Red Mosquito

Harry Lime wrote:I think it was how the movie immediately through you into the danger within minutes without really knowing anything about the characters (and frankly it's hard to get personal when they're stiff inside a space suit for the first 45 mins) . Then soon later Bullock mentions the story about her daughter, and our concern for her is supposed to be amplified. And you just know they're going to milk that five line back story throughout the rest of the movie.

It just seemed forced. I wanted to feel so much more , but I didn't. Maybe there is a different reason why and I'm not figuring it out. I'll have to watch it again.

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I suppose I like that obvious symbolism of rebirth.

1. Bullock air locked, floating like a fetus.
2. Baby stepping out of the lake

Her survival being that cathartic experience that will help propel her out of that state of paralysis that made her so dead to the world after her daughter passed. I love the result, but the journey getting there I felt nothing.

Great post. I liked it, the Imax 3d experience was amazing, really fun and impressive, and there is no other way to fully enjoy the movie. Cuaron makes some amazing shots ( the first secuence is my favorite ) and Sandra Bullock, whom i hate, is pretty good here.

Still, its a very thin script with very obvious symbolisms. Somehow, even if i liked it, i felt disappointed with it.

Sandra Bullock

George Clooney but meh.

Astronauts

Orbiting earth

VISUAL AIDS


I don't care if it's a far fetched story - I dig space - always have so I'm there for the "I wanna be an astronaut when I grow up" shit.


And (again) Sandra Bullock. She's the shiz.

I'm going to see this movie even if I have to sneak away and go by myself!

Wow this movie. Thrill ride.

It's stripped down, story and characterwise, but I don't have a problem with that. I don't think that was its priority. It's pure intensity.

Also, I saw it in 3d and regretted it. It added nothing for me but a blurry, slightly darker screen. If this movie doesn't need 3d, nothing does.

mookie wrote: I don't care if it's a far fetched story - I dig space - always have so I'm there for the "I wanna be an astronaut when I grow up" shit.

I'm the same. I find space both fascinating and horrifying.

Harry Lime wrote:I think it was how the movie immediately threw you into the danger within minutes without really knowing anything about the characters (and frankly it's hard to get personal when they're stiff inside a space suit for the first 45 mins) . Then soon later Bullock mentions the story about her daughter, and our concern for her is supposed to be amplified. And you just know they're going to milk that five line back story throughout the rest of the movie. I

It just seemed forced. I wanted to feel so much more , but I didn't. Maybe there is a different reason why and I'm not figuring it out. I'll have to watch it again.

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I suppose I like that obvious symbolism of rebirth.

1. Bullock air locked, floating like a fetus.
2. Baby stepping out of the lake

Her survival being that cathartic experience that will help propel her out of that state of paralysis that made her so dead to the world after her daughter passed. I love the result, but the journey getting there I felt nothing.

I don't think her backstory was important, and that scene wasn't designed to make us care more. In fact, I think more time devoted to character development would have been detrimental. That scene is mainly a resting point. A movie like this lives and dies by its pacing, and this was a pacing masterpiece. It's about the experience, about being in that moment. Not the character being in that moment. The characters here are just vessels For the viewer. You see it in the first person shots.

And I didn't think the symbolism was that obvious, but I'm not very good at recognizing it anyway.

about the ending.

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i got all this rebirth thing, with her in space looking like a fetus and then when she comes out fro the water and cant walk right...but to me there are some weird things there too...maybe is just her own dream? she arrives at this weird place on earth that looks like paradise...is she dead?

Incredible film.

I enjoyed this.
Maybe not as great as some folks pumped it up to be but i had a good time with it.

This was the first movie I've seen in 3D that was totally worth it.

BurtReynolds wrote:

mookie wrote: I don't care if it's a far fetched story - I dig space - always have so I'm there for the "I wanna be an astronaut when I grow up" shit.

I'm the same. I find space both fascinating and horrifying.

Harry Lime wrote:I think it was how the movie immediately threw you into the danger within minutes without really knowing anything about the characters (and frankly it's hard to get personal when they're stiff inside a space suit for the first 45 mins) . Then soon later Bullock mentions the story about her daughter, and our concern for her is supposed to be amplified. And you just know they're going to milk that five line back story throughout the rest of the movie. I

It just seemed forced. I wanted to feel so much more , but I didn't. Maybe there is a different reason why and I'm not figuring it out. I'll have to watch it again.

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I suppose I like that obvious symbolism of rebirth.

1. Bullock air locked, floating like a fetus.
2. Baby stepping out of the lake

Her survival being that cathartic experience that will help propel her out of that state of paralysis that made her so dead to the world after her daughter passed. I love the result, but the journey getting there I felt nothing.

I don't think her backstory was important, and that scene wasn't designed to make us care more. In fact, I think more time devoted to character development would have been detrimental. That scene is mainly a resting point. A movie like this lives and dies by its pacing, and this was a pacing masterpiece. It's about the experience, about being in that moment. Not the character being in that moment. The characters here are just vessels For the viewer. You see it in the first person shots.

And I didn't think the symbolism was that obvious, but I'm not very good at recognizing it anyway.

My son and I both thought of the movie as a chick flick set in space. The space setting made for some awesome scenery and special effects but it was still a chick flick. All in all, a well done chick flick. Not sure why it is marketed as an epic movie as the story line is quite small, only the scenery is grand.

Agree with poster that said the soundtrack was off in many places.

A "chick flick" because it has a female protagonist? What did I miss?

Also, like I said earlier, the strength of the movie is not in its story but in its masterful use of visual cinematic techniques and resources. The direction is top-notch, and that's what's getting rave reviews. The story is minimal, and it was meant to be.

theplatypus wrote:A "chick flick" because it has a female protagonist?

No, because a large part of the movie revolved around the lost of Bullock's loss of her daughter, how that affected her and the subsequent resolution. There's just a large slight if hand going on by setting the movie in space. Set the movie in Ames, Iowa and I don't think for a moment you'd be doubting it being a chick flick.

The dialogue near the end

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"... she's my angel"

is pretty fucking saccharine, no doubt, but I'm prepared to forgive that since it's such a well-executed disaster movie everywhere else.

surfndestroy wrote:

theplatypus wrote:A "chick flick" because it has a female protagonist?

No, because a large part of the movie revolved around the lost of Bullock's loss of her daughter, how that affected her and the subsequent resolution. There's just a large slight if hand going on by setting the movie in space. Set the movie in Ames, Iowa and I don't think for a moment you'd be doubting it being a chick flick.

A large part?

I would guess about 10 minutes is actually spent in dialogue about or in shots of her pondering her kid's death.

theplatypus wrote:The dialogue near the end

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"... she's my angel"

is pretty fucking saccharine, no doubt, but I'm prepared to forgive that since it's such a well-executed disaster movie everywhere else.

I don't think I'm being derogatory when I call it a chick flick. To me that's just a subset of drama.

I enjoyed the movie quite a bit I think the movie would have been quite a bit stronger had the movie ended in the first escape pod when she was at her low point. Ending there would have been very powerful. Everything after that turned a strong drama into a string chick flick.

will someone explain whatever the opposite of a chick-flick is, pls?

malice wrote:will someone explain whatever the opposite of a chick-flick is, pls?

Total garbage.

malice wrote:will someone explain whatever the opposite of a chick-flick is, pls?

Three stooges? Seth Rogan movies? Probably a subset of comedies where the kind of storyline (or lack of) and the type of humour primarily is enjoyed by guys.

surfndestroy wrote:

malice wrote:will someone explain whatever the opposite of a chick-flick is, pls?

Three stooges? Seth Rogan movies? Probably a subset of comedies where the kind of storyline (or lack of) and the type of humour primarily is enjoyed by guys.

that's cutting something of a large swath, isn't it?

(can everyone tell how impressed I am with my use of the word swath above?)

isn't it a total fucking bummer that people still equate narratives that privilege women and motherhood with being un-epic. jesus christ bros