Making Gravity Was So Much Harder Than You Think | CineFix Top 100

[@Rudykawa]

I love how this list is slowly being filled exactly like a cinefix movie list. Between the actual movies that made the list there are a lot of honorable mentions. Cant wait to hear about all the movies from all the lists. If 99 on one list made 270 than it would be less than 280 movies total considering repetitions from all the 4 lists. Will listen to every single one.

[@CineFix]

@Rudykawa you're somehow the first person to notice, but we're very glad you did! Thanks for watching / listening!

[@chuckg8638]

So this list is going to take us 6 years?

[@CineFix]

@@chuckg8638 nope! There is an endgame! We're working to get ahead of shoots so we can get 2-3 seasons of the show in each year. - Producer Dan

[@deepcutfilm]

That anecdote about flipping the opening shot to be upside down is absolute gold 👌😄

[@DGalious]

I remember watching Gravity in cinemas. For some reason the distributor was only showcasing IMAX format in stereo in our country, and the only option to watch it in a classical 2D was a regular cinema ticket or Dolby Atmos. i have never been in Atmos room before and the film fit the best ever to this experience, because it is so rich of sound design and tension! 40 speakers around you with just around 50 seats available, and the screen was relatively small, but it all worked even better on the atmosphere of being trapped in space with no way out. And when I was walking out the cinema I have spotted two of my righthand fingers shaking. I was surprised to see that without of feeling anything odd except adrenaline and inspiration. So, thank you again for this movie, and for this interview!

[@soulresuscitate]

This was a wonderful episode. I get why people want a strict 100, but I found the interview, insight, and curveball of it all charming and highly enjoyable.

[@isaaccamelobernardesdacost2286]

I'm still waiting for the Vertigo episode. You guys promised!!! Every Monday I'm like "please, be vertigo. Please, be vertigo". But well, I can't complain that this episodes haven't been great too, especially this one. Seriously guys, I'm in love with this podcast.

[@theonlymegumegu]

i know, and i just rewatched vertigo in the theater, the ep needs to come when it's still fresh in my mind XD

[@CineFix]

When Alex was out, we reconfigured our plans a little and we moved next week's movie ,The Third Man, into the Vertigo slot. We'll be going through this list with some purpose going forward, and we're excited to reveal what we're doing very soon. Vertigo has shifted a bit later, but it will all make sense! - Dan

[@isaaccamelobernardesdacost2286]

@@CineFix You guys are just the best. Thank you for the amazing content you've been giving us.

[@SadThrash]

This was a fun episode! I always enjoy hearing the insight of VFX legends like Webber. Looking forward to continuing our progress through the top 100 picks.

[@Blackgold1155]

This is a guilty pleasure movie for me. I know it’s not well liked my most, but it was a thumbs up to me.

[@justintime343]

Clint: "I don't think I've actually talked to anyone on a movie list...Surely I have." You have, and don't call me Shirley! 😀

[@danzintokyo]

COULD YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT Everything Everywhere all once. I have had a hard time to describe the movie to friends who have not seen it. thanks

[@comicbelief]

When you realize how often they say “like”, it’s all you pay attention to. Cal said it six times in a ten word sentence 😂

[@NipItInTheBud100]

I miss the old Cinefix! Bring back the “7 things you (probably) didn’t know about “movie title here”! Been over a year since the last one! Those were always so good!

[@Ericuf]

How this movie is not available in 4K is a travesty.

[@fbritorufino]

Oh wow, didn't think this would figure in anyone's list, the movie always felt a bit too cheesy, too... self-helpish, maybe? to me. The initial sequence is really great, though.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

When Bullock was struggling to get out of the pod in the ocean, getting tangled up in seaweed, the audience in my theater started laughing. My wife and I had this whispered exchange: She: I thought she was going to get attacked by sharks. Me: I was thinking Nazis She: Nazi sharks! To this day, we can make each other laugh by finding reasons to reference Nazi sharks.

[@ckellyedits]

I really don't understand this. It came in 270th place so why are we talking about it on what is supposed to be the Top 100? Confused. Nice insight but this format gets increasingly more strange with each passing video.

[@majormononoke8958]

The probably just got this guy from somewhere and they needed some meguffin to get his inside.

[@Blidsater]

If one or more of the hosts has it on their topp 100 they will talk about it. Then by som algoritm the movie gets a place on the combined top 100 or outside of it based on the different places from the hosts and the producer.

[@ckellyedits]

@@Blidsater I understand, it's just really a big waste of time though. Are we going to be watching this for ten years, talking about movies that nobody really wanted to be talking about

[@Rudykawa]

Have you ever watched a cinefix top list though? Sometimes they talk more about the honorable mentions in between than the movies that were chosen to fit the positions

[@brianreising3293]

yeah, I was under the impression that these discussions would be covering just the 100 films that the algorithm spit out as the top 100. Not sure I care enough to weed through 270+ of these. EDIT: I feel it takes the impact out of these if it's randomly on 1 person's list, at 99 no less. I love Not Another Teen Movie, might make my top 100, but there's no way in hell I'd want to be on a panel discussing why it may be one of the best films of all time. If I were in this panel, that might actually have been the case.

[@JamaicaSugar]

Can someone explain the "not 100" in the thumbnail but when watching the review the "not" is missing and it looks like an actual "top 100" review? Why review non "top 100" titles at all?

[@CineFix]

Just like our other lists, the Not 100 episodes are the Honorable mentions in and around the actual list. But the reasons for that will become apparent very soon...

[@DCGX]

That was great!

[@EsteQueso19]

Wait, are you telling me Gravity is not shot on location?

[@2nd3rd1st]

Technically we are in space all the time, just tethered to this big round space ship

[@EsteQueso19]

@@2nd3rd1st you mean flat spaceship :)

[@1beamxo]

What happens to Homemade movies and DIY custom squad?

[@grifffaust]

Reading some of the comments definitely helps show why IGN buying Cinefix was a bad idea. Anyway, Gravity is a decent movie, but it's middle of the pack in Cuaron's filmography, and some of the bad physics (which was shocking when so much media hype was on it being hard SF) doesn't help. Having it on a list called "Top 100" is a bit baffling.

[@peerign]

Honorable mentions are a CineFix staple - and if you listened to the episode, you no doubt realized Gravity didn’t make the Top 100. (If the thumbnail image didn’t give that away.)

[@memeheadroom]

Can't beleive the Easter egg with the fake cameraman & boom operator caught in Kowalski's visor never came up

[@ericobrien1266]

So, this was number 270. Does that mean it wasn't in the Top 100? The episode felt like a Top 100 episode and was never verbally acknowledged as a "Not Top 100". These Top 100 episodes started off well, but pushing Vertigo to later in the episodes and this episode not clearly being a "Not Top 100" is making things really confusing. When will you all be back on track?

[@CineFix]

This week we start with The Third Man (which ended up taking Vertigo's slot) as we finish out this first season in the first week of November. The Not 100s are honorable mentions, not unlike any of our list videos.

[@kirbyhater1115]

I don't know why this film still gets the hate that it does. I remember back in the day the majority of the backlash on IGN, where gamers and Hobbit fans with no attention span would complain about how "boring" it was. But now I think because Cinefix is owned by IGN that these same IGN haters are back. Gravity is a film of pure cinema. Not many films encapsulate the medium, but this does. Cauron said you can experience most films by listening to them, so he wanted to make a film you NEEDED to watch at all times. And boy, this is a film that is like an experience, more than most films I've watched (and I've seen thousands). Along with ROMA, Gravity is a work of Cauron's that felt more than a film. If you can't recognise that this is a masterwork of filmmaking then it's your loss. Edit: Come to think of it, the backlash may have been a result of that Neil Degrasse Tyson or whatever his name is. In a video he ripped on the film for its inaccuracies and that went viral, and everyone went into sheep mode because Tyson is a memey scientist. There was also the "Honest Trailer", more memey BS that ripped on the film. It's ironic though that the "Honest Trailer" for Captain America The Winter Soldier didn't point out any of its flaws. People back in 2013 wanted easy popcorn films so Gravity wasn't welcome, and to this day I feel this is still the case.

[@btgkg9639]

You have not seen thousands just like you told the other person on another commenter they haven’t seen thousands. The movie was boring, the acting was mediocre at best and the only good quality about this movie was the graphics which space has been done to death.

[@Silent002]

I agree, it's got a great pace to it and manages to handle tension and release really well. Surprisingly for me, I felt connected to Sandra Bullock's character despite little setup of her character, just off of the back of her being a human attempting to survive against the odds. It would probably make it onto my personal Top 100 and I can understand people enjoying it but not having it on their own top 100, but to consider it a bad film feels odd to me when it does so many scenes so well. For me, it's proof that you don't need constant silly quips or dialogue explaining what everyone on screen is thinking in order to tell the audience what they should be thinking or feeling at that moment.

[@kirbyhater1115]

@@btgkg9639 How can your main criticism of the film was that "it's boring". You couldn't get more subjective.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

I think "hate" for Gravity is too much, sure. It's not strong enough to inspire hate. It is definitely a masterful filmmaking achievement and a theater experience, but it is also not involving on a character or emotional level. It's a thrilling ride with a mediocre script. I'm glad I saw it in 3-D, and I'm glad I watched it again a few years ago with Rifftrax commentary (perfect entry for the riffing crew). That's plenty of value for any piece of cinema. One of the best of all time? I wouldn't even put in the top 500.

[@kirbyhater1115]

@@allenrubinstein3696 Strongly, strongly disagreed besides the "masterful filmmaking achievement" part". It's emotionally engaging, with Bullock's character being a sympathetic character with a tragic back story -- not to mention the Oscar nominated performance. Not in your top 500? Wow. Just...wow. And why is it on "Rifftrax"? I bet the riffing crew all tried to sound pseudo intellectual, picking out the inaccuracies they never even knew about prior to reading it up online.

[@marklawd91]

Just because a film has amazing effects, doesnt make it an amazing film. Its an average film at best. Shocking choice...

[@tyreeneshane.]

It's not in the top 100.

[@kirbyhater1115]

"An average film at best". Awful take.

[@marklawd91]

@kirbyhater1115 ok. So apart from the great effects, what else is special about it? There's no metaphors, no hidden meanings, average story, average characters. Imo, it's a film that provides no value on the second viewing.

[@joshuab3715]

@@kirbyhater111510000% not one of the best films ever

[@kirbyhater1115]

@@joshuab3715 1000000% is.

[@natangweiitula]

Connected guests removes objectivity

[@facepillownap]

I put this as my #1 “worst space physics” movies of all time. Good visuals don’t have to rely on fantastic realities.

[@deltaloko]

Hated this episode. Why are we getting an hour and a half video about movie 270 on the top 100 movie list? And why add in someone who made the film? this isn't corridor crew. The format of the 3 talking about the movie on their own was great, im less interested in them talking to someone who made it about their own movie.

[@lucmaj5198]

This movie is so so average. It looks beautiful and that is it. Sad this made it on your list

[@starkparker16]

Repo Man next week

[@chuckg8638]

I'm really enjoying the series... BUT... 100, 1.5hr weekly episodes is already going to take you guys two years to get through. Can you please PLEASE stop getting distracted with "not top 100" movie episodes? To be honest, Tim looked like you had just pooped in his Cheerios when you revealed that his movie was ranked 290 something when he thought he was on a podcast about the top 100 movies of all time.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

I would love to have made the 290th greatest film of all film history.

[@Skipping2HellPHX]

11:00 Gravity, a movie about surviving in space with only a space suit on and jumping from one space station to another "is not fantastical." I think you might be a little to close the the project to be credible Tim.

[@DocXango]

I hope this isn't the new format.

[@MrMann0123]

I actually did watch it on a plane...

[@CineFix]

So you're the one...

[@ozykins]

Noooope. Misophonia says stop when someone is drinking into mic.

[@j----y]

Is there anything more annoying than someone with "misophonia"?

[@ozykins]

@@j----y yeah, those who question it

[@ALL__CAPS]

I just can't see how you can really put this movie anywhere near a top 100 list. Whilst it may be a good technical achievement it's a 6/10 at best

[@foxy-dw8fi]

I just can't see how you can really put a comment like this

[@mst311]

I’d say top 5,000 maybe

[@marklawd91]

Exactly. Without the great effects, its an average film at best. There is so many films with amazing effects, does that mean they should all be in the list just because of that? No!

[@marklawd91]

​​@foxy-dw8fi wow. You sure got them 😂 you absolutely destroyed all_caps with that one 🥴

[@charlesstall4018]

especially when you consider this director too, I mean this is from the same guy that made Children of Men!!!

[@Kujakuseki01]

Definitely not a movie I ever thought about once after I watched it.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Weak, forgettable movie.

[@GuerrillaWallFlair]

Explaining what it is, harder still!😂

[@joecorsaro1381]

The first time I saw gravity was on the back of an airplane seat 😑

[@CineFix]

Tim was behind you on that plane, and he was pulling his hair out.

[@joecorsaro1381]

@@CineFix he probably should have no ticketed me

[@acidgougewaltz]

from 17:30 to 18:05 Michael Calabro speaks for about 35 seconds and says the word "like" 27 times. Modern education ladies and gentlemen.

[@Meesterlijker]

Disappointed that a film like this could end up in a top 100 when it's not even anywhere near the 1000 best films ever made

[@elliot157]

It isn't?

[@Meesterlijker]

@@elliot157 Nope. It has quite some flaws, and there are sooo many incredible films out there

[@elliot157]

@@Meesterlijker I agree. I meant that they didn't put the film in their 100, I phrased my comment poorly

[@Meesterlijker]

@@elliot157 you're right of course. My bad. Still, a film that shouldn't be anywhere near a top 1000 let alone a top 100 :)

[@ellemiller7237]

Lol already wasnt taking this list seriously but come on

[@AdAstra78]

It should have been dialogue-free. Clooney's smarmy banter, in particular, really does harm the film.

[@amitklain4199]

It was a good list so far but this choice is whack

[@kirbyhater1115]

No

[@joshuab3715]

@@kirbyhater1115bro, yes. It’s a whack decision.

[@btgkg9639]

@@kirbyhater1115Yes.

[@joshuab3715]

The fact that this is in the top 100 just proves how unholy this algorithm is.

[@kirbyhater1115]

No

[@LynnHermione]

Found the mysoginist

[@jonathanpettit9190]

It's not in the top 100. It's 270.

[@joshuab3715]

@@jonathanpettit9190ok I feel a litttle better

[@LynnHermione]

This movie is a masterpiece and seeing all the haters here is disgusting.

[@BigBird104]

This is a weak response to the "haters". Most people are pointing out it's technical achievement, while correctly addressing it should be nowhere near a top 100 list. Don't think it's a difficult argument.

[@joshuab3715]

I’m not a hater. I’m glad the movie exists. Just shouldn’t be on the Top 100 of all time is all. I’ve seen it twice. 🎉

[@joshuampayne]

1:00:50

[@nikosvault]

This is getting silly.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Weak, forgettable movie.

[@VacFink]

Can we stop calling this the Top100? An interesting discussion and a fit for the channel as podcast format but this movie is fine but not top 100. "Dan's algorithm" is turning this into a bad version of rotten tomatoes. Up to this list, CineFix was a qualified curated discussion. Its hard to prioritize time on these when its so far from this premise. A podcast discussing significant movies. Great. Calling this on of the best..?

[@SteamingBurito]

Does this explain why it's utter garbage?

[@kirbyhater1115]

No

[@SteamingBurito]

@kirbyhater1115 that's unfortunate, must have been Sandra Bullock screaming for a feature length film amount of time

[@kirbyhater1115]

@@SteamingBurito No as in it's not utter garbage. You have an utter garbage opinion.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Gravity was passable and forgettable, an average move which inexplicably won numerous awards.

[@kirbyhater1115]

@@Zed-fq3lj Nope. A profound work of art masterfully directed by one of the modern great director's.

[@tetepeb]

I really dislike this movie, pretentious with stupid symbolism being cramed in the viewers face. And Clooney floating away because there is nothing you could do to save him when in reality a light tug would send him towards Sandra is laughable and tells you everything you need to know about the movie. It´s certainly not a Top 100 movie, not even a Top 500 in my opinion.

[@majormononoke8958]

So i shouldnt watch it good to know.XDDD

[@tetepeb]

@@majormononoke8958 You should make up your own opinion whether you like it or not, our taste in movies is probably different.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Gravity was passable and forgettable, an average move which inexplicably won numerous awards.

[@kirbyhater1115]

NO

[@mst311]

lol. No.

[@kirbyhater1115]

Lol. Yes.

[@joshuab3715]

@@kirbyhater1115it’s definitely an “lol.No” situation.

[@MichaelLaing71]

Shockingly overrated. One of the dumbest most annoying films I have ever seen. To say I hate it would be an understatement.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Weak, forgettable movie...maybe for the first 200 NOT for the first 100! There are much better space movies which are not going to be in the 100 guaranteed! Surprised CineFix holds it in such a high esteem - the worst one of all so far presented for the 100 best.

[@shauntrek]

You might want to watch to the end. It's not in the Top 100.

[@stewmass3018]

Nah, not a top 100 film by any stretch of the imagination.

[@seanbaugh3239]

Making poo this morning was so much harder than you'd think. Gonna need some bran muffins. 😖💨 ... 😖💨💨... 🧁😋... 😜😖💨💨💨🎶💩🚽🪠... 😳🤧 *"NUFF SAID"™️*

[@elmoomle4565]

Great...now go assist NASA with the CGI/Fx of their video releases because their F/X team really suck...obviously.

[@bootzilla1550]

This was extra boring podcast and movie doesn't belong on this list. This is what happens when you have a female helping make these lists.