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I guess it’s time for me to release my Christmas Grinch. I am quite floored by the attention the movie Gravity is receiving as a possible Academy Award winner for 2013.
The problem with this film is that it has no story. Okay, here’s the story: Astronaut struggles for survival in malfunctioning spaceship. That’s it. There’s no character development. Virtually no character interaction. George Clooney appears early in the movie but, other than playing himself--George Clooney--which is all directors seem to require of him nowadays, he adds very little to the film.
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Or better yet, check out the vastly under-rated movie, 2010, made way back in 1984 which features an unforgettable sequence of a nauseated John Lithgow floating from one spinning spacecraft to another. Very impressive cinematography even today, and an infinitely better story.
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Or, as another alternative, check out Ender’s Game whose portrayal of a weightless environment is just as captivating and much more imaginative plus the movie has real character interaction and an actual story.