Jumping on the Bandwagon (Movie/Comic/Manga Recs!)

[retsuko]

In Movies:

Gravity: Yes, the soundtrack is overbearing, but WOW this is a movie about a woman, and it is often tense and frightening, and I was impressed at how often the filmmakers made the audience sympathize with a female character--heavens! It's so simple that it's revolutionary! And the shots of space were just lovely. All in all, I'm

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[psychoe]

Gravity was SUCH AN INTENSE ride. Enjoyed it all the way through and I'm so happy to have seen it in 3D which I normally avoid.

Interesting to see how the film is read in different light. I totally DON'T see it this way because I enjoyed the heck out of that story but just thought you might be interested! https://medium.com/i-m-h-o/bc089d643d34

SAGA is pretty cool! Unfortunately I just read trades so it's been what, 10 months since I read Vol. 1? XD

[retsuko]

I see what that guy is saying, but the countless point-of-view shots force the audience to put themselves in Bullock's place, and her persistence in the face of tremendous odds flips the balance from problematic to strong for me. (Although I do *wish* there could have been one more line explaining what the eff she was doing out there! It would have squared a lot of weirdness away for me.) Ryan's gut instinct to reach for the manuals also endeared her to me significantly. :)