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strombad · 03-02-2014, 12:34 PM

A documentary is brutally honest and totally realistic. Those two existing in a drama do not suddenly make it a great film. The acting was shallow (especially Forte) and the whole movie was different shades of bland. It was oatmeal: Whole lot of substance, but nothing to get up for.

That said, I do love oatmeal.

Gravity was average, as I said, but you're clearly looking at it from the scope of it being realistic. It was a simplistic science fiction movie. A directorial achievement, the acting was sound, but the story was incredibly one note and pretty pointless.

EDIT: And according to Mastodon, it clearly did a lot better job of being realistic than you or I even thought.

As I said, I didn't find it all that impressive, but it's going to clean up technical awards and Cuaron is the only guy who could take the Oscar away from McQueen.

03-02-2014, 12:34 PM	#6
strombad Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Aug 2013 Exp:	2014 Oscars A documentary is brutally honest and totally realistic. Those two existing in a drama do not suddenly make it a great film. The acting was shallow (especially Forte) and the whole movie was different shades of bland. It was oatmeal: Whole lot of substance, but nothing to get up for. That said, I do love oatmeal. Gravity was average, as I said, but you're clearly looking at it from the scope of it being realistic. It was a simplistic science fiction movie. A directorial achievement, the acting was sound, but the story was incredibly one note and pretty pointless. EDIT: And according to Mastodon, it clearly did a lot better job of being realistic than you or I even thought. As I said, I didn't find it all that impressive, but it's going to clean up technical awards and Cuaron is the only guy who could take the Oscar away from McQueen. Last edited by strombad; 03-02-2014 at 12:37 PM.