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*woosh*
The religious leader did not "care about God." He cared about the power and influence that religion gave him over people, which is abundantly clear in the end. You didn't have to see the end to know it either: it's particularly why our oil man was so furious with him after being manipulated by it. He knew and you should have too. Watch the conversion scene again in that mindset. That wasn't something the other members went through when they joined/converted. It was all an excuse to hit him and subjugate him in front of everyone and get away with it.
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Lifer
- Jul 11, 2001
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While watching the movie I had the idea that it should have been named "Oil." In the end credits it indicates that it was indeed based on Upton Sinclair's novel "Oil!" I thought it not that bad. The ending is pretty intense, BTW.
Imp
Lifer
- Feb 8, 2000
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I'm going to guess that you didn't like Magnolia by P.T. Anderson either... Magnolia's my favorite movie of all time, Punch Drunk Love is good, and I like There Will Be Blood. Love hate thing with his movies.
Sucker Punch - 7/10 - I don't know what the f*** was going on (no, I did), but scantily clad ladies, sci-fi action, guns, what's not to like?
JamesV
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Oblivion with Tom Cruise 6.5/10
I love science fiction and we only get a few large funded films a year, so maybe my score is a little bit better than someone who doesn't care for sci-fi.
This film could have been so much better WITHOUT Tom Cruise, but then it's budget would probably have been shit. Predictable from the start, including making Tom look good at all costs, including story and plot. The director is to blame for making the mystery so obvious though; please... a 10 year old could have seen who/what the scavs and Tet (sp?) were just after the initial breakdown history.
But then they had to add insult to injury (in order to make Tom look good) with a complete lack of plausibility making his heroic sacrifice a reality. Spoiler ***************************************
the super alien AI lifeform can scan everything, but misses the obvious inclusion of multiple power sources that were used only days earlier to blow something else up?
Go the fuck away Tom Cruise, and leave my sci-fi alone.
I love science fiction and we only get a few large funded films a year, so maybe my score is a little bit better than someone who doesn't care for sci-fi.
This film could have been so much better WITHOUT Tom Cruise, but then it's budget would probably have been shit. Predictable from the start, including making Tom look good at all costs, including story and plot. The director is to blame for making the mystery so obvious though; please... a 10 year old could have seen who/what the scavs and Tet (sp?) were just after the initial breakdown history.
But then they had to add insult to injury (in order to make Tom look good) with a complete lack of plausibility making his heroic sacrifice a reality. Spoiler ***************************************
the super alien AI lifeform can scan everything, but misses the obvious inclusion of multiple power sources that were used only days earlier to blow something else up?
Go the fuck away Tom Cruise, and leave my sci-fi alone.
Ns1
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Ahh, too bad. Well it comes out tonight anyway and I'm going to make sure I'm not too hungover on Saturday so I can go see it in the morning.
98% and 100% from the top critics. Nice.
KT
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I want to do that too, but there is not one around here. They are all in the suburbs.
KT
Ugh: looks like it's only playing in 3D around here too. I don't want stupid 3D!
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but imax is in 3d
Not always is it? Didn't Dark knight play at Imax and had parts shot with Imax cameras?
I may be wrong though, as usual.
KT
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I got faith that this director got it right, since he shot this specifically for 3D.
Aikouka
Lifer
- Nov 27, 2001
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When I first saw the trailer for Gravity, I pretty much gave it a pass. I didn't really expect much from it given I already had what felt like the bread and butter of the movie shown to me. Although, all the fervor for the movie is really tempting me to check it out.
I did read an interesting article at Ars about the stuff in the movie's trailer being accurate or not: http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/10/poking-holes-in-the-gravity-trailer-with-nasas-help/
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I'm pretty sure IMAX isn't always 3D.
I did read an interesting article at Ars about the stuff in the movie's trailer being accurate or not: http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/10/poking-holes-in-the-gravity-trailer-with-nasas-help/
EDIT:
Not always is it? Didn't Dark knight play at Imax and had parts shot with Imax cameras?
I may be wrong though, as usual.
I'm pretty sure IMAX isn't always 3D.
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Thanks. I'll read that after I've seen the film. I have not seen the trailer.
Could be they are not showing Gravity in 2D. Ah well, I guess I just have to suck it up.
KT
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