Gravity, t3h movie! Imax 3d.

[Hammerskjold]

I haven't seen Gravity yet, but I want to.

I still think most directors\studios use 3d in a gimmicky way. Myself I'm actually fairly sensitive with certain 3d tech, in that I can get headaches from some of them in 15 minutes.

So it was a concern for me when I went to the Imax 3d version.
But thankfully I made it fine and didn't experience any headaches. I'd still say YMMV though, a friend of mine is sensitive with spinning\vertigo inducing motion, and there was some moments where he was worried. But overall it went fine for him as well. Just out of precaution however, I'd still say YMMV.

3d tech aside, I'm not stretching it when I say 'Gravity' is a once in a generation film. Long after the 3d\technical wizardry is dissected (and there are amazing shots and sequences here) it's story will still hold up.

The single trailer I watched has me interested. I've resisted watching anything else about this movie because of spoilers.

As careful as I can be with spoilers, 'Gravity' IMO is a beautiful, harrowing, terrifying, funny, and a human story.

On the tech side, while it's not a documentary (and never claimed to be). Some of the reviews I've read by people who have actually been in space\has real experience and knowledge ie astronaut Chris Hatfield and some NASA engineers. They praise how well the film did it's research. More than a few remarks of 'wow...they even got that little detail right!'

The few instances where some parts don't have a real life counterpart, or stretching it. I'd say it was properly used as artistic license, again in service of the story.

Besides I'd take Alfonso Cuaron's handling of artistic license any day over some 'can't into forest because of trees' wannabe critic, any day, all day, every day. Cuaron's solidly earned my attention with his previous work.

TL,DR: Kudos to the tech artists for the amazing sequences\shots, but also great kudos to the director\team and the story itself.