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50 new things in 2023, part 10/50
Mar. 15th, 2023 11:40 amI skipped last week because I had a lot going on. This week I was in the mood for something fast, actiony, and fundamentally unchallenging, so I watched Gravity (2013), the space disaster movie starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.
I remember everyone talking about how great this movie was, but I didn't feel the love. I spent pretty much the whole running time wondering who at NASA decided to send this incompetent, half-trained, psychologically unstable person into space. Her tragic backstory alone should probably have screened her out. And watching her bullshit cause the deaths of at least one person and possibly more made me furious.
The special effects were great, though. I don't think I could have watched this movie on the big screen; all the spinning would have ruined me. But on a phone it was fine.
One final quibble: when your movie repeatedly mentions that space is silent, maybe don't give us thunks and clangs when a character is clambering over the outside of a space station.
I remember everyone talking about how great this movie was, but I didn't feel the love. I spent pretty much the whole running time wondering who at NASA decided to send this incompetent, half-trained, psychologically unstable person into space. Her tragic backstory alone should probably have screened her out. And watching her bullshit cause the deaths of at least one person and possibly more made me furious.
The special effects were great, though. I don't think I could have watched this movie on the big screen; all the spinning would have ruined me. But on a phone it was fine.
One final quibble: when your movie repeatedly mentions that space is silent, maybe don't give us thunks and clangs when a character is clambering over the outside of a space station.
