I believe that cinema is a combination of many factors and the cinematography is definitely one of them, but when you critique a movie, all things should be considered, like the script, the soundtrack, the characters, the camera etc.

As far as being realistic, I think it is a wrong choice of word. A movie should be credible. Meaning that it signs, from the beginning, a sort of thematic contract with the viewer ; a fantasy movie will for example open a breach into a fictional world where all is possible, and yet the viewer will accept this as a given. The same could be said about Gravity or Jurassic Park where we are confronted, as viewers, with events that are extraordinary and therefore introduces us into a different reality. What can be interpreted as realistic should be seen with our new found viewer's eyes, not with the ones we walked into the theatre with.

My first thought of something not being realistic, but that not being a problem was Pyramus and Thisbe. Not a great example, I know, because it's not supposed to be great, but it lead me to this:

http://www.maniacworld.com/Pyramus-and-Thisbe.html

I would argue that if anything the movie had too much back story and not too little. Any time they went away from focusing on space for backstory was meh and any flashbacks would have been a travesty. This movie had one phenomenal character that was developed nicely: space. And that's really the only character it needed.

I would give the movie an A- with the only detraction being the added backstory they shoehorned in for Bullock's character.

Its been a long time since I've seen Apollo 13 but isn't it generally regarded as Hollywood cheese? It seems like you like the stuff Hollywood tries to force into every movie a lot more than I do. I for one applaud the simplicity of Gravity. It does have somewhat limited rewatchability, but that's beside the point. I would never consider watching it on TV but would totally go see it again in IMAX3D every few years for the rest of my life.

The way way back. Super awesome coming of age flick. I might just be a huge nerd for these though..

Heh felt the same way. Although I think I like The Spectacular Now and Kings of Summer more.

^on the watchlist they go. Thanks

Eric Bana Chopper? Aussie friend loaned me the dvd

Ideally, we'd be able to watch a film with new eyes, not the ones we walked into the theater with, but everyone comes to a story with inescapable preconceptions of how reality functions. A good storyteller understands their audience's preconceptions and how to exploit those to offer a credible version of reality. Even with a fantasy story, where all should be possible, a storyteller can't ignore narrative fidelity.

the more you study something... the more you change it.

Too often, though, while watching C-Span and listening to certain politicians, I think to myself "This is unbe-****ing-lievable!"

I'm watching this 1979 Paul Schrader movie called Hardcore about a guy looking for his daughter in porn Hollywood. Goddamn good ****. Wish they still made edgy **** like this

for a minute there... I had flash backs of Lydia Lunch in Richard Kern's "hardcore" series.

those movies never made the transition to DVD I don't think.

The scene where Scott sees his daughter on screen for the first time is just brutal.

I've wanted to see that movie in forever, but it's not on any streaming sites, or rental sites, or Amazon (unless you play a ridiculous price), or anywhere. I just keep waiting for it to appear on TV one late night.

I wanted to watch it but the cheapest I found it was Cex for £5 (perpetually out of stock) or some ebay listings around £10-which I'm not wiling to pay for a DVD I'm unsure about. Just hoping sky will stock it sometime.

Yeah it was on some Sony movie channel I didn't know I even had on Uverse. Was scrolling and saw an ao rated movie called hardcore so i stopped obviously. It showed just 1 later playtime also last night so I recorded. Can't wait to watch in full

I saw an old Jimmy Stewart Spencer Tracy movie on TCM last night, Malaya. Fun to see Tracy playing a semi-rogue, Stewart too. They're trying to smuggle rubber out of Japanese-occupied Malaya in 1942. Sydney Greenstreet helps them out some.

I assume Malaya was what they called Malaysia back then.

I finished my wrap-up post. I attended two festivals in a row and hate myself for it! link Spoiler, there are embedded Vine videos!!!

After sadly realizing 12YAS was not a wide release last week, I'm eagerly looking forward to The Counselor. Will be seeing it Saturday afternoon.

Also a bunch of films have been delayed, including Monuments Men which is kind of surprising.

Twelve Years a Slave is playing where I am. The Counselor comes out this weekend. Thinking I might have to make it a double feature day.

Seriously, the only online clip of this is in mashups, but you getthe idea:

lol...that's pretty funny

Early critics decidedly mixed/negative on The Counselor.

WAT

I refuse to believe it is anything but spectacular.

Man of Steel

Wow, what a let down. Thought it was very poor.