In hindsight not the best choice, but I managed. Interesting compared to The Martian which in many ways is similar, but did not ping me in the same ways.
Zoe: Next time we smuggle stock, let's make it something smaller. Wash: Yeah, we should start dealing in those black-market beagles.
'Safe'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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msbelle - Mar 21, 2016 4:22:29 am PDT #29864 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 21, 2016 5:47:23 am PDT #29865 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 tried to watch Gravity on TV at home and that first crack-the-whip spacewalk scene with Bullock and Clooney sent me diving for the remote. I'll just have to take everyone's word for how great the movie is.
Burrell - Mar 21, 2016 6:09:25 am PDT #29866 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh dang, I forgot I wanted to see Mr Holmes and Gravity!
msbelle - Mar 21, 2016 7:18:17 am PDT #29867 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I found Mr. Holmes very slow.
Zenkitty - Mar 21, 2016 8:00:45 am PDT #29868 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I loved Mr. Holmes. It was slow but I felt it suited the tone. I cried, though.
I also loved Gravity. Enough to forgive the few physics mistakes. But if you get vertigo watching people spin around weightless, you might want to skip it.
lisah - Mar 23, 2016 10:29:29 am PDT #29869 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
I hated Gravity so much! I was so angry about all the stupid dead child stuff. Why couldn't she have just been a freaking scientist doing science in space? UGH!
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 10:33:56 am PDT #29870 of 30000
brillig
I, too, would like to see more heroes/heroines without trauma. Ordinary people who have to become extraordinary.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2016 10:53:48 am PDT #29871 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I, too, would like to see more heroes/heroines without trauma. Ordinary people who have to become extraordinary.
Yeah, but then the trauma starts (c.f., Frodo, walking bag of pain).
Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2016 10:57:19 am PDT #29872 of 30000
brillig
I'm good with that. That's why they have stories made about them.
Steph L. - Mar 23, 2016 10:59:51 am PDT #29873 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Poor Frodo. I still feel bad about everything he had to go through. And then I remind myself he's fictional and I'm a little crazy.