What is happening to movies...?

Rating: 5/10 (30 November 2013)

When I saw "Gravity" ranking in the 250 right between "Taxi driver" and "the great dictator" I thought my eyesight has gone bad. Are there any ambitious critics left out there? If you like a movie or not depends sometimes on personal taste or expectations, but seriously: this is not a good movie, not ONE BIT. It's but a theme park ride.
I have to admit it, seeing "Gravity" on the big screen is an experience like no other. The 3d isn't even that good, but the (so-called) camera work really makes you feel like floating in space. The visual effects are stunning, the whole look suits great. The sound effects are arranged like a first- person experience, it's awesome. Summarized, these features give the viewer an effect of the physical experience which the protagonist is going through.
But that's it. The movie is more of a demonstration of what modern cgi is capable to achieve. The whole rest of what makes a movie great like: an original story, good acting, well-written characters or even authenticity: "Gravity" screws it up. All of it. The background story of Sandra Bullocks character is the most clichéd and cheesy thing i've seen in a while, her acting is so unsubtle that it almost hurts. The "dog-scene" is the most embarrassing thing, it's not even funny.The dialogue is insulting everyones intelligence who has a little bit of sense of criticism left. Many of these issues are to blame on the script, of course. The ending is decent, at least. (George Clooneys character isn't even worth mentioning).
I don't want to imagine what a great movie it could have been if they used a good script and a suitable actress. Like this, "Gravity" is evidence of the incapacity of "professional" critics and it shows how much the overall voting culture on IMDb lost its proportionality. I am worried about the influence this movie will have on future works.
5 out of 10 because it's a cool experience once, but it will be buried in oblivion right after sighting it. The perfect movie for modern throwaway society.