James Gibney, Columnist

Does 'Gravity' Kowtow to Chinese Ticket Buyers?

Hollywood's blockbuster 'Gravity' takes pains to make nice with the Chinese.

October 7, 2013 at 1:57 AM UTC

James Gibney is an editor for Bloomberg Opinion. Previously an editor at the Atlantic, the New York Times, Smithsonian, Foreign Policy and the New Republic, he was also in the U.S. Foreign Service from 1989 to 1997 in India, Japan and Washington.

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(Corrects movie plot detail in fourth paragraph.)

'Gravity,' the new space-thriller starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, lives up, IMHO, to its, um, stellar reviews. It's gripping. It's beautiful. It takes pains to get some ofthe scienceright. In short, it's the kind of movie that Hollywood needs more of to pack people into theaters and keep them paying $5 for 50 cents worth of popcorn.