Gravity (2013) | Movie REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING |

[@chopps75]

This is a really good movie. When you fellows finish watching Battlestar Galactica, you should watch Babylon5 ('93-'98). B5 was the first series to use CGI for almost all of its SFX, first series to have a continuous story arch over the course of multiple seasons and was the show that proved to media executives that television didn't have to episodic in nature. It is still a favorite among sci-fi fans. The show began with a TV movie called "The Gathering" in '93 and that's where you should start, should you decide to watch it. One other thing, it is very unlikely that BSG or The Expanse would exist if it weren't for B5.

[@arparso]

In Tina Fey's words: "It's the story of how George Clooney would rather float away into space and die than spend one more minute with a woman his own age." Despite some questionable physics and an unlikely rescue, I loved the movie. It's visually stunning, has a great soundtrack and keeps you on the edge for the entire runtime with just a couple short breaks. The descent at the end felt super satisfying. This one deserves to be watched on the big screen.

[@RamblersInc]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnmavroudis2054]

One of my favorite films… Alfonso Cuaron is an INCREDIBLE director… You need to see “CHILDREN OF MEN”… an amazing film of the not too distant dystopian future. That would easily make my Top 20 films of all-time. Great stuff, as usual, gents!

[@williambranch4283]

Actually terrifying. The DNSO cover of the theme is beautiful too. When I was a young man, I got to work 3 days on the Hubble before it went up.

[@RamblersInc]

That must have been amazing. And HUGE.

[@chrism7395]

Watching this film on the biggest screen possible and in 3D is a whole other experience. It's strking now how close the debris burn up in the movie was with the latest SpaceX "rapid unscheduled disassembly"!

[@dlweiss]

Alfonso Cuaron is a MASTER of cinematography in his films! He's brilliant at using long takes, fluid camerawork, and other tricks to make you REALLY feel viscerally immersed in the world of the story. Another masterpiece from him is "Children of Men" - which I'd love to see you guys react to (if you haven't already seen it!). Great reactions and discussion. :)

[@johnmavroudis2054]

AMEN!! “CHILDREN OF MEN” is absolutely brilliant… as is this film.

[@RamblersInc]

Added to the watchlist 👍

[@dlweiss]

@@RamblersInc Awesome! Thank you!

[@leijen208]

So happy you guys enjoyed this movie. I thought this was done so well. I saw this in the theater in 3D and it was phenomenal. I feel like it never got the attention it deserves, but glad you both enjoyed it as much as I have. I own this, I need to take it out of hibernation and watch it again.

[@gennytun]

Some of it was apparently filmed underwater. And some in a huge lightbox with lights positioned accurately to represent the direction of the sunlight etc, and projections of earth, stars etc so that the actors had a reference too.

[@martinrayner6466]

Watching SpaceX's Starship coming back in thousands of pyrotechnic peaces a few days ago, brings this movie into focus. _I really appreciate our custom spacecraft, with its magnetic shields, and breathable atmosphere called the Earth._ Great reaction as usual guys, Peace.

[@kevind4850]

Exactly, and we'd better take better care of it. Even the worst places on Earth are far, far easier to support human life than any other place we know out there (including Mars).

[@MrZeek1519]

In your spare time you guys should watch the accompanying short film "Annigaaq" by the diretctor's son. It's only a few minutes and it'll give a very unique incite into the other side of the conversation that Sandra Bullock had with the gentlman on Earth while in the Soyuz. Great reaction BTW. The way you guys kept ducking the debris was hilarious... Because I've been there myself. 😂

[@RamblersInc]

Oh thanks for that. I'll check it out

[@thewheezingdead]

This is Cuarón combining his childhood dreams, he either wanted to be a Director or an Astronaut. Could have easily called this one Anxiety and it would still work fine. Insane film making.

[@RamblersInc]

😂

[@kevind4850]

A person in the vacuum of outer space can stay conscious for around 15 seconds. Death would only occur 1 to 1.15 minutes after that (the closer to the 2 minute mark, the more damage). So Clooney opening the hatch would be possible without killing her. Such a thriller of a film.

[@ShannonHostager]

Trivia: While still an observable phenomenon, in terms of how and why it works, gravity is still just a theory.

[@boqndimitrov8693]

The Soyuz is a Soviet, now Russian, single-use spacecraft. It has been in service for decades, constantly improved, but fundamentally always the same. The first test flight of this otherwise reliable spacecraft ended tragically - the parachutes of Soyuz-1 did not open, and cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov died after the descent module crashed into the ground at several hundred kilometers per hour.

[@inspectorpenguin4474]

Yeah space seems a lot less terrifying in BSG & Star Trek. And it’s very, very wild when BSG isn’t the most intense piece of media.

[@michaelkb8783]

I saw this film so many times in the theatre because, after I saw it the first time, I thought, I may never experience this in 3D again. Most 3D in films is shit. They did this one so well.

[@RamblersInc]

Oh I can imagine which scenes were good in 3D. The tools moving towards the screen for one.

[@KierstenMB]

Me: Oh they're watching Gravity! I've definitely seen this but I don't remember what happens. 5 mins into your reaction Also me: Oh I remember now! This film is FANTASTIC but I've blocked it from my memory because it's SO STRESSFUL!!!

[@RamblersInc]

Movie version of breathing into a paper bag 😂

[@benvandermerwe4934]

Gravity is a myth, the earth sucks. Old graffiti on pub toilet door in my town. Great reaction as usual. Cheers! 👏🏻🥃🇿🇦

[@RamblersInc]

😂people get really philosophical in toilets

[@kennethalfonso3241]

If you like those “one tracking shot “ films like 1917, you should check out Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rope”

[@RamblersInc]

Added to the watchlist 👍

[@Esonar]

I REALLY love this movie. The pacing was a ton of fun for a movie that was nearly all CGI. I never lost interest through the entire film, lol.

[@Knightowl1980]

It’s always funny to me watching Brits pronounce spanish words or names. Just bc it’s a cultural difference of exposure. In America we have so much Mexican influence it’s easy

[@RamblersInc]

Out of curiosity, how do you pronounce it?

[@Knightowl1980]

@@RamblersInc phonetically qua-rohn

[@AddSerious]

although this is such a dumb movie as it doesn't make any sense and I am pretty sure the last 3rd of the film is her slowly dying and never made it home... BUT I am watching it because YOU GUYS are watching it

[@johnmavroudis2054]

“dumb”… 🙄 Epitome of what’s wrong with the comment section of social media. If you only want 100% realism, stick to docs. This is art. One should appreciate it for what it is.

[@RamblersInc]

That would've made a good twist

[@paratus04]

So late to the party but a few comments about things they did well, some things physically not possible and something’s about real space missions. First off the jet pack Clooney was using was a real thing. It flew in the 80’s but due to the risk of losing a crew member we stopped flying them. Crews are now always tethered while performing EVAs. There is however a similar jet pack still in use called SAFER (Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue). It’s for use if a crew member ever becomes untethered and unattached to the ISS. It provides enough thrust to get control and push the EVA crew member back to structure. We almost always only have two crew members on EVA but one time on STS 49 (shuttle flight) they had three people. The Kessler syndrome is a real thing except it plays out over years not 90 minutes. The amount of debris in orbit has been increasing as more launches occurred. The worst increases in debris have occurred from anti-satellite weapons test where China tested a missile on their own defunct satellite creating huge amounts of debris and a derelict Russian rocket body that slammed into an American iridium satellite. The ISS has to perform frequent maneuvers to avoid debris. It is physically impossible for any current manned vehicle to fly from Hubble to the ISS and from the ISS to the Chinese space station. They simply can’t carry enough fuel. The problem is they are in different orbital planes. So even if you are at the right speed and altitude you and your target are still going several thousand miles an hour in different directions. You have to launch towards the vehicle you want to dock with otherwise you need most of another rockets fuel to change planes to meet your target. The movie did an excellent job making 0G look right especially without using a vomit comet plane (they fly parabolic arcs so you get about 20 seconds of weightlessness at the top of each arc). The external ISS models and the pic of the laptop software was spot on. All in all it’s a beautiful movie with some questionable physics.