tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post8461688103887389141..comments2023-01-21T12:14:17.714-08:00Comments on Miserable Pile of Secrets: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron, 2013)Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826787550676541006noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7196813830708036159.post-26729510323151109342013-10-28T22:01:34.000-07:002013-10-28T22:01:34.000-07:00[…] Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity (2013) is a movie tha...[…] Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity (2013) is a movie that seems to me, in many places, evocative of video games, and I don’t mean that in a disparaging way. There are, of course, the first-person moments that remind me of first-person shooters, and the narrative escalates with relentless momentum as a somewhat game-esque series of trials. But watching Gravity also made me think of one of my favorite games of yore, Square’s Final Fantasy VIII (1998) for the original PlayStation. No, I don’t mean “gravity” magic (Demi and Diablos and so on and so forth). I’m talking about this: […]Cuaron’s Gravity and the Final Fantasy VIII Connection | FRAGGIN' CIVIEhttp://fraggincivie.com/2013/10/29/cuarons-gravity-and-the-final-fantasy-viii-connection/noreply@blogger.com