mavity (2013)

marc2003 said:
i want to see this but i'm not sure if 3d is going to be worth it in a small town cineworld? also, it's £2.10 more expensive just to get in. :p

i was less than impressed with avatar and prometheus. and given how avatar seems to the "benchmark" for every 3d fan, i can't see how this is going to be any better.
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I didn't find Avatar 3D to add much over the 2D version but this you have to see in 3D!
 
Loved it! The fact that it's based on real life current day technology (shuttle, ISS and other space stations) filled me with a sense of awe that completely fictional space movies like star trek could never do. Seeing it in Imax is both immense and essential. 3D gives a great perception of vastness and depth and makes everything look huge, such as the earth. Such a wide panorama of things subtly coming into view from miles away in a corner of the screen to really up close. The lighting of scenes around the space station then the complete contrast of darkness and just stars. The virtual tour inside and around the outside of the stations making you feel you're right there. Just awesome. The sense of being totally alone in endless space was conveyed very well. I think it's pretty obvious that the whole flick must have been inspired by the Hubble 3D movie.

what was supposed to have happened to put a hole right through the middle of that dead astronaut's face near the beginning of the movie? Shrapnel from the russian satellite debris I guess?
 
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Chong Warrior said:
I watched it at VueExtreme tonight. They just turn the sound up and have leather seats, screen is not different from what I can tell.
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Well I don't know what the Xtreme screens are like in Manchester but the one I ended up going to (Westfield) was stunning. Much much bigger screen (4k projectors i believe too) stadium seating.. It was tremendous. Almost restored my faith in cinema going.

As for the film.. Wow. I'm annoyed at myself for seeing the clips that were released before it came out, as I think that lost me some of the wow factor. But still. Incredible film.
 
[smug] Btw, it only cost me £4.60 for the Imax. ;D[/smug]
Mind you, what I saved I spent on munchies, £7 for a hotdog and drink. Ripoff.
 
Why so little. I am paying £20 a ticket tonight to see it at BFI IMAX.

I am going to Byronhamburgers in Waterloo beforehand and their tasty burgers are just £8 so better than a dirty hotdog haha
 
Saw it today, was great! Highly recommended seeing it in 3D, one of the films I've seen that uses it to great effect, largely due to just how great it look, it was phenomenal. Mind you, I didn't really like Sandra in this one, and the story was overall "meh/ok" tier.

But hey, you're really gonna see it for all the space stuff :D
 
Liquid_Entity said:
Why so little. I am paying £20 a ticket tonight to see it at BFI IMAX.

I am going to Byronhamburgers in Waterloo beforehand and their tasty burgers are just £8 so better than a dirty hotdog haha
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Because I used a Tesco clubcard voucher to buy a basic ticket, (Tesco promotion in August, £2.50 of vouchers earned from buying food buys a basic £9 2D ticket) then imax upgrade was £4.60. :)
 
Ok, having seen it, I have a bit of a problem with the gaping hole in the main twist which leads to pretty much the rest of the movie being somewhat "broken" for me. I must have not paid attention for a second or something because I can't find it on the list of goofs and it would quite clearly be picked up by someone already:
Kowalski tows Dr Stone on a line for miles and miles using simple premise that where g=0, weight is 0, therefore you can pull additional mass in direction dictated by your trajectory regardless of its original direction of travel. Yet when they reach the station and Dr Stone's leg gets entangled in parachute lines Kowalski decides to go off the line to avoid both of them drifting deeper into outer space. This made very little sense to me. Her body was already stopped by the parachute lines, his trajectory was already stopped by the tow line she held onto. g is 0, weight is 0, there is no wind, there is no draft, no currents, no wind, objects traveling at high speed have no resistance, it can't be mavity pull or the station would be first one to go, all she needs to do is bend her arm of leg by a fraction of a cm and he will slowly but surely fly back into her arms. Just like what we've been watching them do for miles and miles. What have I missed when I blinked that makes him spring off already stopped tow line, and why is her leg still slipping after they both clearly become stationary?
 
Really sorry we didn't get to IMAX to see this. Saw it this afternoon while little one was at nursery. Characters were a bit weak but movie wasn't about the characters it was about the flimsiness of stuff in space :)

Scene were Bullock calmly flips through Soyuz' instructions made me smile; reminded me of sim training I had with a guy that couldn't take a breath and just read a checklist

v0n said:
Ok, having seen it, I have a bit of a problem with the gaping hole in the main twist which leads to pretty much the rest of the movie being somewhat "broken" for me. I must have not paid attention for a second or something because I can't find it on the list of goofs and it would quite clearly be picked up by someone already:
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Thought that too about that scene, but will put it down to something I missed in Physics.
 
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I think it's something to do with the fact that they were decelerating as they were caught up in the lines, and hence they were individually snapping or pulling away. Clooney and his super powers must have calculated that their combined inertia wouldn't have been stopped by the last line, but Bullock alone would have.
 
tres said:
I think it's something to do with the fact (...)
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I considered that, but
they become completely stationary, they have a chat on a completely stretched line, "you need to learn to let go" and all that for tens of seconds. It's a complete stand still at that point, but somehow their body mass behave like they were hanging upside down, him hanging on the end of the line, her slipping away from parachute as if under his weight. In truth when he stretches his arm to unhook tow line, all he needs to do is tap or tug on the line ever so slightly, by a milimeter. Her body is stationary and any motion is resisted by a parachute line, his is not, he will propel himself back towards her.
 
Watched this lastnight, we both loved it, great story, most of the things seems quite believable, Bullock put in a great performance, wish the end showed her being rescued.
 
Not sure what to make of this film - saw it last night.

On the one hand, absolutely stunning effects that had me in awe. The real-life 'locations' (ISS and Chinese station etc) did make it a very cool setting as another post said further up. But... I'm not sure if it was that the film was over-hyped, but I certainly didn't leave the cinema thinking "best film of the year".

The 3d was alright, but nothing special. I thought Avatar's use was far better - it was immersive and subtle, whereas mavity just seemed the be loads of screws and teardrops floating out of the screen. It seemed a bit more gimmicky.

Still, I'm perfectly happy to have paid my money to see the film, and would recommend it to others.
 
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