Yeah, even the commercials for Gravity freaked my shit out. If it's Open Water in space, then fuck it, I'm going to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 ("There's a leek in the boat!"). (Seriously, we saw the full preview for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, and I laughed my ass off. I am *such* a kid, I swear.)
Jimmy Olsen jokes're pretty much gonna be lost on you, huh?
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Steph L. - Sep 29, 2013 5:29:23 am PDT #25561 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Amy - Sep 29, 2013 5:30:53 am PDT #25562 of 30000
Because books.
Open Water didn't really bother me, but the ads for Gravity look a little too freaky.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 29, 2013 6:00:39 am PDT #25563 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I think I'll just wait to enjoy it on the small screen rather than taking up my entire field of vision with Dolby sound surrounding me.
Juliebird - Sep 29, 2013 6:11:46 am PDT #25564 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I just read the plot summary on wikipedia. Turns out that's it's a giant spoiler for the whole movie. But, reading it, it's less and also more harrowing than I'd been led to believe from the trailer (that still gives me anxiety to think about).
Zenkitty - Sep 29, 2013 8:52:28 am PDT #25565 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I want to see Gravity. The trailers look amazing.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2013 12:01:51 pm PDT #25566 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The plot of Gravity is so simple that I don't think it's possible to talk about without massive spoilers.
And I don't know what about Open Water people are hoping to avoid, so I'm afraid I can't be any help there either.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 29, 2013 12:31:36 pm PDT #25567 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw Rush this afternoon, and it was great - its appeal did not depend on a naked Chris Hemsworth belly-flopping into bed, but the movie as a whole was worthy of that visual. A much more serious and weighty film than the advertising would lead one to believe. And Daniel Brühl's performance may be the best I've seen at the movies all year - I hope it helps his career take off in Hollywood. (I still remember when he seemed to be the lead in every indie movie that came out in the early 2000s, but that didn't seem to translate into mainstream recognition.)
§ ita § - Sep 29, 2013 12:54:44 pm PDT #25568 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Bruhl was amazing. Lauda was amazing. Sure, rest your marketing on Thor--that's the is the sensible decision, and I have no sympathy for anyone that feels baited and switched upon by seeing it's the story of rivals, not Tony Stark without science inclinations.
They also do a good job of making it a story not too much about racing for people not interesting--it's about people and rivalry, and you can almost excise the sports and look at it as a story about people. Not a particular Ron Howard fan, but I enjoyed it very much.
Open Water gave me the shivers about being two hours of lead stone in the stomach helplessness in the face of an uncaring universe, and that the only way out is some fluke, or some action I can't predict at all, hence the lead stone.
Steph L. - Sep 29, 2013 1:15:53 pm PDT #25569 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And I don't know what about Open Water people are hoping to avoid, so I'm afraid I can't be any help there either.
Open Water gave me the shivers about being two hours of lead stone in the stomach helplessness in the face of an uncaring universe, and that the only way out is some fluke, or some action I can't predict at all, hence the lead stone.
This. 100%.
Jessica - Sep 29, 2013 1:33:34 pm PDT #25570 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
helplessness in the face of an uncaring universe, and that the only way out is some fluke
I can safely say that Gravity is not this. It's like a more extreme worst-case-scenario Apollo 13.