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Originally Posted by NoWhErE
1 - 3D was used the right way (in my opinion) to show far off distances and heights instead of trying to cheaply throw things in your face. I actually felt dizzy from the heights at some points.
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Not taking anythign away from the 3D and special effects. They were very good. Honestly, though, I could give three shits about special effects and think the 3D era has ruined movies. Just my
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2 - Sandra Bullock essentially had to act our an entire movie - alone. You try pretending to be in nothingness and carry a movie for that amount of time. No fancy subplots or cheap tricks. Just straight up Sandra B. in your face for the entire runtime. If you've ever made a movie, you'd now how hard that can be to pull off.
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Yup, and that is what made it unbearable. She was basically herself from Speed, but in space, and all alone.
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3 - You probably had higher expectations about the movie than you thought just from the "rave reviews" you saw.
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Maybe you're right. But really I had no expectations. For the first time that I can remember, I went into this movie not knowing what it was about, and although I knew people were raving about it, I didn't know why (other than the CGI).
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4 - If you didn't like it or don't get it, that's fine. I didn't get Harry Potter, Twilight or Fifty Shades of Gray. We each have different tastes and opinions when it comes to what we enjoy in a movie.
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As bad I thought Gravity was, all those movies you named are far, far worse. Obviously. And of course we all have different opinions. I just wanted to write my own honest review, mostly to see if I was alone in my line of thinking.