Most animators prefer working with Eueler because you can see and directly edit the f-curves. However, if a rig is careful with setting rotation order you can avoid most issues with gimbel in most circumstances. It's impossible to avoid in all situations, but you're really only going to run into it in the ball-and-socket…
http://movies.aurum3.com/content/view/182/46/ Looks pretty freakin sweet, finally a non gangster rap jet li movie. Also the soundtrack is by Massive Attack, big +.