Out of Pod Experience

this got me thinking about the female astronaut who drove across the US to threaten a woman over another astronaut.

she wore diapers to save time while driving. when she arrived, she threatened the woman with a knife (i think? if she made it there)

my conclusion was: maybe a hyperventilating astronaut is not so far from reality.

still don't want to see it.

in all seriousness, they should've picked:

for bombshell, Charlize Theron. but maybe she's got too much space time due to that aliens movie

for pretty-due-to-good-genes-which-also-explains-her-intelligence: Lena Heady (you know, Leonidas' wife)

Ashley Judd ...?

imo, Sandra Bullock was miscast because in order to have a round, dynamic character in this story which involves full panic mode... you'd need to start with someone who has a personal reputation--with a character reputation to match--of being capable of remaining calm under pressure.

however. my film professor (who was also my lit professor, and my college writing professor) would probably rip me a new one for sounding like an internet movie critic troll. There's also a chance he personally approves of Gravity for reasons I am not so cultured to appreciate...

but i'm just saying, the premise of a scared astronaut would logically, and ideally, use an actor capable of a range from calm under pressure to cracking under it.

If I watched the same preview and it was Tommy Lee Jones losing his cool, I would sit up and pay attention. ('what ifs' get hammered by my prof too, and don't worry I wouldn't include something like it in a paper).

I'm not saying it couldn't be a woman. I just don't think it should've been Sandra Bullock.

edit: my bad, I just saw the director's filmography, and it makes sense now. He wrote and directed it. Children of Men and his writing credit (screenplay) tells me my prof likes the movie and I shouldn't talk bad about it in class. I'm sure there are a lot of positive things about the cinematography that don't involve Sandra Bullock's acting, that I just don't appreciate at the moment.

Kristen Stewart would be perfect for the role of astronaut displaying a wide range of emotion and facial features

Spoiler: They both DIE.


































THE END.

The movie was more of a nonstop thrill ride than the normal action with alternating quiet drama scenes we're spoonfed every year, and by that I mean a lot of the action was continuous and brutal. It reminded me in that respect of 2012, which had very little 'down time' for the survivors. Overall, I think it was a good movie in a technical sense and had strong immersion, but it's atypical approach makes it seem more like a short story than an epic. And we're so used to epics these days.

And true, there are some inaccuracies (for example, easily getting to the space stations was stretching it quite a bit) but as was pointed out good storytelling always requires such sacrifices. The movie was good; technically good. Well done. Very thrilling. Very much able to grab my attention and maintain it. I suppose the problem was that it was such a driven story that by the time it was over and the credits rolled, I was stunned.

A lot of the filming was done with intermittent moments of 'space silence', some shots showing zero G were continuous and masterful (the first scene is perhaps a good ten minutes of continuous footage, truly amazing). And the first-person shots helped us identify with the fear. I think perhaps that's what most people should take away from this - that space is an element far beyond our norm and it's frightening to deal with when things go bad. Dr Stone is not a normal astronaut and is meant to be an audience surrogate, and she becomes the vehicle through which we experience this fear.

There's strong tones of survival too, and even a bit of faith, but the main thing which gripped me was "Wow, okay... I always knew space was scary but this pretty much ruined any thoughts of going there."

I could be over-reacting too.

This is the ONLY movie currently out where the director was actually mindful of 3D. He created an experience, more then a movie.
You feel like you are in space. You feel the depth, the crushing alone and emptiness. The size of the ships is also very well done. If you can see it in IMAX do yourself a favor and see it ONLY on a GIANT screen. Try to sit so your entire vision is within the frame. Don't sit near the edges, sit in the middle and you will feel like you are in space. It's that good.

As a story, I don't know if I would say it's great, but as a visual experience it's A+++
You WILL NOT get this from your iphone, downloaded torrent etc. It HAS TO BE SEEN ON IMAX to be fully immersed. The visual detail of the ships is just amazing. Framestore did an AMAZING job!!! They deserve the Oscar and just TAKE MY MONEY!

Yup. Cinema is a visual medium.

Most people basically and sadly want to watch what amounts to filmed stage productions it seems.

Kubrick tried eliminating narrative from his work as much as possible, but that actually takes effort and thinking. We know how that goes anymore..........

Well, I don't think it puts Avatar to shame at all.

The films have 2 utterly different goals.

I was just absolutely lost in the wonderment of Avatar, and could have cared less about the story. And all people could do was complain about the simple story. They didn't seem to care a thing about what they actually saw. Really exposed just how many jaded non-thinkers there are out there.

That film did not need a complex story weighing down everything else that was trying to be explained to set up that world.

The Avatar sequels will get more into the complexities of the situation. They will be different.

Oh, I understand. But for my part I found it one of my favorite films of all time.

And yes on "Baraka". I was a fan of the original inspiration for it "Koyaanisqatsi".

Yea, that opening sequence was INSANE. The opening film with a better 15-20 minute start was probably Saving Private Ryan, but even that can be debated.

I did! Only I said about ten minutes. I did not have an opportunity to time it, I was still in shock.