM
Mondz said...: I'd give it an A minus. There was the occasional clunky dialogue and slightly groan-worthy sob backstory but Gravity in 3D is 90 minutes of tense and terrifying cinematic bliss. The human element in the storytelling could have used more weight but it's still an excellent film by all means. One of the very few that totally deserves to be seen in 3D, a format I usually can't stand.; 7:14 PM
billybil said...: I actually agree with parts of what everyone wrote so fa. It does look good - it looks gorgeous (but it surprises me how quickly I can get used to such stunning visuals and take them for granted!). Yes - hokey moments which Mondz describes quite well - the "groan-worthy sob backstory" - oh please - did they have to? Especially with an actress who actually doesn't indulge those sort of things at all. I do get a big kick, the like Jeep Guy, about seeing a cost list with only 5 names for a movie so HUGE. Great fun in that way. A minus is where I'd place (with it slipping down into B+ when I think about the "story" and the "acting". Tense and terrifying for sure and I loved how the 3D was so subtle yet effective. Anyway - certainly if you care about movies in "our time" you should see this in a theatre.; 9:14 PM
billybil said...: Sorry for the typos - "like the Jeep Guy" and "...seeing a cast list" and "...is where I'd place it too"; 9:16 PM
Rob K. said...: What Adam said.

And can we please - please - call a moratorium on the dead-child/dead-spouse trope? Dead because the lead character has to Learn to Move On and Live Life Again? It's lazy, lazy screenwriting 1001 and unfortunately still alive and littering too many screenplays in Hollywood.; 10:42 PM
Joey said...: I saw it in IMAX 3D, and I thought the sound was going through my body without apologies. I think I have a heart murmur.; 10:11 AM
billybil said...: YES Rob K - YES! So lazy and not even necessary here at all. She's a workaholic (see moment when she won't stop working!) and let's move on. Being alone in the world and about to die is universal and meaningful enough.; 1:25 PM
Anonymous said...: I'll third the dead child bit. Still, Sandy has that mix of Everywoman/Movie Star quality that works so well, it's difficult to imagine another actress being able to pull off that tightrope so adeptly. Cuaron should simply be handed the Oscar right now for putting something on screen so visually superlative, it defies words. When I watch it at home, I'll most likely mute it because the visuals and Bullock's face do absolutely everything. Simply epic.; 6:53 PM