Gravity

I've been reminded to announce spoiler alerts when I say things like this.
Although I love Neil deGrasse Tyson's litany of Gravity physics errors, and I'm sure he meant them to be tangential to the movie's story, I disagree that it's a movie about physics. I also disagree with other critics' dismissing of the plot and characters as secondary to the special effects, even though they are amazing. Because Gravity isn't really about space. It's a metaphor for the grief of losing your child. Stone doesn't have the training, the tools, or the culture to survive what happens. She's not even an astronaut really, she's only half trained when they send her up. She's only there to facilitate a medical experiment she devised.