Gravity is pulling us down. Yes it had several gripping scenes but... it also had George Clooney and Sandra Bullock, two of my least favorite actors. Also I'm not a fan of films where the laws of physics are treated like Play-Doh. Almost 50 years ago a film about space, weightlessness, and isolation, stunned audiences as Gravity seems to today. But compare them, Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" was a deep profound subtle masterpiece whereas Gravity was dumb thrill ride of no substance. 2001 looked forty, perhaps 100 years into the future, while Gravity reached back eight years at a now dead shuttle program. Civilizations do spiral down, their populaces trending courser and dumber. This is documented in their movies.