Hell yeah. Five distant, cold, untwinkling stars from me.
I've never heard a rowdy weekend crowd go as quiet as during the 13 minute long opening take of this movie. The hype is true. This is the prettiest and most immersive space movie since 2001. It's also butt-clenchingly tense. Given the pelvic floor workout I got, it could be marketed as a treatment for incontinence.
Some thoughts:
Where does 3D go from here? James Cameron is the only other director, in my experience, to have shown an inkling of thought into its use and justification in modern cinema. Now Cuarón has waltzed in and shown everyone else what it can be. I hope Hollywood takes stock, and realises that their migraine-inducing marketing gimmick can, in fact, be used to enhance a film! It definitely does the trick here. See it in 3D if you can.
The physics throughout checks out thoroughly, EXCEPT for during one pivotal plot point. Spoiler: Kowalski had come to a stop. They were in free fall; Stone should have been able to pull him in gently without losing her foothold. Overall this didn't impact my enjoyment, but it was a bit annoying.
The brief reappearance of Kowalski was superbly done. In a lesser film, that scene would have been corny. But Alphonso Cuarón don't pop no corn.
The Soyuz is my favourite spacecraft. It's nice to see it get some screentime.
Where's that splashdown? I want to holiday there.
I've never heard a rowdy weekend crowd go as quiet as during the 13 minute long opening take of this movie. The hype is true. This is the prettiest and most immersive space movie since 2001. It's also butt-clenchingly tense. Given the pelvic floor workout I got, it could be marketed as a treatment for incontinence.
Some thoughts:
Where does 3D go from here? James Cameron is the only other director, in my experience, to have shown an inkling of thought into its use and justification in modern cinema. Now Cuarón has waltzed in and shown everyone else what it can be. I hope Hollywood takes stock, and realises that their migraine-inducing marketing gimmick can, in fact, be used to enhance a film! It definitely does the trick here. See it in 3D if you can.
The physics throughout checks out thoroughly, EXCEPT for during one pivotal plot point. Spoiler: Kowalski had come to a stop. They were in free fall; Stone should have been able to pull him in gently without losing her foothold. Overall this didn't impact my enjoyment, but it was a bit annoying.
The brief reappearance of Kowalski was superbly done. In a lesser film, that scene would have been corny. But Alphonso Cuarón don't pop no corn.
The Soyuz is my favourite spacecraft. It's nice to see it get some screentime.
Where's that splashdown? I want to holiday there.