"Gravity" (currently 98% positive ratings on RT)

[Ns1]

Did you miss the entire Internet community imploring you to watch it in the biggest 3D format you possibly could while you still had a chance to? Honestly, I don't think they should have even released it on home video because it's not the same experience at all. In IMAX 3D, it wasn't a movie...it was a ride. A thrill ride. I'm not even being figurative. Have you experienced the immersive projected video rides at theme parks? Examples: Back to the Future (Universal Studios) Soarin' Over California (Disneyland California Adventures). It's like that; only MUCH better.

I don't see how people such as yourselves can come into this thread and say something like this without saying *how* you watched it. If you didn't watch it in 3D on a 70+ inch screen with you sitting close and centered for maximum immersion, then you didn't experience the same thing. I believe 100% of IMAX 3D viewers will tell you that even the nicest home theater would not come close to the intended experience. You've actually spoiled any chance of experiencing it the right way because you already know how it ends. I'm sorry you missed out.

Pretty much. Seeing it at the theater you felt like you were in space. Seeing it at home, well I have no idea how you could possibly recreate that.

 

[zinfamous]

technical masterpiece, for realsies.

Achievement in Directing – Alfonso Cuarón
Achievement in Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki
Achievement in Film Editing – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score) – Steven Price
Achievement in Sound Editing – Glenn Freemantle
Achievement in Sound Mixing – Skip Lievsay, Niv Adiri, Christopher Benstead and Chris Munro
Achievement in Visual Effects – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

Cuaron and Lubezki also teamed up for Children of Men. I will pretty much watch anything they do together.
Like the Coens and Deakins.

 

[Printer Bandit]

forgot alfonso directed y tu mama tambien...one of my all time favorites.

 

[Kaido]

Alternate ending:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw79smKZB9E

LOL @ "5 minutes ago". I haven't actually laughed out loud at a video in a loooooong time

 

[BoomerD]

Watched it at home on the 65" plasma last week. Not terrible...but not great. I suspect it's one of the "Should have seen it at the theater in 3-D" movies.

 

[Ichinisan]

Watched it at home on the 65" plasma last week. Not terrible...but not great. I suspect it's one of the "Should have seen it at the theater in 3-D" movies.

...and you're absolutely right about that.

 

[richardycc]

Saw the 2D blu ray version last night, will try to watch it again in 3D this week. I thought the pictures were a little grainy and the edges were some what out of focus like the whole movie was shot with 3D cameras, and they converted it back into 2D. Definitely not as sharp and clear as like Tom Cruise’s Oblivion. just my 2 cents.

I was watching Frozen the other day, and the picture was not that good. Then I found out the blu-ray output was set at 480P, so I guess I watched Gravity in 480P, that's why the picture was grainy. not sure why it was set at 480P, maybe it default it to this resolution after I updated the firmware. I guess I will need to rewatch it in 1080P.

 

[RearAdmiral]

I was watching Frozen the other day, and the picture was not that good. Then I found out the blu-ray output was set at 480P, so I guess I watched Gravity in 480P, that's why the picture was grainy. not sure why it was set at 480P, maybe it default it to this resolution after I updated the firmware. I guess I will need to rewatch it in 1080P.

lol how long has this travesty been going on?!

 

[Oyeve]

Question, for those of you who LOVE this film, did you also LOVE Avatar?

I ask because I have yet to see this film and want to but you guys also loved avatar and that movie was without a doubt one of my top 10 worse movies of all time.

 

[HN]

Question, for those of you who LOVE this film, did you also LOVE Avatar?

I ask because I have yet to see this film and want to but you guys also loved avatar and that movie was without a doubt one of my top 10 worse movies of all time.

they are not related at all. maybe to judge the special effects, but no relation beyond that.

 

[CZroe]

Question, for those of you who LOVE this film, did you also LOVE Avatar?

I ask because I have yet to see this film and want to but you guys also loved avatar and that movie was without a doubt one of my top 10 worse movies of all time.

I absolutely hated Avatar (both Avatars in case you think I'm confused). Convoluted, derivative, preachy, cliché, and overblown. That said, Gravity was totally worth the expensive IMAX 3D tickets. Worth it twice. Heck, I even paid for friends and family so I could see it again the proper way.

It is not about the story. It's about the experience.

 

[Rudee]

Wasn't believable that Sandra Bullock's character as a Medical Engineer would be doing repairs on the Hubble Telescope, as portrayed in the movie. In real life, her role would be limited to experiments only.

 

[Kaido]

Saw the 2D blu ray version last night, will try to watch it again in 3D this week. I thought the pictures were a little grainy and the edges were some what out of focus like the whole movie was shot with 3D cameras, and they converted it back into 2D. Definitely not as sharp and clear as like Tom Cruise’s Oblivion. just my 2 cents.

To be fair, Oblivion had amazing cinematography. They used the new 4K Sony F65 camera with a 15K live-motion backdrop, i.e. they basically stitched together a bunch of projectors in ultra-ultra-HD for the background, then filmed in UltraHD, so everything looks spectacular. Great read on the filming here:

http://www.fdtimes.com/2013/03/29/claudio-miranda-asc-on-oblivion/

 

[Ichinisan]

i was watching frozen the other day, and the picture was not that good. Then i found out the blu-ray output was set at 480p, so i guess i watched gravity in 480p, that's why the picture was grainy. Not sure why it was set at 480p, maybe it default it to this resolution after i updated the firmware. I guess i will need to rewatch it in 1080p.

D: D: D:

Anyway, I call that "blurry." Not "grainy."

 

[Ichinisan]

Question, for those of you who LOVE this film, did you also LOVE Avatar?

I ask because I have yet to see this film and want to but you guys also loved avatar and that movie was without a doubt one of my top 10 worse movies of all time.

Absolutely hated James Cameron's Avatar as a movie. I only recommended that people watch it once while it was still in-theaters for the eye candy alone...and that's it.

That said, I recommended watching Gravity in the best possible theater (minimum IMAX 3D) because it was about the experience...not the story. The acting and the story is really not very good, but the experience was 10x better than Avatar. It's hard to get that kind of thrilling "OH-SHIT-I'M-GOING-TO-DIE" experience from any movie, and Gravity IMAX 3D did it for me.

I absolutely hated Avatar (both Avatars in case you think I'm confused). Convoluted, derivative, preachy, cliché, and overblown. That said, Gravity was totally worth the expensive IMAX 3D tickets. Worth it twice. Heck, I even paid for friends and family so I could see it again the proper way.

It is not about the story. It's about the experience.

Yeah.

 

[Ns1]

Wasn't believable that Sandra Bullock's character as a Medical Engineer would be doing repairs on the Hubble Telescope, as portrayed in the movie. In real life, her role would be limited to experiments only.

True.

Did you also know that in real life chewbacca is just some dude in a costume? The fuck is up with this non-realism bullshit so pervasive in movies.

 

[rockyct]

True.

Did you also know that in real life chewbacca is just some dude in a costume? The fuck is up with this non-realism bullshit so pervasive in movies.

The problem is that Gravity is a movie that takes place in our world (well, one slightly parallel where we are still using the shuttle and China actually has a legit space station) and because it feels "science-y", we think it must be accurate. Not many people honestly care about how guns with endless magazines and no recoil are used in movies, so why do people care so much that Hubble, ISS, and the Chinese station are in different orbits and never get close in any sort of way or any of the other silly hangups.