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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6197647" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>I suggest checking <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/10/04/ba_movie_review_gravity.html" target="_blank">this article</a> out (in addition to the reference from [MENTION=5868]Olgar Shiverstone[/MENTION] above).</p><p></p><p>As far as I understand it, the relative distances of the space stations and the Hubble were unrealistically close. A jet pack would not be able to navigate those distances effectively. The fire extinguisher trick probably wouldn't work. Also, Kowalski would not have been pulling her because there is (ironically) no gravity to pull him, so once his initial movement was stopped, he would have come back easily. No reason to dump him; you can't be a dead weight if you have no weight.</p><p></p><p>There's also a lot of dramatic conceit. It's awfully convenient that everything goes wrong at just the time it does, that the fuel runs out just as they reach the ISS, that the fire starts just when it does, that the pod lands in water, but right next to a shore with a nice calm sandy beach. Like all dramatic conceits, these things could happen, and real people have had similarly absurd coincidences, but after a few of these strung in a row there is a bit of eye-rolling from my seat.</p><p></p><p>And then there is a dose of sentiment. At least they justified the hallucination by the lack of oxygen, but I could have done without the whole "finding her spirituality" angle. Or at least, I don't think it needed to be so heavy-handed. Just tell the story, and let us decide what it means.</p><p></p><p>***</p><p></p><p>That being said, I also agree that the movie was tremendously entertaining, and that its flaws were small enough that I was still able to enjoy it. The visceral experience of being in space was quite impressive and well realized, and the central characters were easy to connect to. It is an excellent movie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6197647, member: 17106"] I suggest checking [URL="http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/10/04/ba_movie_review_gravity.html"]this article[/URL] out (in addition to the reference from [MENTION=5868]Olgar Shiverstone[/MENTION] above). As far as I understand it, the relative distances of the space stations and the Hubble were unrealistically close. A jet pack would not be able to navigate those distances effectively. The fire extinguisher trick probably wouldn't work. Also, Kowalski would not have been pulling her because there is (ironically) no gravity to pull him, so once his initial movement was stopped, he would have come back easily. No reason to dump him; you can't be a dead weight if you have no weight. There's also a lot of dramatic conceit. It's awfully convenient that everything goes wrong at just the time it does, that the fuel runs out just as they reach the ISS, that the fire starts just when it does, that the pod lands in water, but right next to a shore with a nice calm sandy beach. Like all dramatic conceits, these things could happen, and real people have had similarly absurd coincidences, but after a few of these strung in a row there is a bit of eye-rolling from my seat. And then there is a dose of sentiment. At least they justified the hallucination by the lack of oxygen, but I could have done without the whole "finding her spirituality" angle. Or at least, I don't think it needed to be so heavy-handed. Just tell the story, and let us decide what it means. *** That being said, I also agree that the movie was tremendously entertaining, and that its flaws were small enough that I was still able to enjoy it. The visceral experience of being in space was quite impressive and well realized, and the central characters were easy to connect to. It is an excellent movie. [/QUOTE]
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