mavity (2013)

I walked out the BFI IMAX with a big grin on my face last night and thought the film was excellent. I did say last night on Facebook it was best film I've seen in years however after sleeping on it, I would just put it down to be a unique and stunningly visual film but with a simple disaster/survival film set in our true reality of space i.e. ISS, Chinese & Russian space stations.

The use of music and the threat of peril was really well done and kept me to edge of my seat at times. I like the sentimental parts where the camera just pans out to space or to the Earth and I felt like I was experiencing it too. I know that sounds cheesey but cos of the BFI IMAX screen it did feel sooo huge and vast out there in space.

The 3D could have been a little better, I think that was more down to where I was sat in the IMAX though. Row G was more in the middle than further back and as I am long sighted I struggled to see a lot of the 3D effects in full focus and was hurting my head.

I'd watch again 1 more time on blu ray just to see it visually on a normal tv and watch the extras too. However I wouldn't say it was going to be watched again and again
 
Saw it on 3D IMAX and could imagine a scenario where I would have walked out due to the scale of the screen and the motion of the camera. Am looking forward to rewatching it again in 2D on the biggest screen I can find. The use of music and the threat of peril is exactly right. It was a nerve-shredding experience. Fantastic stuff.
 
Watched it this afternoon. Breathtaking and tense, really enjoyed both of the lead rolls. Enough realistic space stuff to keep you on side, its sci-fi not a documentary and it was all believable to me.

Film of the year, no. Ground breaking great 3D film, yes. :)
 
Watched this at IMAX at Manchester prints works last night

As stated by many others, absolute epic, the visuals were breathtaking

I've never experienced vertigo in my life but this film was crazy gave me my first vertigo feeling lol

Film of the year for me, not sure how it would look in 2d though

A must watch
 
Seems like most people like this due to the same reasons as avatar

Has anyone not seen it at imax?
 
Saw it last night and really enjoyed it but...

I thought the film was about to end on two occasions before it actually did and I would've prefered to see her die in the capsule rather than survive another two or three near death experiences. Didn't think the story or style of the film really needed a happy ending to make it feel complete.

al4x said:
Has anyone not seen it at imax?
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Yep, saw it on a tiny screen and can't say I was overly bothered about the quality once the film got going. Having said that I feel the same about watching Blu-rays over DVDs, once you get over the initial wow factor of the visuals you soon become engrossed in the story which almost makes you forget about the quality of the media you're watching it on.
 
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al4x said:
Has anyone not seen it at imax?
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screen 9 at my small town cineworld. the biggest let down was the weak sound system. also, i made the mistake of going to a screening with subtitles. it was really off putting. i don't have a problem reading them when required for foreign language films but having them there when not needed... :mad: i suppose i only have myself to blame. :p

anyway, i did enjoy the film for the time i was in there. but it's kind of instantly forgettable once you've left. i had the same feeling after watching oblivion. :/
 
Pigeon_Killer said:
Having said that I feel the same about watching Blu-rays over DVDs, once you get over the initial wow factor of the visuals you soon become engrossed in the story which almost makes you forget about the quality of the media you're watching it on.
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I think the opposite, the higher resolution increases the immersive experience for me, especially on the larger TV that are common today
 
This is one of my favourite movies ever. I saw this in an IMAX theatre and the whole 90 mins were overwhelmingly intense. I haven't felt like that in a cinema since I saw Gladiator for the first time.

Great stuff.
 
I hate to say it, but I was really unimpressed. Visually it was stunning, but aside from that it didn't offer much for me - the storyline was very average.

(possible very minor spoilers, so tagged)

There wasn't really a lot going on by way of storyline, and her ability to go from mess to mess was almost hilarious - I was fully expecting her to get eaten by a shark at the end.
 
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I think I might wait for disc having weighed up all the options and views
Non imax has so much worse sound than standard. I find this a bigger let down than picture

Also cannot guarantee what screen will be getting and some are very small
 
Saw this last night at 3D IMAX. WOW. I was buzzing when I walked out! I wouldn't have thought a film could carry itself purely on the intensity of the situation, visuals and floating around in space… but it did!

I’m not even going to go into all the imagery stuff like the foetal position, umbilical cords, swimming with amphibians etc… it was awesome even without all that. It was like a great computer game or rollercoaster more than a film :D

Also, what was the country at the end?
 
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