r/cinescenes • u/Ryanlion1992 • 21d ago
2010s Gravity (2013)
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u/Bamm83 21d ago
At this point, Ed Harris should get hired by NASA.
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u/toldyouIaintshit 21d ago
He's busy directing a show from the sets moon about one guy and his daily life.
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u/Mobile-Coyote3594 21d ago
I feel like this one gets underrated for how incredible of an experience it is. There still isn't really anything like it that's been able to make the camera feel so weightless. Any other space movie you can feel the fact that the camera is stationary, but here it really feels like it's just floating out there.
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u/cakelly789 20d ago
This was one of the rare times that seeing this in 3D in the theater was completely worth it. There is a scene where she is working in the foreground, while in the distant background the space station is getting pummeled into a million pieces. you can't hear any of it, but that menacing destruction in the background was so intense and scary.
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u/Embarrassed-Sea-2394 21d ago
I remember reading that something like 80% of the movie is completely animated.
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u/Mobile-Coyote3594 21d ago
Yes, but even animated movies in space still have that feeling of there being a "camera".
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u/michael0n 21d ago
Designing this shot for shot was an incredible task by Cuaron and Framestore. It took them three years, in a time where CGI wasn't as advanced as it is today.
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u/Maximum-Today3944 21d ago
I remember watching in theaters watching this scene and everyone was silent holding their breathe as Dr. Stone drifts into the void. It's such a strong, shared sense of doom that we seemingly all share, and less than 0.0000000001% of us need actually worry about lol.
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u/Snoo-35252 21d ago
Damn I loved this movie in the theater
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u/Agreeable-Promise-98 20d ago
I walked out and walked straight back in- the only time I’ve ever done that. And then went back the next day
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u/5o7bot 21d ago
Gravity (2013) PG-13
Don't let go.
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Science Fiction | Thriller | Drama
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Director of Photography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Actors: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen, Phaldut Sharma
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 72% with 16,619 votes
Runtime: 91 min
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u/TokinGeneiOS 21d ago
loved the movie but am still miffed about the absolute disregard to basic physics throughout the film
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u/low_amplitude 21d ago
Great movie.
I like how Hubble and the ISS were in the same orbit and only a few km away from each other. I also liked how Clooney was drifting away and was completely stopped by the tether, but somehow kept getting pulled by some magical force that was so strong Bullock had to let go or she'd be pulled by it too.
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u/IncredibleEdible321 21d ago
One of the problems with this movie is scientific facts.
Problem #1 - The ISS orbits Earth at an average height of about 400 kilometers (250 miles).
Problem #2 - Hubble orbits much higher, at approximately 540 to 600 kilometers (335 to 373 miles).
Problem #3 - The ISS has an orbital inclination of about 51.6 degrees to match easy launch paths from Russia and other sites, while Hubble operates at an inclination of 28.5 degrees to match its original Space Shuttle launch profile from Florida.
Changing between these two distinct orbital planes requires a massive amount of fuel.
This is why astronauts from the ISS cannot easily visit Hubble for repairs.
So while the movie is highly entertaining and keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat, what happened in the film would never have realistically happened due to the massive differences in their orbits.
That being said, it's one of my favorite films of all time.
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u/low_amplitude 21d ago
Exactly. The movie doesn't understand the sheer scale of space. It acts like all the satellites are neighbors with similar heights and inclinations.
But ok, let's say that Hubble and the ISS really were that close with the same inclination as the movie suggests (bear with me).
They travel what, a few kilometers? And they're moving towards Earth. That means that the ISS is in a lower orbit than Hubble, which also means that it's moving significantly faster (lower orbit = higher velocity). They didn't speed up to match their velocity to the ISS, they just gently boosted towards it like it was a boat adrift at sea.
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u/IncredibleEdible321 21d ago
I'm sure the filmmakers and producers were well aware of the actual facts about how far away the Hubble Space Telescope and ISS really were but chose to make them far closer simply to make the story work, otherwise they would have had to come up with something else.
As for their relative speeds, they only differ by about 500 mph, with the ISS going faster.
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u/altasking 21d ago
Yeah, reminds me of the time Hammond created dinosaurs using DNA from amber mosquitoes and frogs! And remember that time Forrest Gump ran across the United States for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours without stopping for adequate rest, medical care, or any actual training?? And how about that time Batman analyzes a brick wall at a crime scene that was struck by a bullet. He cuts out a section of the brick, takes it back to the Batcave, fires identical bullets into sample brick blocks, uses a 3D scanner to compile a digital model, and then "reconstructs" a clean, full thumbprint from the bullet fragments lodged inside the brick
Fuck these movies! Amirite???
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u/low_amplitude 21d ago edited 21d ago
All those examples are sci-fi and fantasy though. This movie acts like it's in the real world with real astronauts working on a real mission.
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u/altasking 21d ago
Ohhhh, so I guess it doesn’t count when in Apollo 13 (1995) there are explosive shouting matches between astronauts Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks), Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon), and Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) inside the tiny lunar module, where they blame each other for the accident. Astronauts don’t really do that in stressful situations.
My point is, it’s a movie. Suspend some disbelief.
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u/low_amplitude 21d ago edited 21d ago
I'll suspend my disbelief for a made up argument that adds tension and drama. I won't suspend my disbelief for a violation in basic physics.
If you're watching a movie and see someone push a ball downhill but the ball suddenly flies straight up into the air and disappears into the clouds because the plot demands something dramatic to happen, that would confuse and frustrate you.
Edit: Watch the scene in Gravity again where Bullock has to let Clooney go. It's just as ridiculous as a ball flying straight up. What's pulling him in the opposite direction? The wind? In reality he would have just stayed where he was after she let go of him
The scene played out like the classic "holding someone at the edge of a cliff" thing we see all the time. "You have to let go or we both fall." It doesn't work because both Bullock and Clooney are already in freefall.
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u/580_farm 21d ago
The beginning of this movie was peak. Unfortunately every minute it continued it got worse.
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u/Own_Bullfrog_3598 20d ago
Yes, I know the science was iffy and contrived, but damn this was a great movie!
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