re: "Gravity" Tomatometer Thread: 215 Reviews, 98% Fresh

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Couldn't disagree more about it being a bad movie. And to say it lived solely on the emotion from the event it portrayed would also discredit pretty much every historical movie that has ever existed.

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L O L. No.

A movie made within 5 years of a nationally tragic event is plenty different from something like Patton.

9-11 is maybe one of the most shockingly and "mass culture" driven events of all time, that changes the game in terms of the ability of people to profit from it.

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While that may be true, it's also the most accurate film about 9/11 that has yet to be made.

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Only because World Trade Center was an even greater failure, and more of an obvious cash in.

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It should be shown in high school history classes due to its accuracy and commitment to authenticity.

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I won't disagree, but this doesn't make it a particularly good film. And doesn't absolve its sins, literal and figurative.

It's a terrible movie that is relevant only because of the emotion of the event (and that's the only reason I can't disagree with it's historical relevance). It has literally nothing else to drive it. And it isn't even in the same universe as Gravity.