One scene undermines the film

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2013)

Although much of the dialog is cheesy, the film as a whole is pretty great. However, Gravity stumbles with its dream sequence. Why did it take a male character to encourage Dr. Ryan Stone? Why did this happen in a dream? Why did Stone need help from a dead guy in a dream?
I don't usually like suggesting that films become radically different just to become more progressive or more politically correct. In this case, a slight change *would* make for a more interesting movie. Remove the deus ex machina dream sequence. Dr. Stone instead should have got over her problems on her own, without a knight in shining armor to rescue her.