re: Just watched Gravity on HBO

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Not defending this movie, as I left an IMAX 3D theater thinking "meh," but I think a huge majority of people don't really appreciate the impact of being in an isolated environment with no stimulus but what the director wanted can have on the experience.

The guy with a puffed up chest sporting the 70 inch thinks he is in the same ballpark in spite of all the objects in the viewer's peripheral vision, non viewers coming and going, having a conversation with them with the movie still playing, the ability to pause the movie while you go do something else for a half hour, etc etc etc.

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Exactly. If you watched it in the theater or IMAX in 3D and didn't like it, fine. But if you watch it on HBO on a couch on your 10 foot screen, a very familiar environment solely ruins the experience that Cuaron is trying to convey. The fact that you're in the comfort of your house makes sure you can't appreciate what Cuaron is trying to say. You can't experience extreme isolation on the chair you sit on 350 days out of the year. You've got that comfort of your living room. You don't have such comfort in a random theater. That's why I find anyone who watches it at home and says its a horrible movie laughable. As far as I'm concerned, they saw a completely different movie as I did and their opinion should be taken as such.