Dr.Mirakle32
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That's the most perfect gif I've ever seen for this. Brilliant dude.
GasparZizou
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Pish posh, you don't say that to science.
GasparZizou
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Mmmh nope, my spidey senses didn't tingle there, do you think there was something wrong with that scene?
Lejuan
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deleted my post for an update. This guy reckons there is something majorly wrong with that scene:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/...d-a-writer-at-the-movies.html?smid=tw-nytimes
...and pity this astrophysicist, for whom too much knowledge must've really buggered up his cinematic experience
https://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/...t-tweeting-about-its-scientific-inaccuracies/
I'm happy to be largely ignorant of all things space-related, so these things didn't bother me
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Scientists are dead inside and shouldn't watch movies.
GasparZizou
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deleted my post for an update. This guy reckons there is something majorly wrong with that scene:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/...d-a-writer-at-the-movies.html?smid=tw-nytimes
...and pity this astrophysicist, for whom too much knowledge must've really buggered up his cinematic experience
https://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/...t-tweeting-about-its-scientific-inaccuracies/
I'm happy to be largely ignorant of all things space-related, so these things didn't bother me
Dayum, what a shame, by "the science" I meant that there was only 2 scenes that got the physics wrong, but I didn't know it had all that many inaccuracies in the applied sciences dept., most of them are convenient "re arrangements" for the sake of the story, and half of them are nitpicks from that dude (in the 2nd link)
So they don't bother me.
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No. I just don't like cynical cash grabs. 
GasparZizou
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Nope, dead inside.
Don't know what you mean by the "pod scene".
For me, the two main ones are the fetus scene in question, and the emerging from the water scene. Both are needed. The former is sort of her in the beginning stages of her emotional transformation. Still in the womb, so to speak. The rest of the movie is her being delivered, painfully. She comes to terms with her sorrow, and finds the desire to live. The latter (water scene) is the bookend to the other scene. She emerges from the water like a newborn from amniotic fluid. Seeing her stand and take her first steps is deeply moving.
Again, both scenes are needed. If they were more subtle they would be nonexistent for the average movie goer. Personally, I think this movie found the sweet spot for the metaphors, between not apparent and obvious.
That's why I said "I would venture to say". I'm being a bit presumptuous about a culture I don't fully understand. However, I would be surprised if there weren't people in that theater that would have preferred to experience the ending with the directors intent.
Yeah, thank god that didn't happen.
deleted my post for an update. This guy reckons there is something majorly wrong with that scene:
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/...d-a-writer-at-the-movies.html?smid=tw-nytimes
...and pity this astrophysicist, for whom too much knowledge must've really buggered up his cinematic experience
https://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/...t-tweeting-about-its-scientific-inaccuracies/
I'm happy to be largely ignorant of all things space-related, so these things didn't bother me
Things like the Hubble and ISS being in different orbits don't bother me. I'm a layman so I didn't need to suspend disbelief on my first viewing. And even after hearing about the "error", I'm not bothered. It's the kind of compression that happens all the time in movies for the sake of plot.
The only scene that bothers me is when Kowalski disconnects his tether. As a layman, it just looks goofy. The rules of movement in space as presented within the movie seems to be broken, and it's a distraction. Unless I can settle on a way justify what I see in that scene it bumps it down from 5 stars to 4 1/2. It's too I mportant of a scene to do it in such a distracting way.
Lejuan
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Yeah well you still managed to call me a self-indulgent wanker without knowing a thing about my culture or the context. I'd venture to say you should get off your high horse.
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He was crying at the end of this movie. ....I mean, it's a great movie and all....but eh....uh.
....I mean, it's a great movie and all....but eh....uh.
Lejuan
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Aussie theatre goers generally respond a lot better to a heckle than the sound of man sniffles I guarantee it
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If it makes you feel better, I saw it tonight, and thought about your comment, and chuckled to myself.
Fair enough. I still see it as self indulgent, but I guess we all are at times. We all appreciate attention.
But my post was more about defending the director than attacking you. I've seen plenty of movies that I felt were heavy handed or manipulative, but I don't get that from this. The visual metaphors were needed, and just subtle enough in my opinion.
He was crying at the end of this movie.
^^^ Dead inside.
Aussie theatre goers generally respond a lot better to a heckle than the sound of man sniffles I guarantee it
I don't sob in theaters, but I'm not ashamed of getting a little misty either. A man that is, is compensating for something.
If it makes you feel better, I saw it tonight, and thought about your comment, and chuckled to myself.
If you want to know the truth, when she makes it to shore part of me did half expect another survival moment. So I see the humor in gators.
cokebabies
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Imagine how crazy they'd have gone for that zinger lolololol!
Imagine how crazy they'd have gone for that zinger lolololol!
I agree. I can't wait for the BluRay but nothing will ever compare to seeing this at Imax. I haven't seen a movie that was this awesome in years. Wow, that's one serious piece of entertainment. 
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