4. That Vodka Scene
So Miss Stone realises she's as useful as a chocolate teapot and decides to take the easy way out, by turning off the oxygen in the Soyuz capsule and letting herself drift off peacefully. Suddenly Kowalski knocks on the window before climbing in, scolds her for giving up and drinks some Russian vodka that he finds under the seat. This is one of the worst scenes of any film. Ever. It only serves one purpose, and that's as an epiphany for Ryan she realises then that she can use the capsule's landing procedure to propel her to the Chinese station and enter the fully-fuelled capsule there. Bearing in mind some of the sublime things Alfonso Cuarón has achieved with this film, this scene is utterly ridiculous. It is cheap, it is inappropriate, and it is ultimately hugely detrimental. Supposedly gripping films like Gravity require lulls, not cataclysmic drops to the deepest realms of the absurd Camusian or otherwise. Let's move on.