Civilization's Orbital Decay

Rating: 4/10 (23 October 2013)

Gravity is pulling us down. Yes it had several gripping scenes but... it also had George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, two of my least favorite actors. Also I'm not a fan of films where the laws of physics are treated like Play-Doh. Almost 50 years ago a film about space, weightlessness, and isolation, stunned audiences as Gravity seems to today. But compare them, Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" was a deep profound subtle masterpiece whereas Gravity was dumb thrill ride of no substance. 2001 looked forty, perhaps 100 years into the future, while Gravity reached back eight years at a now dead shuttle program. Civilizations do spiral down, their populaces trending courser and dumber. This is documented in their movies.