Perhaps Gravity is about the World today ..

Rating: 9/10 (6 October 2013)

Warning Spoilers!
Perhaps "Gravity" can be seen as an allegory for the state of matters right here on Earth; with the financial crises (satellite blown to pieces, and collateral damage of the debris ), political bickering and disconnection from voters (all communication to Houston is lost, and we only get absurd, unintelligible singing and baby cries), economies coming apart at the seams in most countries burdened by debt (space stations falling apart) and the individual left to fend for itself. After the total disaster (all space stations lost), humans re-emerge, once again crawling out of a pre-historic pond and onto land (as Bullock does) to start life anew...