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kentauros

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20. I have friends that loved it,

Thu Oct 24, 2013, 12:24 PM

Oct 2013

and I do trust most everyone here in their assessments. I don't mind either not seeing it, seeing the ending first, or seeing it on the small home screen

Some of the violence in new shows bugs me, too, even though I like the rest of the show (Copper, Ripper Street as examples of outrageous violence yet powerful stories.)

I guess this is all the result of things having to be EXTREME in order for people to react emotionally. Whereas the finger-breaking scene in Blade Runner always gets to me when I watch that movie because we don't see it happening, only the sound. My imagination can easily fill in the rest of that "reality."

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So we went to see "Gravity". For 20 minutes. [View all] trof Oct 2013 OP

When I see a movie like Gravity, Auggie Oct 2013 #1

That intense , huh? dixiegrrrrl Oct 2013 #2

Alien sent me over the edge graywarrior Oct 2013 #7

Yeah, I'll watch it on the 'little' screen when it comes to TV. trof Oct 2013 #13

Funny, for me it was AlienS, the sequel Ron Obvious Oct 2013 #22

Loved Gravity oregonjen Oct 2013 #3

Incredibly intense! I loved it. nolabear Oct 2013 #4

I get motion sickness and also have epilepsy. I have to be careful which games I play. Most games patricia92243 Oct 2013 #12

Well, YMMV, but there's a good bit of spinning both of bodies and celestial bodies. nolabear Oct 2013 #14

I thought the plot was silly. Some great shots of earth, though. mnhtnbb Oct 2013 #5

LOL! That was my least favorite scene. nolabear Oct 2013 #15

That's good customer service ... zbdent Oct 2013 #6

OMG. hunter Oct 2013 #8

I'll probably never see it. kentauros Oct 2013 #9

A therapist friend told me that 2001 scene is the single one most often referred to by patients. nolabear Oct 2013 #16

The other thing that makes it a powerful scene kentauros Oct 2013 #17

True. In fact the ambient sound is damped. Kubrick was a genius. nolabear Oct 2013 #19

I have friends that loved it, kentauros Oct 2013 #20

That's great you got a raincheck davidpdx Oct 2013 #10

I would have been right behind you guys.... Little Star Oct 2013 #11

Think I'll smoke a little pot before watching it! B Calm Oct 2013 #18

It features about 4 different horrifying ways to die mainer Oct 2013 #21