Gravity, t3h movie! Imax 3d.

[Kevin]

I think Del Toro was spot on with his advice. No sound in the exterior shots would've been 100% realistic. Filming paint drying and grass growing in real time, is also 100% realistic.

But I doubt people outside of an art video installation crowd would flock to go see it. Though if it's done by an interesting studio\director, I'd be interested. Then again I subscribe to a Realism=\=Believability in a story theory. And I'd also pay money to hear James Earl Jones perform a live reading of a phone book. Not for the phone book, but for James Earl Jones. (I can't believe I have to spell that out, but some people may need help on that front.)

This one I quite like as well:

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

So I'm quite curious about the silence. Whedon used it pretty well in Firefly. I do tend to share many of your opinions on art vs reality. So I'm looking forward to seeing how this particular little bit works out. Since I've seen this particular realism done correctly and very effectively. I'm looking forward to forming an informed opinion.

I'm a big space and science buff so I did some research ahead of time, mostly reading reviews others with even more knowledge of the things I like, such as Neil deGrasse Tyson, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Massimino, Leroy Chiao, Chris Hadfield, etc. Depending on the spin of the article you get various critiques. The spin aspect seems especially for what Chiao says, some articles make him sound like he agrees with most of the science some like he agrees with none of it. So I've gotten some spoilers and I know some of the issues going in. I don't think they are going to bother me too much. Some of them I can quite easily explain away as "alternate reality". Others might bug me some based on what I read but I don't think so based on the reviews, I've got a feeling artistic license will cover it.

I know Massimino who spent more time than anyone with the Hubble was impressed with the details on it. They even had an exact replica of a one off tool that he helped design in the film. So some of the details really are spot on, which leads me to believe that the things that aren't correct, aren't correct for a reason.

So I'm very much looking forward to it. Won't be able to see IMax, but will be able to see it in 3D.

I've also heard that the astronauts were impressed by the work Bullock did to prepare for the role. That doesn't surprise me because I think she is a good actress and it's been clear that with serious roles in the past that she did her homework.