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# Here's What the Gravity Trailer Would Look Like If It Were Actually Honest

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## Samantha Grossman


Feb 19, 2014 2:15 PM UTC

by 

[Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/)


## Samantha Grossman


Feb 19, 2014 2:15 PM UTC

Just in time for the Oscars, the ever-observant [Screen Junkies](http://www.youtube.com/user/screenjunkies/featured) have brought us a new “Honest Trailer” — this time for Best Picture contender _Gravity._

Basically, they pinpoint just about every criticism you probably had while watching the film — or the criticisms you didn’t _realize_ you had until now. For example: Sandra Bullock’s character appears to have had little to no astronaut training, the film is essentially an hour and a half of people bumping into things and trying to grab things, and watching it on anything other than an IMAX screen will be wildly disappointing.

If you haven’t seen _Gravity_, be warned that this does contain some major spoilers. But it also might convince you not to see _Gravity_ at all, in which case, spoilers are irrelevant.

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