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Slate's Spoiler Specials

Gravity: Slate's Spoiler Special

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6724 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2013

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Slate's Dana Stevens, John Swansburg and Forrest Wickman discuss Gravity. WARNING: This podcast is meant to be heard AFTER you've seen this movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Dana Stevens, Slate's movie critic, here with a Slate spoiler special podcast on Alfonso Quaron's new film Gravity.

0:06.5

And joining me in the Slate studio is Forrest Wickman, Slate contributor, browbeat writer. Thank you for coming.

0:12.9

Hey, Dana.

0:13.8

And also John Swansberg, editorial director of Slate.

0:16.2

Hey, Dana.

0:16.9

Hey, Forrest.

0:17.8

Hey, John.

0:18.8

Oh, three-way conversation. Yeah, this is actually the first time we've had three people on a spoiler in quite a while.

0:23.8

So we all saw Gravity separately, and we've been trying to preserve our reaction for this moment.

0:28.8

So now, here goes.

0:29.8

I'm going to ask you both just quickly to give a reaction, and then we'll get into some spoilage.

0:33.0

So, John, you first.

0:34.0

What do you think?

0:34.7

I love this movie. John, you first. What do you think? in a moment has this time as much as not really a movie about plot in a lot of ways, but

0:54.2

I loved sitting in the theater watching this movie. It was probably the most fun 90 minutes

0:58.4

in the movies that I've had in a couple of years, just purely fun. Yeah, I think I would have

1:02.7

to agree with me. It's a strange combination with this movie that I would eagerly send people

1:05.6

there. Basically, anyone who's even remotely interested in Alfonso Corona or space or George Clooney or Sandra Bullock, I would say, run and see gravity. And yet, I don't think it's a masterpiece. And I want to get to

1:14.4

why that is. But what about you, Forrest? Yeah, I agree. I think that the screenplay has some problems,

1:19.2

but it was just, you know, at one point in the movie, they say something about how the next thing

1:23.2

Bullock does is going to be one hell of a ride. And two of my notes were amusement park ride and

1:28.1

we. And yeah, so I just thought it was a lot of fun. And one of the more transporting experiences,

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