Gravity - ゼロ･グラビティ

I went to United Cinemas Toshimaen to see Gravitiy in IMAX 3D last night and was not much impressed. I guess my expectation was excessive because of the reputation I heard from some friends around me. I entirely admit that the technical staff did a great job in this film, but the script itself was between the second and the third grade so to speak. I don’t want to disclose the story elements here, but some factors that deteriorated the reality in the story were, for example, Dr. Stone’s character presented by Sandra Bullock was totally unlikely for an astronaut, and also some scenes along the important storyline looked against the laws of physics.

One comment on the camera crews is, toward the end of this movie, while I understand they had to choose a close camera setting to achieve some 3D effect, the water splash on the camera lens could have stimulated the reality of the situation, if only it were a documentary movie!

IMAX 3D seems still using a linear polarlizer as I see noticeable visual crosstalk with a slight tilt of the head. I think I should try Dolby Atmos theater in Maihama next time considering the balance of 3D and sound quality.

Toshimaen Amusement Park in front of the Station

昨夜はゼロ･グラビティを観に豊島園のユナイテッド･シネマズに行ったが、映画には感動しなかった。周囲の前評判の良さに期待が大きすぎたのかも。技術スタッフの努力はとにかく凄いよね、でも脚本自体が2流と3流の間くらいのグレードだった。ストーリーについてここでネタバレさせるつもりはないけど、サンドラ･バロック演ずるストーン博士の役作りが何しろ宇宙飛行士には全く不適合だし、ストーリー進行に不可欠なシーンの中には物理法則に鑑みてあり得ないような稚拙さも見受けられた。

最後の場面では水しぶきが撮影カメラのレンズにかかるのだが、ドキュメンタリー映画じゃないんだから、これは臨場感というより興ざめだと思う。もちろん3D効果のために被写体に寄せなくちゃならないのは理解しているけどね。

IMAX 3Dでは今も線偏光フィルターで立体を作っているようで、首を傾けるとすぐにクロストークが現れる。画質と音質のバランスを考えると、次は舞浜のドルビー･アトモス劇場で鑑賞してみたい。

宮脇昭、果てなき戦い – Endless Battle of Akira Miyazaki

震災後、処理に難航する瓦礫を土台にして、広葉樹の堤防で自然治癒力的な森作りを提唱した宮脇教授のアイディアは注目を浴びた。その着想を僕も素晴らしいと感じた。それは単なる思いつきではなく、この植物社会学者が生涯取り組んできた日本固有の森の再構築という壮大な作業の一環なのだとこの本で知る。本物が発する凄さと面白さでこの一冊は一気に読み終えた。震災後こうした構想が杓子定規な産廃処理法などでテンポ良く進まないのが何としても残念。

Professor Miyazaki’s proposal after the catastrophe was to use the huge heap of tsunami and quake debris as the basis to build forests with traditional Japanese trees that function as seawall along Tohoku coastline, that I thought was a brilliant idea and actually attracted fairly large media attention. In reading this book, you will understand that this idea of his did not just popped up but whole his life as botanical sociologist has been devoted to recreate diminishing landscapes with variety of trees in our country. Regrettably, the progress is rather limited because of inflexible laws regarding the processing of industrial wastes.