Space Thriller for 10 year olds

Rating: 3/10 (11 January 2014)

I know this will sound elitist, but who are these people (and critics!) who thought Gravity was some sort of spectacular science fiction, space thriller a la 2001: A Space Odyssey? The only connection to such truly great movies is the blatant rip off by the director of the iconographic space fetal position, but with Sandra Bullock doing the floating. Are you kidding me – how could any self-respecting film critic or above average IQ viewer not recoil against such adolescent mimicry.
Unfortunately, Gravity is not a movie for anyone with an above average IQ. Yes, the special effects are impressive, but these days, that just means spending enough money to hire the best computer graphics artists. The story and direction is embarrassingly juvenile, requiring a suspension of belief that goes way beyond that for average movies. From the idiotic positioning of the "brilliant" engineer, Sandra Bullock, using "eeny meeny miney mo" to choose the critical sequence of re-entry control buttons to the preposterous actual re-entry and landing, not in an ocean (which cover 70% of the earth), but over land, and in a lake (which cover 1% of earth).
Finally, after plunging to Earth in a flaming capsule, Bullock emerges, unscathed, and of course scantily clad and barefoot, like a Xenon princess warrior, from the primordial mud of this idyllic lake onto its uninhabited beach. This movie was as nauseating and cringe-worthy as any that I've ever seen, but my daughter took us, so I had to sit quietly, without speaking out or throwing up until I was home alone.