Am I the only one here who actually likes George Clooney?
No, I just don't think the Gravity role suited him. He played the same cocky, suave, chirpy, quick tongued role in Gravity as he played in the Ocean's films. I just can't imagine the commander of a space shuttle flight being like that when orbiting the Earth while overseeing the upgrade of a billion dollar telescope, but then i guess it's Hollywood. I thought he was fantastic in Ocean's 11 and he's pretty good in the Monument's Men.
I actually like George Clooney, I think he does a great deal of good work for charity, and does so with a genuine heart, rather than because he's a star and he can. He was very good in Three Kings and produced the excellent Argo. I like the Ocean's films.
I have had a similar debate with a friend recently, he's an assistant Professor in English with an Oxford PhD. He hates Dead Poet's Society because it is inaccurate from a Literary standpoint. He also dislikes its portrayal of humanities and the way it treats analytic methodology in the arts. As I pointed out, it's Hollywood and the wider story is surely the key to the film' interpretation.
He instantly cited Gravity and asked me if my appreciation of the film was ruined by the bad physics. I did find myself analysing the physics while watching the film, but after the event I looked at the film as a human story.
