Oh jeez, really? That isn't really the point, BDA.

Again, not the point. That has nothing to do with what I was moaning about what the dude was moaning about. Or something.

No.....no.....he said the FX were not that special, that they looked shit. Which I disagree with.

Oh for fuck's sake, BDA. Really? He said both, alright. Take it up with him.

Bloody sorry I mentioned it now.

I don't feel as though I did say anything lacking any piece of information. My original statement is exactly what I wanted to say. But yeah, let's walk away.

Just saw that myself. Wish there was more to it, but it's still really cool that they took the the time to make it.

I'll say this right now, I think Gravity is a much bigger game-changer than Avatar was, both in terms of VFX and filmmaking technique. This feels like a new cinematic medium entirely, something ultra immersive and experiential that takes the in-the-moment intensity from first person videogames, and adapts it for the film format.

I honestly think this could be a blue-print for many movies going forward as a fundamentally different way of telling a story visually. It's the best next step past the Found Footage genre. That genre tries to disorient the user to try to simulate the visceral experience of being there, but the end result is usually that the movie actually distances you from the events happening by making you feel like you're watching a recording.

Cuaron's approach is like the next best version of those kinds of movies, where instead of disorientation, you feel completely and utterly like you're there in the moment, and there's no cuts to break you out of that reality. It's almost less of a movie, than it is an experience. Wanna feel like you're in space? Watch Gravity in Imax 3d. What's stopping us from having an "Abyss"-style thriller filmed in this same aesthetic to capture the experience of being underwater? It feels like a whole host of possibilities has been unleashed by the success of this one movie.