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Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-10-05 22:05:21 UTC
I just saw this movie. This movie was freaking perfect. 11/10 movie. A must see film.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2013-10-05 23:47:05 UTC
A little less hype, a little more detail.

Life is short and dinner time is chancy

Eat dessert first!
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-10-06 00:15:08 UTC  |  Edited by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
Caleidascope wrote:
A little less hype, a little more detail.


Yeah, now I don't want to see it anymore Sad

*Edit: Wait, do we get to see Sandra Bullock's boobs? If so I'll want to see it again

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-10-06 00:28:28 UTC
Caleidascope wrote:
A little less hype, a little more detail.


Just go see it, man, damn!

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2013-10-06 00:58:12 UTC
Yeah, I don't trust you....

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2013-10-06 12:27:52 UTC
OP should have linked to a review at least.

But then everyone is quite aware by now of the film being exceptional.

Enjoy it while you can, as next years upcoming genre films all pretty much 'suck upon arrival', I guarantee it. There ain't nothing descent coming down the pike till 2015.

TMNT reboot, and not as sewer mutants but as visiting aliens ? Yup, and they want you to spend actual cash to see it.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Kitty Bear
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#7 - 2013-10-06 16:42:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Kitty Bear
review

don't know if has boobs though ... but i'd definitely watch if it did

edit ... it's a 12A, so I guess no boobs What?
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-10-06 21:28:10 UTC
Kitty Bear wrote:
review

don't know if has boobs though ... but i'd definitely watch if it did

edit ... it's a 12A, so I guess no boobs What?


Ok, I did my civic duty and saw it.... no boobs but close, I got to see Sandra Bullock in a tight wet tanktop. yay! \o/

Anyway, yeah the OP totally over-hyped it. It's good, no question but I noticed a few issues.

Let's see if anyone here has more sense than a highly trained astronaut.....

(Note: Little spoilers, if you read beyond this point you you are hereby taking full responsibility that you, not I, have ruined this movie experience for you. Though if you feel you have been wronged because you are that entitled please send hatemail that I can post in C&P. Thank you for your patience in reading this disclaimer)

1. You have a very limited supply of air and you have to make it a long distance to live, do you:

A) Breathe slowly to conserve as much air as possible
B) Breathe normally because you need to be able to think clearly in order to save yourself
C) Take the deepest fastest breaths possible to show God you love the air he made

(She chose C a lot)

2. You're floating slowly down a space station corridor and pass a panel that's shooting sparks and blobs of fire out, do you:

A) Stop and try and get the fire under control
B) Look at it, shrug and go "Meh, what's teh wrost that could happen" and continue down the corridor
C) Not notice it

(She chose B)

3. Things are looking grim! The ISS escape doohickey has no fuel and you need to get 100 miles to a Chinese thing that happens to be in the 1 area where all the cool space stuff hangs out (Hubble, ISS, chinese station, meteor things). Keep in mind your training included using this thing, do you:

A) Stop, take a breath, and figure out what means of propulsion exist that might be usable
B) Throw a temper tantrum
C) Give up and shut off the oxygen pumps and sit there until you die

(She first did B then immediately changed her answer to C)

Here's what I was thinking watching George Clooney with his little jetpack in the beginning

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-10-06 21:54:46 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Kitty Bear wrote:
review

don't know if has boobs though ... but i'd definitely watch if it did

edit ... it's a 12A, so I guess no boobs What?


Ok, I did my civic duty and saw it.... no boobs but close, I got to see Sandra Bullock in a tight wet tanktop. yay! \o/

Anyway, yeah the OP totally over-hyped it. It's good, no question but I noticed a few issues.

Let's see if anyone here has more sense than a highly trained astronaut.....

(Note: Little spoilers, if you read beyond this point you you are hereby taking full responsibility that you, not I, have ruined this movie experience for you. Though if you feel you have been wronged because you are that entitled please send hatemail that I can post in C&P. Thank you for your patience in reading this disclaimer)

1. You have a very limited supply of air and you have to make it a long distance to live, do you:

A) Breathe slowly to conserve as much air as possible
B) Breathe normally because you need to be able to think clearly in order to save yourself
C) Take the deepest fastest breaths possible to show God you love the air he made

(She chose C a lot)

2. You're floating slowly down a space station corridor and pass a panel that's shooting sparks and blobs of fire out, do you:

A) Stop and try and get the fire under control
B) Look at it, shrug and go "Meh, what's teh wrost that could happen" and continue down the corridor
C) Not notice it

(She chose B)

3. Things are looking grim! The ISS escape doohickey has no fuel and you need to get 100 miles to a Chinese thing that happens to be in the 1 area where all the cool space stuff hangs out (Hubble, ISS, chinese station, meteor things). Keep in mind your training included using this thing, do you:

A) Stop, take a breath, and figure out what means of propulsion exist that might be usable
B) Throw a temper tantrum
C) Give up and shut off the oxygen pumps and sit there until you die

(She first did B then immediately changed her answer to C)

Here's what I was thinking watching George Clooney with his little jetpack in the beginning


Yea you totally missed the point of the movie - you sound like a College Film critic.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#10 - 2013-10-06 21:56:51 UTC
Sacrifices have to be made to advance the story, especially in fantastical and hypothetical situations.

Just ask Peter Jackson.

Had Bullock/Clooney plotted a course to the ISS accurately and the film got us there accurately, it would have taken about 2 hours of screentime before they could get on with the rest of it.

Imagine if "2001" had stayed "realistic" towards the end as the novel does. It would have become a forgotten snoozer.

This film is an examination of human nature and the isolation and the fight for survival. From a cinematic standpoint, nitpicking is irrelevant.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-10-06 21:58:54 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Sacrifices have to be made to advance the story, especially in fantastical and hypothetical situations.

Just ask Peter Jackson.

Had Bullock/Clooney plotted a course to the ISS accurately and the film got us there accurately, it would have taken about 2 hours of screentime before they could get on with the rest of it.

Imagine if "2001" had stayed "realistic" towards the end as the novel does. It would have become a forgotten snoozer.

This film is an examination of human nature and the isolation and the fight for survival. From a cinematic standpoint, nitpicking is irrelevant.


I agree...this is not a film that you nitpick and say "ohhh, this is wrong!!!" "That's scientifically inaccurate!"

It's a film you absorb.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-10-06 23:55:52 UTC
It's a film you only need to see once

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

Want to see what Surf is training or how little isk Surf has?  http://eveboard.com/pilot/Surfin%27s_PlunderBunny
Bischopt
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2013-10-07 00:39:18 UTC
Gravity huh. Might watch it at some point but ...eh, you know. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, two well-known actors who aren't really that great apart from their appearances. If you need to cast that kind of people, the movie itself is probably lacking in depth, directing, script or something else.

Good-looking people in space, yay.

Since we're talking about films we've watched recently: The place beyond the pines (2012) is worth a watch. Very good directing, fitting soundtrack that is used well, good acting and most of all the story is presented in an interesting and surprising way. Most movies tend to follow specific, cultural trends and it's easy to predict what's going to happen if you've ever seen a TV show or a movie. Not this one.

If the movie has to be space-related (because we're on eve forums), go watch Moon (2009) which is pretty great.

Other great (drama) movies:
The Master (2012)
Capote (2005)
Detachment (2011)
The Help (2011)

There's a whole crapton of excellent movies out there but this is a short list for those who are stuck watching drivel that rely on special flashy settings, strange circumstances, special effects and sexy actors because the people who wrote the movies weren't very good and the target audience has the attention span of a sugar-filled child.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-10-07 00:56:41 UTC  |  Edited by: Montevius Williams
Bischopt wrote:
Gravity huh. Might watch it at some point but ...eh, you know. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, two well-known actors who aren't really that great apart from their appearances. If you need to cast that kind of people, the movie itself is probably lacking in depth, directing, script or something else.

Good-looking people in space, yay.

Since we're talking about films we've watched recently: The place beyond the pines (2012) is worth a watch. Very good directing, fitting soundtrack that is used well, good acting and most of all the story is presented in an interesting and surprising way. Most movies tend to follow specific, cultural trends and it's easy to predict what's going to happen if you've ever seen a TV show or a movie. Not this one.

If the movie has to be space-related (because we're on eve forums), go watch Moon (2009) which is pretty great.

Other great (drama) movies:
The Master (2012)
Capote (2005)
Detachment (2011)
The Help (2011)

There's a whole crapton of excellent movies out there but this is a short list for those who are stuck watching drivel that rely on special flashy settings, strange circumstances, special effects and sexy actors because the people who wrote the movies weren't very good and the target audience has the attention span of a sugar-filled child.


I've seen Moon, it was AMAZING, but Gravity is better, imo.

I saw the Master - I thought Phoenix should have won best actor over DD Lewis, but again, Gravity was better.

Gravity is just hard to explain...Sandra Bullock will be nominated for best actress...



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.she pulled a Tom Hanks in this film, being able to act convincingly with just her and noone else on screen for large chunks of the film.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#15 - 2013-10-07 11:35:06 UTC
Bischopt wrote:
Gravity huh. Might watch it at some point but ...eh, you know. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, two well-known actors who aren't really that great apart from their appearances. If you need to cast that kind of people, the movie itself is probably lacking in depth, directing, script or something else.

Good-looking people in space, yay.

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Thank goodness there are others out there actually doing legitimate film criticism, which this is absolutely not.

Find me an supremely ugly actor and actress who would have improved things. Go ahead. There are tons of ugly over there in LA LA LAND is there not ? And they are so out of work. (hint: there really are not any).

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Rain6638
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#16 - 2013-10-07 12:50:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6638
it's just so nice to see Sandra Bullock's acting has improved since Speed

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Bischopt
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-10-07 15:53:36 UTC  |  Edited by: Bischopt
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Bischopt wrote:
Gravity huh. Might watch it at some point but ...eh, you know. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, two well-known actors who aren't really that great apart from their appearances. If you need to cast that kind of people, the movie itself is probably lacking in depth, directing, script or something else.

Good-looking people in space, yay.

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Thank goodness there are others out there actually doing legitimate film criticism, which this is absolutely not.

Find me an supremely ugly actor and actress who would have improved things. Go ahead. There are tons of ugly over there in LA LA LAND is there not ? And they are so out of work. (hint: there really are not any).


Film criticism maybe but legitimate? There's no need for that.

I just don't like George Clooney. I've never seen him do a memorable performance.
Always been very neutral about Sandra Bullock since she's not terrible. Maybe she really was good in gravity. We'll see when I finally watch it.

I never said anything about ugly actors improving the movie. The statement was that casting someone like Clooney who only get attention for his good looks rather than exceptional acting skills is fishy.
The exact opposite of Clooney would be Phillip Seymour Hoffman who isn't a good-looking actor (correct me if I'm wrong here) and he gets praise for his amazing acting.
And no, I'm not saying they should have cast Seymour Hoffman. Just trying to make a point about how a good-looking actor can get a job even though he's not that good an actor.

About gravity: it's received such good reviews it pretty much has to work. Only Clooney is making me not want to watch it.
Alberik
Eusebius Corporation
#18 - 2013-10-07 16:38:25 UTC
gravity is not about realistic space .. its more like a film about mountain climbers who fall all the movie long down the mountains. so with every move you are trying to grab something to stop falling.

from technical point of view i think its better than most other space films although there is much done to keep the tension alive,


i would give it a 8-9 out of ten points. was really fun to watch it.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-10-07 20:05:41 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Bischopt wrote:
Gravity huh. Might watch it at some point but ...eh, you know. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, two well-known actors who aren't really that great apart from their appearances. If you need to cast that kind of people, the movie itself is probably lacking in depth, directing, script or something else.

Good-looking people in space, yay.

.


Thank goodness there are others out there actually doing legitimate film criticism, which this is absolutely not.

Find me an supremely ugly actor and actress who would have improved things. Go ahead. There are tons of ugly over there in LA LA LAND is there not ? And they are so out of work. (hint: there really are not any).



I can confirm this. I actually live in Hollywood, right off La Brea and Hollywood about 4 blocks from the Manns Chinese Theater. I live next to Bob Barker from the Price is RIght.

Not only are ugly actors out of work, handsome and beatiful actors and actresses are out of work as well. Hollywood is brutal.

"The American Government indoctrination system known as public education has been relentlessly churning out socialists for over 20 years". - TravisWB
Eli Green
The Arrow Project
#20 - 2013-10-07 23:54:35 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Kitty Bear wrote:
review

don't know if has boobs though ... but i'd definitely watch if it did

edit ... it's a 12A, so I guess no boobs What?


Ok, I did my civic duty and saw it.... no boobs but close, I got to see Sandra Bullock in a tight wet tanktop. yay! \o/

Anyway, yeah the OP totally over-hyped it. It's good, no question but I noticed a few issues.

Let's see if anyone here has more sense than a highly trained astronaut.....

(Note: Little spoilers, if you read beyond this point you you are hereby taking full responsibility that you, not I, have ruined this movie experience for you. Though if you feel you have been wronged because you are that entitled please send hatemail that I can post in C&P. Thank you for your patience in reading this disclaimer)

1. You have a very limited supply of air and you have to make it a long distance to live, do you:

A) Breathe slowly to conserve as much air as possible
B) Breathe normally because you need to be able to think clearly in order to save yourself
C) Take the deepest fastest breaths possible to show God you love the air he made

(She chose C a lot)

2. You're floating slowly down a space station corridor and pass a panel that's shooting sparks and blobs of fire out, do you:

A) Stop and try and get the fire under control
B) Look at it, shrug and go "Meh, what's teh wrost that could happen" and continue down the corridor
C) Not notice it

(She chose B)

3. Things are looking grim! The ISS escape doohickey has no fuel and you need to get 100 miles to a Chinese thing that happens to be in the 1 area where all the cool space stuff hangs out (Hubble, ISS, chinese station, meteor things). Keep in mind your training included using this thing, do you:

A) Stop, take a breath, and figure out what means of propulsion exist that might be usable
B) Throw a temper tantrum
C) Give up and shut off the oxygen pumps and sit there until you die

(She first did B then immediately changed her answer to C)

Here's what I was thinking watching George Clooney with his little jetpack in the beginning


10/10 would read again.

related: Surfin's review blog/channel/etc where? P

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