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I stopped watching 10 minutes in. I'll tell you why and you tell me...

posted 11 years ago by whforde-103-918056
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I stopped watching 10 minutes in. I'll tell you why and you tell me why I should continue.

10 Minutes in they were showing the launch sequence. The dude in the craft calls out "Command Module Jettisoned" and I turned it off. Such a minor point but so simple it baffles me they got it wrong.

If they jettisoned the command module, they would have been jettisoning themselves. It's what they fly in.

I may be an idiot.

[–] DangerManTX 10 years ago

No you're not an idiot, just logical and sane. I am still laughing at the borrowed launch footage. It was clearly very low budget.

Oh, and I can't think of any reason why you should continue to watch it.

[–] sharpnova 10 years ago

Actually he is an idiot and therefore so are you.

If you paid closer attention to the scene you'd understand why they said and did that.

It was really clever. But you guys just looked at it shallowly on the surface and ended up revealing your retardation.

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[–] Defenseman13 10 years ago

Aw, are you butthurt? I can tell, since you called two people with different opinions on this mediocre movie "idiots". Google "Ad Hominem" and "logical fallacies", then look in the mirror.

[–] rev8 10 years ago

I continued, but was bored to death in the end. Accurate or not from the scientific point of view, this movie is just boring.

[–] caseyfluffbutt 10 years ago

To be honest.. as soon as i see the words "found footage" I just walk away nowadays.

There has been NO found footage movie worth pissing on if it was on fire!

Maybe one - The Bay - was barely tolerable, if you were drunk or bored or just feeling lazy and brain-switched-off.

But most found footage films need a "no-brain" viewer..

[–] foxyrabbit 10 years ago

you should see

Lake Mungo

i'm not a fan of found footage, but that movie is absolutely amazing imo.

[–] eifler121 10 years ago

End of Watch wasn't too bad. By no means a "great film," but it's not a bad movie when nothing else is on. Reminded me of Southland.

[–] mizsuz 10 years ago

I completely agree with you on the found footage dislike. I don't watch found footage films either. As soon as I see it I lose all interest. That crap gives me a headache as much as moving the camera too much to make action sequences "exciting."

[–] caseyfluffbutt 10 years ago

The biggest problem with "found footage" and "shaky cam" is the professionals' interpretations of that an amateur would do.

If think it was Clovefield - running up the stairs filming the damn steps..
Amateur cameramen know not to do that, they either film it horizontally, showing the people running or they turn the camera off for a minute or so.

It's also insulting to amateurs - the pros seem to think that amateurs are totally incompetent. The opposite is true in stills, I've seen a lot of still photographers who are vastly better than the pro; the amateur has time to perfect and experiment, the pro has to earn with each photograph.

It's very possible that the same is true for video.

[–] cgraves04 9 years ago

There are a few found footage films I really enjoy. If you view The Blair Witch Project with the context of its time in mind, you can see how brilliant it is. The first installments in the REC/Quarantine franchise are also pretty good.

What I can't stand are people who claim that others are stupid simply because of what they enjoy. Are you totally unable to see the irony in claiming how intelligent and superior you are while refusing to have an open mind when it comes to something as petty as taste?

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[–] Tsavo 10 years ago

I will tell you why, despite some of the more minor issues, this film has been heralded as remarkably accurate by many scientists all over, and it is a very good hard Sci-Fi.

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[–] Bill-16 10 years ago

It is not a movie for "the smartest guy in the room" types.... Sit back and enjoy. Don't sweat the small stuff.

---------"And I'm calling Bellevue, cause you're NUTS!" Ralph Kramden

[–] PatriceLeGraisseux 10 years ago

I stuck with it and completely regreted it. there was absolutely no point to this movie, the big find at the end it's like who cares if there's crap in a moon in saturn.

[–] AGreenman19 10 years ago

who cares if there's crap in a moon in saturn

Damn, you don't care if there's life or something interesting out in space somewhere? You must be the most boring and unimaginative human alive.

Why are you even watching this movie if you don't like space? And what kind of critically-thinking person doesn't like space?

[–] Pgle05 10 years ago

Agree. Why would you even give this film a chance if you're that narrow minded.

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People who talk in metaphors oughta shampoo my crotch

[–] wolfwood1-436-85072 10 years ago

Wow you're an Idiot! Europa is one of Jupiter's moons. Not Saturn. and the movie did have a point. It was to see if there was life on the icy moon. A.D.D. much?

[–] Arfpint 10 years ago

Actually the bit that stopped me was when they reached Jupiter and were all "That focused us back on the mission".

I was thinking, it's *beep* JUPITER!! It's bloody massive!! Would that not utterly blow your mind? I can't even imagine seeing something that immense up close.

Forever9Angels

[–] bastasch8647 10 years ago

Can't just sit back and enjoy, disregarding scientific accuracy, it's just bad story telling. There are no anchor points to grab on to dramatically in the crucial first ten minutes. I agree with the OP on that.

[–] antonie4 10 years ago

Lol and what they found on Europa is a big giant Octopus! LMFAO!!!

[–] konfou 10 years ago

And to be more exact, a big giant glowing octopus. Of course, though highly common, octopus is a remarkable species and its physiology makes it excellent for underwater extraterrestrial evolution and morphology.

[–] ckanelevy 10 years ago

I liked it. It was better than I expected. I actually thought it was MORE realistic than a lot of the hard science fiction out there.

[–] fluffchop 10 years ago

When they say 'command module jettison in 3,2,1' they don't say they're 'jettisoning' the command module, they say command module jettison as in discarding the main body from the module. i.e. performing a jettison from the perspective of the command module. I think you should continue because it's a good film.

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[–] amandadewindt 10 years ago

The collective imagination in this group is astounding..

[–] Border_Ruffian 10 years ago

This is from the script. It does seem to be a mistake.

"Command module
jettison in three,
two, one.
We have a good shell separation.
Initial burn is complete.
Staging in three,
two, one.
Copy. We have good
stage separation.
We have visual
of command module."

-but this would not have caused me to stop watching the movie.