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re: Just watched Gravity on HBO
Posted on 7/12/14 at 10:23 pm to TigerMyth36
Posted on 7/12/14 at 10:23 pm to TigerMyth36
The interesting thing about this debate is that so many of you hated Avatar for the same failing of Gravity. That is a fact.
Is the plot of Gravity as bad as Avatar? No because there isn't much of a plot. It is basically one long car chase in space.
Is the plot of Gravity as bad as Avatar? No because there isn't much of a plot. It is basically one long car chase in space.
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Posted on 7/12/14 at 10:24 pm to TigerMyth36
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The interesting thing about this debate is that so many of you hated Avatar for the same failing of Gravity. That is a fact.
you read my mind on that one
Posted on 7/12/14 at 10:28 pm to TigerMyth36
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The interesting thing about this debate is that so many of you hated Avatar for the same failing of Gravity. That is a fact.
Not a fact, that's being FAR too reductive.
And Gravity is nowhere near as bad as some make it out to be. I think Gravity finds a weird niche in that it isn't about turning your brain off like say a loud action movie, it's about letting yourself get sucked into the tension. Either you do or you don't. The experience of it, the visuals, are a part of that.
Either you do that or you don't and that really shapes the experience.
Posted on 7/12/14 at 10:45 pm to TigerMyth36
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The interesting thing about this debate is that so many of you hated Avatar for the same failing of Gravity. That is a fact.
Is the plot of Gravity as bad as Avatar? No because there isn't much of a plot. It is basically one long car chase in space.
Avatar was manipulative bullshite in order to sell as many tickets as possible, start a new industry, and to spread a bullshite ideology. James Cameron is a great film maker, and I know that there wasn't a single line of wasted dialog. It is an incredibly efficient film that knows what it wants, but it's terrible in the end. Yes, it achieves everything it wanted to achieve, but it's terrible manipulative shite it wanted to achieve, so I can't forgive it.
Gravity is pretty straight forward on the other hand: convey the terror of space. It wants to really do nothing more than that, and it completely succeeds, and I love the film for it. Those two films were going for something completely different, and I find it insulting when they're often paired together.
Posted on 7/12/14 at 11:12 pm to TigerMyth36
Tiger myth are you saying that gravity is better or worse than avatar? There is no way it is better. Avatar was cookie cutter but at least it had a plot that made sense and an actual story was told. Not to mention that avatar is one of top 5 most visually stunning movies ever made :inbeforesometardsaysthatitwasallcgibecausetheydontunderatandthatthereisnoPandoratofilmonlocation:
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