Reviews

First: It took two sessions to finish this movie. First an hour. And then 2 days later the rest.It sure as hell wasn't the usual Darren Aronofsky Movie. The first thing they did was sidestep all the trouble with the Church by calling him "the Creator" and not "God". Pretty soon though, Noah becomes the bad guy and we have nothing to root for because we don't know the family members yes. Telling more would be a spoiler. On a purely technical level it's made very well, but due to the poor color use still doesn't look that great..Aronofsky is really not the guy you give $150 Million for to interpret 3 Lines of the Bible. Also what was the deal with the land? It was barren as was a specific character. How did she know that though? Must've tried a lo to be sure. Still I give this movie a recommendation to buy on Blu Ray. Not on DVD though because you really need to good sound to appreciate it. That's also the problem of the production. You need a big screen and good sound system just to enjoy this one. This should not be the case with a good move.

Wow, this movie turned out to be much better than I expected it to be. I got the Blu Ray since it's release and now in August finally watched it. Halle Berry plays a pretty convincing 911 operator that loses a PR. She tries to go on but can't so she becomes a teacher of future operators, but as fate will have it (Probably the script too) she get's involved in a kidnapping case and tries literally everything to find that girl. You may ask yourself: Why don't they just trace the call and find the location: Warning next sentence is a mild spoiler: Because it's a disposable cellphone lacking a GPS chip (which is the reason why criminals love them so much). Well she's on the phone for hours, which really speaks for this cheap-ass phone. Good battery.. In general we have a few product placements in this movie but strangely enough also some really missed opportunities for great placement but back to my review.. The movie takes you in practically from Minute 1 and never lets you go. Of course I won't spoil the ending but it's slightly stupid and pretty much the only negative thing I can say about this movie. There is also a very nice cameo in the movie which TV Fans will really appreciate. So all in all: Go buy the Btu ray and support a good movie. The Blu Ray is fantastic when it comes to picture and the DTS HD Master 5.1 Track. Didn't check the extras though.

Oh you critics. How much fun must it be slamming a filmmaker who made a few bad movies even when he makes a good one. The focus on good, not great. The story is simple. Will Smith and his son Jaden (also his son in the movie) crash land on earth. Now a very dangerous place. Of course Will is hurt during the crash so young Jaden must go on the journey. What Journey? Well the journey to find the tail-end of the ship of course where the homing beacon is. That's pretty much the story. What remains is a perfectly serviceable summer blockbuster. Which it sadly never became, but how could it. Critics really let the movie have it. (I wrote something else here, pretty harmless, but it said it contained prohibited words. More like Censorship) Even though had all the necessary elements.This movie was only 100 minutes long which flew by. During it a lot of action and character development happens. Of course the critics all said it felt like a lot longer. I have only one question. This movie is a least 1000 years in the future. Why are they messing around with swords and not use guns like we do? They have mastered light speed yet a hand held laser is not possible?

OK, first, I know I am late to the party. This movie is in it's 11th week now. But I usually don't go the to movies anymore. For no apparent reason I stopped after "Avatar" (before all the hype). Then tried it again with the latest Die Hard which was a big mistake. But after Mark Kermode (BBC's loudest voice against 3D) said one has to see that at the theaters and further more in 3D I decided to give it a chance. Usually I see my movies on Blu Ray where I can control my environment. Luckily this showing of "Gravity" was quite pleasant despite one woman laughing at really inappropriate times, OK that's enough story let's get to the movie. Of course by this point it has been hyped beyond the moon with many pointing out it's opening scene. So of course I was sitting on hot stones waiting for the movie to start. And let's just say the opening scene went far beyond anything I could even imagine. This scene made Avatar look like a youtube video filmed on an iPhone. After that the story develops pretty fast. Their ship is hit by a lot of debris and rendered useless. So they try to make their way to the ISS. Luckily in this one instance the trailer didn't tell us much of anything because it made it look like Bullock would be lost in space with Clooney looking for her which was not the case at all. Clooney is actually out of the picture pretty soon and from there on we get to witness Bullock alone on her journey back to earth. I loved that they didn't include any unnecessary side stories or anything like that. The movie focuses on the problem at hand and how to handle it. I was really at the edge of my seat the whole time which about 80% of my brain devoted to the movie and the other 20% thinking: How the hell did they make this movie? It seems so real. Should this be this years best picture? Yes it should. I know I was giving you more of my experience of how I perceived the movie rather than a good review but that was what was in my heart right now.

I had pretty low to medium expectations going in with most critics giving it 1-1.5/5 and just complaining. The first thing that struck me about this movie was the gore, if you can call it that. They might as well have gone "R" and really made it count. But if there is such a thing, I'd call it a hard PG-13. You see bullets hit. You practically see someones heart get eaten and so now. Now that we have that out of the way. My only problem with the movie is the pacing. It's sometimes really a little slow, I really takes a long while for the city boy to become "The Lone Ranger" which he finally does at the end. It takes about 2 hours or so. While they aren't boring they aren't that exciting either. You have one big action set piece at the end but that's about it. Some small adventures here and there but that was about it. Still, I am pretty content with my mission to buy the blu ray for $15. Definitely worth it. Unless you don't like westerns, then you might wanna stay clear.

Maybe it was because of all the bad reviews that my expectations were really low but I managed to enjoy the hell out of this movie. One small thing bugs me though. That one orange car that falls from the roof near the end. It looked kinda like an unfinished effects shot. Which is really weird. Well, yeah, it's borrowing from a few movies here and there but it also has a driving story, and doesn't stray from the path a lot. Fun all the way. All the actors are pretty good, some even bringing their A-Game. My only gripe would be that some of the creature shots look like right out of an animated movie. Or is that just because animated movies have become so good? Can you justify a Blind Buy of the Blu Ray? Yes you can!

Wow this was pretty bad. Why still 6 points? Because I still acknowledge all the work that went into making this movie. Otherwise it would be a 4 at most. The premise, with which I think everyone reading this will be familiar, is far more interesting than the movie itself. Sadly they don't really do anything with the great 12 hours of doing whatever you want premise. And the plot holes. OMG. Like all the people she set free at the end. Won't they come after her next year? Also like, if you kill your boss, next day at work no questions asked from management? Back to the movie.. the first 30 minutes are pretty boring, where everybody makes kind of random and stupid decisions. Nah, that's unfair they do that the whole movie not just in the beginning. You should stay together as a group and not everybody for themselves. Also a note to the lightening dept. When a house is lit by car lights the first floor doesn't look like daylight in the night. And to be so bored during a movie that you notice these things isn't good either. Even I as a supporter of buy everything, help the industry have to say: stay away from this turkey.