Escape to the Movies: Gravity
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I wasn't aware that Reddit was considered scum. Hmmm.Skeleon said:
Generally, when the mention of a website results in entire communities foaming with rage, it's worth asking why, no matter who it is.
I wish Bob didn't include the smug criticizing the critics thing. "How much would they have praised this movie if it were by Synder or Bay?" The fact is Synder and Bay don't make these kinds of movies, which is exactly why they celebrate some directors over others; because they make these good films which they enjoy. The "Directed by" tag might create an expectation, but nothing more.
You know i'm the first person to say critics have their pet directors to gush over,
but if critics wanted to stick it to michael Bay if at long last he did make that one amazing super hit,
I fail to see how that would be out of line lol.
it looks interesting. and Bob thanks for referring Prisoners, it was a budda in a sea of hell and bad movies.
Big up to the poster who made the "pacific rim" reference that magically seemed to disappear.
Seeing as how bobs about as guilty if not more so in pandering to his favorites.
but if critics wanted to stick it to michael Bay if at long last he did make that one amazing super hit,
I fail to see how that would be out of line lol.
it looks interesting. and Bob thanks for referring Prisoners, it was a budda in a sea of hell and bad movies.
Big up to the poster who made the "pacific rim" reference that magically seemed to disappear.
Seeing as how bobs about as guilty if not more so in pandering to his favorites.
Here is what Moviebob had to say on his blog review of the movie regarding that moment.Abomination said:
"It works at first. I'm perfectly willing to buy and even be moved by them escaping from that one Fish sniper and the first few soldiers they meet because they're so dumbfounded by the baby...
...But extending into the big, long, slooooowwwwww walk down the corridors and stairs and into the street, and EVERYONE suddenly goes all solemn and lowering their guns, falling to their knees, crossing themselves, clasping those Irish dockworker hats over their hearts, parting as a group to let them by and bowing their heads as though Clive Owen is lugging Baby Simba up to Pride Rock and Elton John is about to hit the loud part of "Circle of Life" at ANY moment... NO. No, no, no, no, NO.
Not in THIS movie, which has just spent it's whole running time proving how stark and realistic and un-stylized and "this is the REAL world" it is. The scene would be perfectly fine if the rest of the film were as blunt, unsubtle and hyppereal as IT is; but thats not the case and it sticks out like a sore thumb. With 06 over, I can safely call it the single worst scene in an otherwise good movie of the year, and in addition the stupidest use of cheeseball Messianic symbolism as well (yes, even including "Superman.")"
Needless to say I disagree, but to each his own. Here's the link to the blog post if you are interested. http://moviebob.blogspot.com/2007/01/review-children-of-men.html
Well, Bob is hardly a neutral party when it comes to his reviews. I imagine he's got a bit of a staunch atheist vibe going for him so a messiah symbolism scene probably just naturally rubs him the wrong way... or maybe he's offended the child was black - I dunno.Joe Aguayo said:
As a Russian I am a bit surprised to hear Moviebob and his "intellectual" persona say "it's probably hell for anyone to live under an oppressive, homophobic swagger macho creep of a dictator"
No, it's pretty damn OK to live in Russia. Even Snowden had to hide here.
But in all seriousness that was the most strawman thing he could say. Man sure didn't do his research.
No, it's pretty damn OK to live in Russia. Even Snowden had to hide here.
But in all seriousness that was the most strawman thing he could say. Man sure didn't do his research.
I'm with you 100%Yuuki said:
There has never been a 3D movie that looked good to me. They all look like old Viewmaster Slideshows in motion. 3D should just be a dead fad.
I hear Gravity 2 is going to start with Martin Sheen restoring the shattered bodies of George Clooney and Sandra Bullock after they smacked into the Earth, so that they can pull together a rough team of badass misfits to resolve mummy and daddy issues before killing a giant Terminator.
I'm not going to talk about movie, I haven't seen it. But I will say that if that is your honest opinion of Russia all I can tell you is that you don?t know Siberia from Paskha. Yes, it's bad there now. Especially for "undesirables", but its orders of magnitude better then it was under Yeltsin.
Every time I saw the trailer for this movie, I think of the scene in FFVIII where Rinoa is trapped in a spacesuit and helpless. Then, Squall goes out trying to rescue her before they eventually stumble upon the Ragnarok floating in space.
I don't know why, but that is always my first thought.
I don't know why, but that is always my first thought.
It's not only in 3D. I don't know about the situation where you are, but I saw it in 2D. I know there are definitely more 3D showings, but a regular 2D version definitely exists, don't worry.chozo_hybrid said:
OP: This movie is absolutely incredible. Granted, I'm someone who was very impressed by the initial trailers and was rather confused by the wave of skepticism at them, but holy shit. The actual film surpassed every possible expectation that I had for it. The cinematography and technical aspects of the movie are beyond belief- this film will easily pick up every technical award that the film industry knows how to give out in a few months. I want to hang shots from this movie on my wall as framed portraits. They are beautiful to the point that the film quite literally took my breath away at times. Couple this with a masterful sense of pacing and incredible buildup of tension, and you have a nearly unmatched visual experience. Like I said above, I saw it in 2D, as well, so you still get this kind of experience without the IMAX or 3D, although those might even further improve it. I don't know firsthand about those formats.
I actively dislike Sandra Bullock, and I loved her performance in this. A single performance can turn around my entire view of an actor from negative to positive if the performance is good enough (see: Ryan Reynolds in "Buried" and James Franco in "Spring Breakers"), and Bullock's is most certainly good enough. She really carries the film at times. There are one or two moments of somewhat clunky storytelling devices, but they work just well enough to keep things moving and incredibly engaging.
Seriously, this film is amazing. I'm rarely this thoroughly blown away by a single film.
Don't mind Bob, a lot of his videos are made through a liberal/progressive/leftist lens at best, and straight-up leftist biased at worst. He's completely unashamed about it too in that he doesn't even try to be subtle about it. That's actually why there's a number of people around here that can't stand his videos...even if they happen to agree with his politics. He's just so hamfisted about mixing politics with entertainment that it gets distracting and even face-palm inducing at times.Shirokurou said:
And here I always thought it was because we can't go a day without having five topics regarding gender/race/sexuality pop up that are all basically the exact same.lacktheknack said:
To be fair, you have to be really brave to go to either of those websites in the first place.lacktheknack said:
Someone once made a "just for fun" topic which asked people to come up with a slogan for The Escapist, mine was "The Escapist: Well, At Least We're Not 4Chan."
Got a pretty good response and a lot of laughs by other responders in the thread. :3
Well...they DID get a completely innocent college kid killed during the whole Boston Bombing thing just by some user posting "OH MY GOD I THINK IT'S THIS GUY!!!" followed by the guy's name and address.....lacktheknack said:
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any 2D screenings where I live, may have to wait until I can rent it :/ but you've given me a bit to think aboutPortalThinker113 said:
Ahh, that's too bad. There certainly were a lot more 3D showings than 2D ones in my area, so I would believe that the 2D showings might not be available everywhere. I hope you do get to see it at some point!chozo_hybrid said:Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any 2D screenings where I live, may have to wait until I can rent it :/ but you've given me a bit to think aboutPortalThinker113 said: