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Re:Poking holes in the "Gravity" trailer with NASA's help by objclxt on Sunday October 06, 2013 @12:36AM (#6503140)
See it in IMAX (proper IMAX, not those 'fake' IMAX you sometimes get in multiplexes) and I think you'll have a fantastic time. I saw it today, and as a piece of film making it's really impressive.

I think if you saw it on a smaller screen you would come away less enthused. I thought there were definitely plotting and script problems, but that the visual impact of the film compensated for that. Sandra Bullock is definitely not the best choice, but she's not terrible (I don't think she was Alfonso Cuaron's first choice either).

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Re:Poking holes in the "Gravity" trailer with NASA's help by nzp on Sunday October 06, 2013 @09:05AM (#6503971)
> I don't think she was Alfonso Cuaron's first choice either

According to Wikipedia, Angelina Jolie was the first choice, but in my opinion that would have been a much, much worse choice. What's wrong with Bullock? To me she seems plausible as an astronaut at least as far as physique and appearance go.

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Re:Poking holes in the "Gravity" trailer with NASA's help by hcarvalhoalves on Sunday October 06, 2013 @12:14PM (#6504463)
She's not a career astronaut though, from what I understood she's playing a scientist, sent there to fix the station, having to face her fears and thinking quick on her feet, which makes it all the more believable.
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