I haven&#x27;t seen The Martian yet but I&#x27;d put Gravity well above Blade Runner. I found Blade Runner really dragged, and I found the characters impossible to relate to or care about. I was actually quite surprised as I&#x27;d expected to enjoy it (e.g. I loved Ex Machina).<p>I think it&#x27;s easy to miss how much general improvement there&#x27;s been in moviemaking. I accompanied my mother to see The Transporter Refuelled a few weeks ago, and by 2015 standards it&#x27;s dreck. But at the same time I was amazed by how polished everything was; the pacing, the movement, even the terrible dialogue was only terrible because it was doing clunky exposition. In some ways it was better than a good film from 20 years ago, and compared to a bad old film like say Armed and Dangerous it was night and day.