Gravity: Vid+Aud masterpiece

StantonZ

I can't believe no one has posted about this movie: I saw it in Dolby Atmos 3D (very rare for me) and it was unbelievable! The audio mix was as spectacular as the visuals; I expect this to be a "reference" BD, whether it's a 5 or 7 channel mix.

muncybob

Story was a bit far fetched, but then space movies tend to be....but agree 100% with the great audio/video.

pglbook

My wife and I saw it in 3D this past weekend and, while I am not a big fan of 3D, I really loved it. The cinematography and 3D were incredible in this movie. Next to Avatar, it is the only 3D movie that really fully engrossed me. My wife didn't like it as much as I did, however. While she also loved the visuals, she didn't care for it because she thought there was not much of a story, it was too slow, and she didn't like Sandra Bullock as an actress. Although I do agree there was not much of a story line, I thought Sandra Bullock was excellent (and I have never liked her as an actress) and I thought the movie had a lot of drama although it did move at a slow pace. But the 3D experience really hooked me and I'd recommend it to anyone. If you see it, you must see it in 3D or, even better, in IMAX 3D.

zombie boy 2000

Odd anyone would think it seemed "slow". At an hour and a half, the movie seemed like it was over in twenty minutes for me. I guess I just got caught up in all the tension.

Unbelievable movie. And one that MUST be seen on 3D IMAX.

AsSiMiLaTeD

One of the few movies that really make me miss not being able to see the 3D effect

4xoddic

I told the wife to go see a matinee while she was on furlough, now that chance has passed . . .

I have seen only 1 3D since 1981:

4xoddic ~ all my vehicles are 4WD (at the time we had a Toyota Odyssey 4WD 21' RV) + my left eye has been an acrylic prosthesis since 2000 & was blind since '81 (odd eye, see).

NOW I did see Stewardesses 3D in 1969 after waiting in line for the 1st show (which didn't happen), we had close seats for the 2nd. When I got up to go to the concessions stand, I suddenly realized why every man in the audience had on dark glasses.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N25u6YZhHgE

I will watch Gravity in 2D + 7.1 in the comfort of my home.

zombie boy 2000

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

One of the few movies that really make me miss not being able to see the 3D effect

Let me clarify that statement...
It's a definite MUST SEE on the IMAX screen. That was by far the best component of the 3D/big screen combination. As long as your field of vision is overwhelmed, the movie is an absolute triumph.

StantonZ

zombie boy 2000 wrote: »

Odd anyone would think it seemed "slow". At an hour and a half, the movie seemed like it was over in twenty minutes for me. I guess I just got caught up in all the tension.

I felt the same way: seemed like it was only about 30 minutes long!

nooshinjohn

muncybob wrote: »

Story was a bit far fetched, but then space movies tend to be....but agree 100% with the great audio/video.

The only reason for the story being far-fetched is that it has not happened yet. Debris in space is a major problem, and in the past decade or so, we have seen nations firing upon and destroying satellites in space. when you have objects travelling at 20,000 mile per hour up there, collisions can be catastrophic.

The only parts I found to be a bit of a stretch is Sandra Bollock's character being on a unaccompanied spacewalk after six months of training. The other is that the orbiter could have ben safely moved to a higher, or lower orbit with the arm deployed in an evasive type maneuver, and thus avoided the debris to begin with.

As far as pace goes, I found that to be the best part. Even though they would orbit the earth some 16 to 18 times a day, all would seem to be surreal in zero g, but when the **** hits the fan, it does so in a nanosecond, and with deadly results.

All in all, a great experience on the Imax, and one that I will have on BR when it comes out. There is a bunch of Oscar buzz around this film, and it deserves as many as it can get.

4xoddic

Zombie said "As long as your field of vision is overwhelmed, the movie is an absolute triumph."

IF you're one-eyed, it's the 3D effect that makes such films intolerable = it takes 2 to focus, otherwise everything has an unfocused aura of wavelenghs (RGBIV) around it. That's the best I can describe it. Just think, when I open the refrigerator door it appears that everything's on a flat screen TV.

Everyone's one-eyed vision may be different, as the brain can adapt in strange ways to compensate. SEE:

Textbook of Abnormal Psychology, 1969, by N. H Pronko (this was the text when I took his class ~ 1971, WSU). The experimental results on vision were NEATO. Imagine wearing goggles which inverted everything, until your brain turns the world right-side up again! On his suggestion, I often enter an elevator & face the back wall, just for peoples' abnormal reactions to my abnormal behavior.

Now go back to enjoying your normal behaviors!

"One Eye One I Love" by Heywood Banks, Bob & Tom Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3A7Vq6bIs4

dromunds

Saw it last night in 3-D, really enjoyed it. Sandra Bullock is hot when she pulls out of the space suit, and I thought she did a fine job acting, so did George Clooney. Got there right before the movie started and the girl selling tickets said there were only 12 people in the theatre. I walk in and there's a couple of teenagers right in the middle with their heads down in the giant glow of a cell phone. I had to sit in front of them so I wouldn't be distracted from the giant glow their device threw off. I did notice they never seemed to take their empty heads out of that glow through the whole movie. The other day I actually saw a college girl walk off the sidewalk right into traffic as she stared down into her cellphone in a trance. A car slammed on the brakes, she looked up with a look of total surprise, and then commenced to walking with her head down staring into her cell phone again.