I hope you still like Gravity. I didn't consider it "artsy." And I don't think it tried to be too profound, it's pretty much a survival story literally and metaphorically. Pretty straight-forward.
Well, you're right, it wasn't that "arty" in the sense that it's screaming to get an Oscar. That honor will be going to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty this year. It seems whenever an actor or director is trying to get an Oscar, they just copy Forrest Gump, case in point, Big Fish and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Anyway, where were we? Why in the hell did George Clooney make Sandra Bullock speak to him when her oxygen supply was at 1 percent?
I liked the movie otherwise, the fx were quite good, except for the compositing of faces on the space helmets. I'm gonna have to do research on whether or not Sandra Bullock's body outside of the spacesuit required any CG enhancement...her body looked like it was 20...and then we see her face and she looks like she's on her death bed.
Another thing that really didn't annoy me (but annoys me in most other space movies) was the lack of sound in space. It was a very novel approach to have whatever sound there would be by incorporating it into the music score, which was excellent, by the way.
Yeah, I saw that trailer today too. I gotta say, they ran a good trailer for it; that kind of movie can be a hard sell, and I think they cross-marketed to men and women well enough. No idea if it'll be any good.
I did wonder about that, but I guess he figured she was freaking out / hyperventilating, and the talking might have been the lesser evil. He was the old pro.
She really did look lean and cut. What is she, about 50 now? I mean, it's possible she toned for this (and chopped her hair), training for roles seems to be a big thing today even for older actors.
I liked the score too. I thought they made effective use of silence. Here I think it contributed directly to the feelings of isolation (whereas it just seems a "literal" thing in other movies).
I thought it was pretty eerie when
she was working to untether the parachute from the capsule, and behind her the entire satellite station was being shredded by debris, she was oblivious to it. I don't think there was sound, aside maybe from music there, it was all visual destruction.
You remember the movie Red Planet, where Trinity extinguishes the fire by opening the airlock? I always wondered about zero-gravity fires since then. Gravity has thankfully made it more believable.
As for Bullock, I wonder if the dudes at Framestore maybe comped her face on some supermodel's body just like they did to the space suits.
I don't think I saw red planet.