Hows gravity?

[Vane]

I saw the trailers and it looked awesome, But for people who've actually SEEN it, How was it? Good, Bad or Ugly?

[*Aqua*]

It was ridiculous. Systems are failing everywhere, things turn bad all the time and our hero astronaut always finds a way to survive in a miracle way. Srsly?

Apart from that the movie was good.

[makinyashikino]

The story was alright, and don't expect much from a scientific accuracy standpoint. But the visuals were jaw-dropping and gorgeous, especially because I saw it in an Imax 3D Theatre!

[John Crichton]

Content wise, it gets an "ok" from me.

But graphics and special effects wise? 10/10. I saw it at an Imax and was blown away.

[Nibb31]

Search the forum. There's a thread on it.

[Seret]

Fantastic film. Watch it on a decent sized screen with good sound. Beautifully shot and very immersive. They take some liberties with realism for the sake of the story, but that's excusable.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

It was great from a movie perspective.

Looking at it for realism it was horrible.

[Seret]

I wouldn't rag on the realism too much. They did make a concerted effort to be much more realistic than most space films. The sound design for example, where only objects the astronauts were touching could be heard. The stuff they did get wrong was generally deliberately done. For example they parked several spacecraft in orbits unrealistically close to each other, as having the protagonist spend days making a complex series of orbital maneuvers to reach them wouldn't have worked dramatically.

[iDan122]

Best movie of 2013, it also got 7 oscars.

[makinyashikino]

I wouldn't rag on the realism too much. They did make a concerted effort to be much more realistic than most space films. The sound design for example, where only objects the astronauts were touching could be heard. The stuff they did get wrong was generally deliberately done. For example they parked several spacecraft in orbits unrealistically close to each other, as having the protagonist spend days making a complex series of orbital maneuvers to reach them wouldn't have worked dramatically.

The main problem with the realism was a huge plot point, when

Sanda Bullock's character is holding on to Clooney when they are trying to grab onto the ISS, Clooney is being pulled backwards by some phantom force, even though he is holding onto a rope that is connected to Bullock and the station. When in reality, he would have survived.

How do is spoiler things aaaa

Edited April 2, 2014 by Cavenyanson

[Seret]

I've sent you a PM so as not to ruin the fun for the OP.

[Ralathon]

The main problem with the realism was a huge plot point, when

Sanda Bullock's character is holding on to Clooney when they are trying to grab onto the ISS, Clooney is being pulled backwards by some phantom force, even though he is holding onto a rope that is connected to Bullock and the station. When in reality, he would have survived.

How do is spoiler things aaaa

they where spinning. centripetal force is a thing.

[J.Random]

they where spinning. centripetal force is a thing.

No they weren't.

[Seret]

No they weren't.

[circular logic]They must have been, or else why was the parachute line slipping?[/circular logic]

[KerbMav]

I think (working from memory and not 100% sure)

- they were both still moving

- the ropes were still budging

- as soon as the ropes were both unwound from the station and reached their maximum extension they would snap/pull back

- Stone's foot was already slipping out of the sling

- Kowalski feared the lines would not hold the mass of both of them and they would drift away from the station together

[lajoswinkler]

The main problem with the realism was a huge plot point, when

Sanda Bullock's character is holding on to Clooney when they are trying to grab onto the ISS, Clooney is being pulled backwards by some phantom force, even though he is holding onto a rope that is connected to Bullock and the station. When in reality, he would have survived.

How do is spoiler things aaaa

Oh god, not this again...

That phantom force is centrifugal force. They're rotating around the station at a slow angular speed, but his mass is huge and the rope is huge, too.

In at least two scenes you can see them slowly rotating. Also note that such scenario is highly plausible, even neccessary.

they where spinning. centripetal force is a thing.

Centripetal force in this case is the force of the rope pulling them inwards, which is essentially electric force of the atoms in the rope.