Bechdel is one criterion, but people get hung up on it.

I'm going to see Gravity this evening, but my date is blind in one eye so we're seeing 2D. I'm a little bummed, but since I tend towards anxiety maybe it's for the best.

Smonster, Beau doesn't like 3D so we saw it on a reg screen. It is still gorgeous and overwhelming. You will dig it.

I hate when I agree that a movie is probably good, but I will not be able to enjoy it. I am eagerly waiting for a 2D home-sized version that I can stop start and skip around, because one level of it sounds like personal hell, but reports make it sound amazing.

I skipped calling an IO9 person out on his "literal rollercoaster" description because he was so clearly physically affected (left as soon as the credits started so he could get a drink of water to calm himself down--I think it was a while before he was up to leaving). I wish I had the space to inflict that on myself, but for right now it needs to be a mitigated experience.

Only tangentially related, I wish they'd used her for the Y instead of the V in the poster that's not on the first page of any of the search terms I can think of to use. For font's sake, although I understand why they did it.

I also wish Cuaron hadn't put down other movies in explaining why this is so good. Why not win in a fair fight?

Thirdly, v. curious about how 3D improves the experience. Sounds intriguing.

I was not physically affected as the IO9 poster was, maybe I will go over there to see comments. If you know that this may affect you negatively, I think you should opt out. I know I said, out loud, "Jesus" more than twice during the movie. I don't even recall when I said it.

I also found myself shaking my head.

Thing is, I didn't think of the movie was immersive, because my mind kept thinking about how vulnerable astronauts are. I just couldn't shake that thought. Star Trek is all good, but we are a longass way from that it seems.

Just saw Gravity. Might be the best movie I ever saw. Gorgeous, scientifically accurate, made me cry actual tears once and grab the arms of my seat twice. Writing, acting, direction, SFx, all perfect. As P-C's friend said, not a single nit to pick. Also, I apologize to Sandra Bullock for ever thinking she wasn't a heavyweight actor.

I saw in IMAX3D and I'm glad I did, but if you have movie-induced vertigo or problems with "shakycam" effects you should probably see it in 2D.

It was Bullock's delivery of the "My father wanted a boy" line that clarified it for me, and I understood that character's whole backstory from that plus the senseless loss of her daughter. This is who she is: a woman who's always been not quite good enough, who did one thing right and lost it for no real reason, and lost her own real reason for living at the same time. This is why she started out crying "what do I do, what do I do" and how easy it was for her to accept her own death and give up, and how wonderful it was for her to start fighting for her own life. You don't have to see the movie as Stone's self-actualization journey, but it is.

Thirdly, v. curious about how 3D improves the experience. Sounds intriguing.

I thought it increased what was already an immersive experience due to the camera work. Objects float in space, in three-dimensional space, and you really feel the distance between the objects and characters, especially when things are just out of reach and they're floating toward the screen.

Also, I apologize to Sandra Bullock for ever thinking she wasn't a heavyweight actor.

She's got chops! Not sure when she's going to shake the romantic-comedy stigma, but maybe this will help.

grab the arms of my seat twice.

Ha, I was either gripping the armrest or clutching my own hands or my face the entire time.

More than once, Gravity reminded me of a SF short story called The Cold Equations.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson wanted a bit more realism in Gravity, it seems:

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I had to roll my eyes at some of that. I can't tell whether he's joking around or whether he actually did not like the movie.

and only one of those things would have affected the plot.