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Post by Neverending on Dec 8, 2014 11:22:55 GMT -5
This movie is on HBO a lot. Has anyone bothered to re-watch it? I think what I love the most about Gravity is that it's only 90 minutes. I've grown tired of every blockbuster being 3-hours long for no valid reasons whatsoever. Gravity is simple, to-the-point and emotionally satisfying. It's neither mindless entertainment nor pretentious. I think if Hollywood made more movies like Gravity, the box office wouldn't be in the gutter. 2014 was a financial embarrassment and major studios need to start taking notes.
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 8, 2014 11:41:58 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind watching it again. I liked it when I first saw it albeit I never considered it to be an Oscar winning achievement (Academy voters disagreed). It seems like a movie that would hold up on a rewatch at least on an entertainment level.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 8, 2014 12:14:18 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind watching it again. I liked it when I first saw it albeit I never considered it to be an Oscar winning achievement (Academy voters disagreed). It seems like a movie that would hold up on a rewatch at least on an entertainment level. It should have won Best Picture over 12 Years a Slave. I might even argue that Gravity was indeed the best movie of 2013. Although, as a comedy fan, I really loved Seth Rogen's This Is The End and that'll probably be the 2013 movie I end up watching the most times. But regardless, Gravity deserved all the praise and success it got and hope it inspires Hollywood to re-think their practices. When it's all said and done, Gravity was WAY more embraced than Interstellar. |
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Post by Seakazoo on Dec 8, 2014 12:18:55 GMT -5
I haven't bothered to watch Gravity on HBO because I don't have a tv and sound system needed to make this worth watching.  |
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Post by Neverending on Dec 8, 2014 12:21:58 GMT -5
Yeah... for a first time viewer I would recommend watching the movie in the best format available to home consumers. But for repeaters, it doesn't matter. The story and the characters is what matters and not the technical stuff.
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 8, 2014 12:36:19 GMT -5
Now I kinda want to watch it again. But yes, I did enjoy it much more than 12 Years A Slave as well. Doubtful I'll ever watch that movie again.
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 8, 2014 13:05:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't mind watching it again. I liked it when I first saw it albeit I never considered it to be an Oscar winning achievement (Academy voters disagreed). It seems like a movie that would hold up on a rewatch at least on an entertainment level. It should have won Best Picture over 12 Years a Slave. I might even argue that Gravity was indeed the best movie of 2013. Although, as a comedy fan, I really loved Seth Rogen's This Is The End and that'll probably be the 2013 movie I end up watching the most times. But regardless, Gravity deserved all the praise and success it got and hope it inspires Hollywood to re-think their practices. When it's all said and done, Gravity was WAY more embraced than Interstellar. Now I kinda want to watch it again. But yes, I did enjoy it much more than 12 Years A Slave as well. Doubtful I'll ever watch that movie again. 12 Years a Slave is fantastic and very deserving of its Oscar. I've watched it three times so far. |
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Post by Fiverrabbit2014 on Dec 8, 2014 13:06:24 GMT -5
Gravity deserved to win the Oscar for Best Picture.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 8, 2014 13:24:40 GMT -5
I did enjoy it much more than 12 Years A Slave as well. Doubtful I'll ever watch that movie again. Yeah. I have no desire whatsoever to watch 12 Years again. 12 Years a Slave is fantastic and very deserving of its Oscar. I've watched it three times so far. Doomsday and I had the definitive critique of that movie. DOOMSDAY: It didn't feel like 12 years. 12 weeks? Maybe. But not 12 years. ME: White Jesus saved the Black guy. ::facepalm:: |
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 8, 2014 13:28:10 GMT -5
Definitive, or dismissive?
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Post by Neverending on Dec 8, 2014 13:29:32 GMT -5
Definitive. We're showing people the light.
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Post by FShuttari on Dec 9, 2014 13:45:20 GMT -5
Gravity deserved all the technical awards, but I wouldn't go further than that. The story was straight forward, but the execution was top notch.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 9, 2014 13:47:45 GMT -5
"Gravity" deserved what it got for its technical mastery, but the story and characters are what keep it from being great. I liked "Gravity" when I saw it, but there's no way it was better than "12 Years a Slave" in basically anything other than special effects. Same with "Her" and "Blue is the Warmest Color".
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Post by Doomsday on Dec 9, 2014 14:04:03 GMT -5
Her was better than all of the above.
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 9, 2014 14:06:08 GMT -5
Disagree. 12 Years a Slave was the best film of 2013 as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Dec 9, 2014 14:19:09 GMT -5
Yeah, "12 Years a Slave" was the best followed closely by "Her", those were my top 2.
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Post by Neverending on Dec 9, 2014 16:30:11 GMT -5
You guys and your white guilt.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 9, 2014 16:50:33 GMT -5
Her was better than all of the above. You know what, I agree. Her is well-deservedly the Best Movie of 2013, in my book. 12 Years and Gravity are 2 and 3. |
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 9, 2014 16:58:01 GMT -5
1. 12 Years a Slave
2. Before Midnight
3. The Wolf of Wall Street
4. Inside Llewyn Davis
5. Gravity
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10 or 11. Her
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 9, 2014 17:20:34 GMT -5
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 9, 2014 17:28:14 GMT -5
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 9, 2014 17:57:30 GMT -5
12 Years a Slave IS a great film, but Her connected with me on a deeper level.
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Post by PG Cooper on Dec 9, 2014 18:03:58 GMT -5
See, that's what frustrates me about Her. I can see the intellectual and emotional value, and yet I can't really connect with the film on either level.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Dec 9, 2014 18:15:50 GMT -5
Oh well. Your loss.  |
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