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Emmajn100
Reviews
Gravity (2013)
Gravity - an hour and a half of my life that I will never get back
Luckily I didn't have any clue about this film before I got to my seat as I would have probably not gone. So here are my observations as humble as they are:
1. Plot -.there wasn't one, or at least it went over my head. Just a lot of panting by Sandra bullock - and space debris. 2. The panting - incredibly annoying and I felt as though I was going to have an asthma attack halfway thru. Take a nebuliser with you just in case. 3. Unbelievability - (is that a word?). An instruction manual for a space ship? Pleeeese... It was like setting up a new dishwasher. Now we know what they do at NASA. 4. Lack of character depth - I hated them all. In fact I wanted them to orbit earth forever. 5. Ripley rip-off - major elements of Alien coming thru as Ms Bullock whimpered around in vest and knickers. Exactly the same colour and design as Ripley but nowhere near as well worn as Ms Weaver.
My closing thoughts - why oh why could a crocodile or shark not drag her under, and what happened to the aliens??! I LOVE space films and this was certainly no classic. What are the Academy Awards thinking? This smells of Clooney nepotism.
Ambassadors (2013)
Great show!
I tend to have a short attention span, but I watched all three episodes back to back. Highly recommended although unexpectedly serious and definitely not Peep Show.
It's a new genre for Mitchell and a Webb and I think they pull it off really well despite the fact that you're waiting for those side glances from Webb at the end of his scenes. Budgets looked fairly big as it seemed all to be shot in Turkey or surrounding regions. Therefore I hope the mixed reviews don't affect a decision about follow up shows.... I'm hoping they make a second series which I think will learn from the first, and will see the characters mature and grow further.