Gravity, t3h movie! Imax 3d.

[Hammerskjold]

Cuaron copped out on a lot of things with Gravity in favour of atmosphere and effects. I might accept that if the sense of catastrophe in space hadn't already been done equally as well (if not better) with things like 2001, Apollo 13, or Sunshine.

Hmm, I think those 3 examples are much, much darker in tone. While they all involve space catastrophes. I personally would say that nearing the last quarter of Gravity, it can skew more metaphorical\allegorical. Now 2001, and Sunshine, and to a somewhat lesser degree Apollo 13 has their own share of symbolic vs literal, I certainly won't dispute that fact.

I think it's more a difference of degrees, and tone. If I were to roughly compare it, I'd say Gravity was probably closer in tone to 'Moon'.

Gravity wasn't a bad movie, but it could have been a lot better.

You know, at times, I do feel like that in general as well.

But it is a bit of a conundrum isn't it, do you look at the movie as is, or some of the missed opportunities?