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Anyone see Gravity?
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Oh come on, this is hardly a Michael Bay/Roland Emmerich movie!
The story is simple but to the point. It's an "experience" style movie. You, or at least I, want to see what our protagonist has to deal with next.
Excellent summary.
But apart from the stunning visuals (which are impressive) there is so little to the story that nobody in their right mind would have the remotest interest in revisiting it. Even the characters of the two 'leads' were extraordinarily two-dimensional.
It is precisely because the story was so 'simple' (but hardly epic and entirely lacking depth) that I feel it does not deserve the number of Oscars it received.
I'd counter that the important Oscars that usually designate an important movie went in other directions.
This movie was simply awful. How can a destroyed satellite take down the Orbiter, AND not ONE but TWO huge space stations?
And where did that parachute come from that all tangled up on the ISS?
And where did that parachute come from that all tangled up on the ISS?
I've not been in the habit of defending Gravity but from a realism standpoint, I'll throw these things out. The Director has acknowledged that liberties and exaggerations were included to sustain the narrative. While I had problems with the narrative, I thought the visual effects were fantastic and believable (enough) to be awed.
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From the second escape module. The one she used to get to the Chinese space station. That module was damaged in the first strike and caused the parachute to deploy.
Ryan Stone's story is straightforward, but compelling. The goal was to show how these events might play out from Ryan Stone's point of view, and, in my opinion, the movie succeeded very well at that.
As for Gravity's Oscar wins - directing, cinematography, musical score, sound editing, sound mixing, and visual effects - most were related to the technical aspects of filmmaking. I'd say that they were well-deserved. Cuarón and his crew did an amazing job making it seem as if Stone and Kowalski were in near-Earth orbit.
I actually liked the movie enough to have seen it twice, though I'll admit that the second go around was a free viewing on television so that my wife could watch it for the first time. Guess I'm not in my right mind.
Thus the need to get to the Chinese space station in the first place. That module could not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. The CSS module was not damaged. None of the controls were in English, but that doesn't count.
I feel like if she was qualified to actually go into space, she would have an idea of how to work the controls despite being a different language, if they were all in the same place.Thus the need to get to the Chinese space station in the first place. That module could not re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. The CSS module was not damaged. None of the controls were in English, but that doesn't count.
Gravity, from just my little circle of friends and what I have been reading online at the various Home Theater forums. You either really liked this movie or you really hated it. I have not found to many that say it was "ok" or "just ok". This seems to be one of those movies that are polarizing.
I'm one of the not too many.
I was thinking, besides the over the top kabooms, this could be a very realistic story as far as the actions of the Sandy, what she did and sai, and even the overall narrative. What happens in real life does not always make a wonderful story, however, it's usually the duty of the director, to keep his movie from being too life like, if that means makes it flat or boring. Not boring, but flat and I did not buy Clooney's stoicness.