Jay 37,359 Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Guess I'm the only one that loved the score.What did you like about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Guess I'm the only one that loved the score.What did you like about it?I'll touch upon it some more in my review, but I liked how the music substituted the sound effects. I don't like describing contemporary music as sound design as most people do, but here it truly was the case. The music would reflect the sounds that the destruction would be making if we could actually hear it. I understand this sort of defeats the purpose of making the film silent, but I thought it was a neat idea.I would have toned it down a bit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 What about the finale cue? What purpose did the music Price wrote serve there? Why was it so obnoxious? It should have been triumphant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I can actually see Koray's point about sound effects: there are were a pair of points in the film were the line between sound effects and score became blurry. I do like in a way some of the debris sound effects cues but I think the other parts could have gone in a different, more fullfilling musical direction and it would have been for the best, particularly by contrast. I barely noticed the cues preceding the ending, but the ending music just felt weird to me. And the scene itself a bit too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 What about the finale cue? What purpose did the music Price wrote serve there? Why was it so obnoxious? It should have been triumphant!It sounded pretty upbeat to me, but not outwardly triumphant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I'm ok with the finale cue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 At the last scene I was still wondering why the hell was the Chinese station deorbiting."We need a last second traumatic reentry... I know, we'll make the whole station suddenly drop out of the sky for no reason!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 It was hit by the debry field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Then why was it still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I actually liked the score in context and did not mind the finale cue. It all served its purpose well. And the Chinese station was hit by debris field. It was evacuated upon the the warnings heard from Houston and the ISS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 An interesting calculation I saw on the debris field: if it moved fast enough to repeat encounters every 90 minutes, you wouldn't see things approaching, you would just see the debris explosions around you. If it moved as slow as in the film, it would take much longer than 90 minutes to hit again.And the Chinese station was hit by debris field. It was evacuated upon the the warnings heard from Houston and the ISS.But the Shenzou was still there.Interesting that the ISS was torn to pieces while the Chinese station didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,359 Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not inconceivable. If it was at the outer edge of the field and not hit much. Enough to nudge it out of orbit, but not to destroy it.The debris moving "relatively" slow was obviously done for dramatic reasons.Loved the fact that after the 90 min countdown, it still took a while for anything to happen. It was an estimate after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 You might yet be right about the cash haul Steef: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/gravity/27578/gravity-stuns-us-box-office-with-556m-opening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 What about the finale cue? What purpose did the music Price wrote serve there? Why was it so obnoxious? It should have been triumphant!It sounded pretty upbeat to me, but not outwardly triumphant.I thought it was very triumphant. I explained that bit in my post about the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 I'm not surprised one bit. Great reviews and strong word to mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Applause is a regular occurrence. I welcome it, it shows that films still have the power to ellicit emotions in people.For us Europeans, applauding after a screening only makes sense when the director, the producer or some of the actors are in the room.Do you Americans applaud at home too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 We have a more evolved sensibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 It's a proven fact that evolution is slower in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 For them it's really just the 11th century. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Applause is a regular occurrence. I welcome it, it shows that films still have the power to ellicit emotions in people. For us Europeans, applauding after a screening only makes sense when the director, the producer or some of the actors are in the room.Do you Americans applaud at home too? Clapping is an expression of joy, admiration, and/or respect. Do you not laugh at a comedy when you're at home? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Applause can also be herd mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Oh definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 You applaud to show your appriation to the artist. Laughing is a totally different thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 i don't see what's so weird about applause at the end of a film if it really gets to the crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Like Lee said. Herd mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Here's a solution: don't come to the USA to watch movies. Stay in your own enlightened little country where clapping at movies is grounds for exile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Herd mentality.Why? I don't think those who didn't like it would clap. Hell, most people who like what they're seeing don't clap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Keep your crappy patriotic jingoism out of it Wojo, OO-RAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Jasoooooon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 ADRIAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I would be on board with Americans subscribing to herd mentality if and only if we followed the rest of the world over the metric cliff. I have never been in a theater where every ticket holder rose to his feet to applaud, and with 316+ million in the country legally, I stopped trying to be in a theater with everyone once. But if you're qualified to speak for the nation from your safe little European bungalow, I must make room for such enlightenment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 You people are so easy to get a reaction from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 I personally wouldn't spend a second longer than I have to herded in a theatre with Europeans. It just dials up the symptoms of lack of hygiene, especially on the continent. Maybe the Marshall Plan should have included deodorant air drops to reinforce some good habits in our Old World grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Stop going to cinema's in France! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Maybe the Marshall Plan should have included deodorant air drops to reinforce some good habits in our Old World grandparents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Stop going to cinema's in France!I'm pretty sure the Frenchies rub their underarms with blocks of Pont l’Eveque! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Maybe, but the thing about smelly people is they get used to the smell and no longer recognize themselves or others that they smell bad. How humans bred before the age of soap, I'll never understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 If you go to the more northern countries you will find everything smells fresh. Not like our southern kin, with their olive oil, garlic, goat cheese etc etc...that stuff can't be healthy for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 To be absolutely fair to Europeans, growing up in the Bay area, you'd often run into people who had not seen a bathtub since they were spat out of their mum's vagina into a bath-tub during a home birth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 eeewww... one shower a day here, two if it's hot in the summer. We even brush our teeth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 If you go to the more northern countries you will find everything smells fresh. Not like our southern kin, with their olive oil, garlic, goat cheese etc etc...that stuff can't be healthy for ya.It is, that's why you pay so much for importing it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Yes! You have any idea how much Jamon Iberico costs here? Especially Pata Negra!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 That stuff is about $40-50/pound if you can find it in the US. That's what...$20/kilo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 797 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Why the sudden obsession over how Europeans smell...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 They don't like the way we smell, our crooked teeth!If Europe had more oil, we'd be finished by now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMENKOHL 1,068 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Why the sudden obsession over how Europeans smell...?? Why the sudden obsession over how Americans clap...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 But if you're qualified to speak for the nation from your safe little European bungalow, I must make room for such enlightenment. Typical response from an American. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Well, we send them our tired and poor, yearning to be free. (meaning bone-idle i guess)You cant expect to much from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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