Thumbs up for Gravity

We decided to go to the movies on Saturday night. We like movies a lot and used to go often. It's something we got out of the habit of doing when the kids were little and it requires a bit of redirection to get us back and going again.

So we were discussing with some friends maybe going to see Gravity, which we'd originally talked about seeing in Imax. But now we were left with choices of regular movie theaters, which led to a discussion about seeing it in 3D. My friend was saying that he really wanted to see it in 3D, to which I found it necessary to reply, "You know it's not actually 3D, dude."

I'd never seen a 3D movie before. I'd seen people with the stupid glasses, but it just seemed like a gimmick to me. I should say though, that for Gravity, it was very effective. I knew there was lots of explosions and space debris, and I was kind of dreading the prospect of having virtual space junk flying at my head for 2 hours. But it really wasn't like that at all. It was very nuanced and save for one gratuitous moment near the end, it was a complement to the storytelling in an effective way.

The movie itself was great. Totally gripping from beginning to end. I know there have been complaints about how unrealistic it was. Oh my God! A movie with unrealistic stuff going on? Who'd have imagined such at thing!