View Full Version : Watched Gravity last night
Waihou Thumper
11th January 2014, 19:06
Great movie.....
Reckoned I could have got a part in it....
the lines would have been easy to remember... :)
bluninja
11th January 2014, 19:16
I think Sandra Bullocks breasts looked incredibly perky under zero gravity ;)
A good film, but the Sandra Bullock character had me working hard to keep my disbelief suspended. Most impressive is keeping everything together when you only see 2 actors in the whole film.
Waihou Thumper
11th January 2014, 19:20
I think Sandra Bullocks breasts looked incredibly perky under zero gravity ;)
A good film, but the Sandra Bullock character had me working hard to keep my disbelief suspended. Most impressive is keeping everything together when you only see 2 actors in the whole film.
She was definitely NOT under the effect of gravity....Well supported role I thought.
Bring back Ripley...:) a 30 year old version...
EJK
11th January 2014, 19:22
I think Sandra Bullocks breasts looked incredibly perky under zero gravity ;)
A good film, but the Sandra Bullock character had me working hard to keep my disbelief suspended. Most impressive is keeping everything together when you only see 2 actors in the whole film.
And with very very very few camera cuts and scene transitions. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole film was recorded with just ONE camera.
Felt like the entire movie was just ONE scene.
Waihou Thumper
11th January 2014, 19:28
And with very very very few camera cuts and scene transitions. I wouldn't be surprised if the whole film was recorded with just ONE camera.
Felt like the entire movie was just ONE scene.
Nope....It is all CGI and well directed.....
In fact, the eenie, meenie, minee mo bit was a bit weak...!
Very....
Oh, when she looked up, the ISS was still falling...? Huh? She had time to get out of her suit, swim to the surface and then watch the debris, even though she had fallen under a parachute too, thus taking more time...
Despite all of this, it was great entertainment, thrilling in fact..:)
sil3nt
11th January 2014, 20:56
Worst movie I saw in 2013. Made worse after reading 'An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth' by Chris Hadfield.
caspernz
11th January 2014, 21:49
Gravity was an odd movie, crap story and while a novel approach to making a movie perhaps...not one I'd recommend.
mashman
11th January 2014, 23:10
Felt like the entire movie was just ONE scene.
I know what thee means. Very well done imho.
PrincessBandit
12th January 2014, 09:20
We enjoyed it although (not sure how to phrase this without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it), let's just say the credibility of all those "just in time" moments got very stretched. Having said that, I'm sure that credibility was probably not too high on the agenda anyway.
I think Sandra Bullock is a great actress and her legs in the final scene were much more spectacular than her boobs (since they've already been mentioned).
HenryDorsetCase
12th January 2014, 09:44
I thought GRAVITY was excellent. Have a google about how they did the zero g and space scenes. People say well, its all just CGI as if that is somehow easy or straightforward. Its neither and it costs a shit ton of money to do well. Some of the allegorical stuff was a bit heavy handed but just watching it for the story was excellent, I thought.
I think it was the only movie I paid money to see twice on the big screen last year. (I know I saw STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS twice but I think that was 2012).
By the way there's a movie review thread you guys.:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/121109-The-Movie-Review-Thread?highlight=movie+review
Waihou Thumper
12th January 2014, 16:14
By the way there's a movie review thread you guys.:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/121109-The-Movie-Review-Thread?highlight=movie+review
Thanks for that, I didn't know....I thought I was gonna rant about it and others might, but so far so good, so maybe in future, yes...
Movies thread. :)
BoristheBiter
12th January 2014, 16:25
what, it wasn't real? well fuck me, I'm glad i didn't waste money to see it on the big screen.
:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
Banditbandit
15th January 2014, 09:07
Sandra's tits are real !!!
http://images.memsaab.com/files/imagecache/node-gallery-display-750/files/2012/102619/sandra-bullock-latest-glamour-still.jpg
HenryDorsetCase
15th January 2014, 10:06
That's some terrible shop on her bottom lip.
She has had some plastic surgery too which I find very sad.
I've been a fan since DEMOLITION MAN
and SPEED (with Saint Keanu of the sadface).
James Deuce
15th January 2014, 10:17
I thought GRAVITY was excellent. Have a google about how they did the zero g and space scenes. People say well, its all just CGI as if that is somehow easy or straightforward. Its neither and it costs a shit ton of money to do well.
Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.
As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."
2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.
mashman
15th January 2014, 11:11
Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.
As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."
2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.
Not that I know fuck all about it like, but if you throw yourself in a straight line towards an object that's coming and curving towards you and you are travelling in a curve due to gravity, could you not meet in the same place and the right time?
I always remove my suspenders before entering the cinema... actually, there doesn't need to be a cinema for that to happen.
bogan
15th January 2014, 11:20
Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.
As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."
2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.
Point of correction, higher orbit means increasing vessel speed, but the further distance means the orbit duration is longer so the vessel in lower orbit can catch up. To do it efficiently requires one full orbit, which may not be as practical as just flying straight towards the target once close enough.
Not that I know fuck all about it like, but if you throw yourself in a straight line towards an object that's coming and curving towards you and you are travelling in a curve due to gravity, could you not meet in the same place and the right time?
I always remove my suspenders before entering the cinema... actually, there doesn't need to be a cinema for that to happen.
Depends on the relative scales, pretty much if you can see what you're going for (small space station etc), burning straight towards it will get you there with a minimum of course corrections.
BuzzardNZ
15th January 2014, 11:20
Good special effects and all, but I found it dragged on and was fucking boring.
James Deuce
15th January 2014, 11:22
Hmm. Obviously too counter intuitive.
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MD
15th January 2014, 11:42
We enjoyed it although (not sure how to phrase this without spoiling it for those who haven't seen it), let's just say the credibility of all those "just in time" moments got very stretched. Having said that, I'm sure that credibility was probably not too high on the agenda anyway.
I think Sandra Bullock is a great actress and her legs in the final scene were much more spectacular than her boobs (since they've already been mentioned).
Same here. They played that scene over and over 'will she grab hold at the last second or overshoot and sail an eternity into open space'. Became quite irritating after several 'oh wow she just made it!
I'm no Bullock fan but she did a good job of the role asked of her. Nice bum and legs, tits a bit small for my taste.
I liked the scene where the second space station gets hit by debris, that was impressive stuff.
Banditbandit
15th January 2014, 12:43
OK OK .. here's legs and bum ...
http://www.operagloves.com/Modernstars/SandraBullock/sandra_bullock_05.jpg
Tits too small ??? You only need One SBM ... unless you're from the other side of the Atlantic and then it's the slightly larger SUSH.
EJK
15th January 2014, 12:45
For those who haven't seen it yet, this is a parallel scene to Sandra Bullock's "woof woof" or "Will you pray for me until ghost Clooney jumps into my ship?" scene.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jLR1yCvu498" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Eventhough I too found Gravity a bit of a drag, in Gravity's defence, I did liked the final scene where Bullock gets up on her feet. It was the first and the last scene which actually "had" gravity. Nice touch to the film I thought.
HenryDorsetCase
15th January 2014, 13:34
Yeah, that, but they really need help with their orbital mechanics. Achieving a higher orbit means slower speed and higher delta V (more energy expended to match velocity) which means to catch something in a higher orbit you have to move away from the object you are orbiting and wait for the thing you a trying to match orbits with to catch up so you can match velocity by braking. Too counter intuitive I guess. Things don't move in straight lines when you're in orbit either so launching from one satellite to another requires you throw yourself in a curve. Didn't see any of that happening.
As Tina Fey said, "Gravity is nominated for Best Film. It’s the story about how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age."
2/10. The willing suspension of disbelief didn't happen.
Everything I know about that stuff I learned from Larry Niven's book "The Smoke Ring" and its sequel.
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