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Watched this last night, avoided it for a while but someone recommended it to me.
And?
Thoroughly enjoyed it. A sci-fi film with no aliens, no laser weapons, no star battles, no murderous plot to take over world, nothing you'd usually associate with "oh, it's sci-fi"
George Clooney is sent to a spaceship orbiting Solaris after recieving a weird message from one of his mates onboard. The company has lost contact with the ship, a security force sent out to retrieve them never came back so they send him to see what's going on and to convince them to come back.
Usual "Lone hero sent to discover what's gone wrong" scenario.
Except nothing has gone wrong, they just dont want to return.
He arrives and sees blood, finds a couple of crew dead and only 2 other people alive.
1 has gone utterly insane, the other locked in her room and refusing to come out.
It's not about aliens, it's not about discovering what killed the people, it's not about blowing anything up and narrowly avoiding death at the hands of some CGI monster.
It's about grief, loss, longing, regret, love & memories.
Don't think this is Alien 5 or Pitch Black. Think Magnolia on a spaceship and you're getting the idea.
Nothing much really happens, there's no chase through dark corridors or a last-minute escape from exploding ship.
It's all about George Clooney coming to terms with the death of his wife, how he remembers her and one line summed up what it's about for me:
"I found myself practising smiling, standing, walking. All those things until they became reflex again, and I was left wondering did I even remember her properly anymore?"
A thoughtful, prosiac eulogy to what it is to be human, how we choose to remember loved ones and how we deal with loss and grief.
If you could have that person back, but they only exist based on your memories of them - would you choose that? They remember nothing outside of what you remember about them, they act based on only how you percieved them to be. They are not that person you fell in love with, but only a simile of that person through your filter of memory. Is that the person you loved, not their own independant person but a reflection of what you liked about them?
One of those films that left an impression on me for reasons I'm not sure about.
I do know George Clooney is fast becoming one of my favourite actors for daring to take roles and make films that may not be box-office gold but attempt to say something and mean something more than "Explosions! Guns! Quips!".
Recommended if you like films that try to make you think and try to deal with emotions and thoughts.
Not recommended if you like films with lots of running and shouting in.
And?
Thoroughly enjoyed it. A sci-fi film with no aliens, no laser weapons, no star battles, no murderous plot to take over world, nothing you'd usually associate with "oh, it's sci-fi"
George Clooney is sent to a spaceship orbiting Solaris after recieving a weird message from one of his mates onboard. The company has lost contact with the ship, a security force sent out to retrieve them never came back so they send him to see what's going on and to convince them to come back.
Usual "Lone hero sent to discover what's gone wrong" scenario.
Except nothing has gone wrong, they just dont want to return.
He arrives and sees blood, finds a couple of crew dead and only 2 other people alive.
1 has gone utterly insane, the other locked in her room and refusing to come out.
It's not about aliens, it's not about discovering what killed the people, it's not about blowing anything up and narrowly avoiding death at the hands of some CGI monster.
It's about grief, loss, longing, regret, love & memories.
Don't think this is Alien 5 or Pitch Black. Think Magnolia on a spaceship and you're getting the idea.
Nothing much really happens, there's no chase through dark corridors or a last-minute escape from exploding ship.
It's all about George Clooney coming to terms with the death of his wife, how he remembers her and one line summed up what it's about for me:
"I found myself practising smiling, standing, walking. All those things until they became reflex again, and I was left wondering did I even remember her properly anymore?"
A thoughtful, prosiac eulogy to what it is to be human, how we choose to remember loved ones and how we deal with loss and grief.
If you could have that person back, but they only exist based on your memories of them - would you choose that? They remember nothing outside of what you remember about them, they act based on only how you percieved them to be. They are not that person you fell in love with, but only a simile of that person through your filter of memory. Is that the person you loved, not their own independant person but a reflection of what you liked about them?
One of those films that left an impression on me for reasons I'm not sure about.
I do know George Clooney is fast becoming one of my favourite actors for daring to take roles and make films that may not be box-office gold but attempt to say something and mean something more than "Explosions! Guns! Quips!".
Recommended if you like films that try to make you think and try to deal with emotions and thoughts.
Not recommended if you like films with lots of running and shouting in.
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of the two similar films I preferred event horizon. maximum gore!
So it's "Columbo in Space"?
rescue crew not coming backs seems pretty cliched to me....but then nothing has happened to them which is a new take.
My brother said it was wack ass, a friend said it was good - i might see it.
My brother said it was wack ass, a friend said it was good - i might see it.
I'd written this off as cliched sci fi fair, but might get it now.
Watched this last night, avoided it for a while but someone recommended it to me.
And?
Thoroughly enjoyed it. A sci-fi film with no aliens, no laser weapons, no star battles, no murderous plot to take over world, nothing you'd usually associate with "oh, it's sci-fi"
George Clooney is sent to a spaceship orbiting Solaris after recieving a weird message from one of his mates onboard. The company has lost contact with the ship, a security force sent out to retrieve them never came back so they send him to see what's going on and to convince them to come back.
Usual "Lone hero sent to discover what's gone wrong" scenario.
Except nothing has gone wrong, they just dont want to return.
He arrives and sees blood, finds a couple of crew dead and only 2 other people alive.
1 has gone utterly insane, the other locked in her room and refusing to come out.
It's not about aliens, it's not about discovering what killed the people, it's not about blowing anything up and narrowly avoiding death at the hands of some CGI monster.
It's about grief, loss, longing, regret, love & memories.
Don't think this is Alien 5 or Pitch Black. Think Magnolia on a spaceship and you're getting the idea.
Nothing much really happens, there's no chase through dark corridors or a last-minute escape from exploding ship.
It's all about George Clooney coming to terms with the death of his wife, how he remembers her and one line summed up what it's about for me:
"I found myself practising smiling, standing, walking. All those things until they became reflex again, and I was left wondering did I even remember her properly anymore?"
A thoughtful, prosiac eulogy to what it is to be human, how we choose to remember loved ones and how we deal with loss and grief.
If you could have that person back, but they only exist based on your memories of them - would you choose that? They remember nothing outside of what you remember about them, they act based on only how you percieved them to be. They are not that person you fell in love with, but only a simile of that person through your filter of memory. Is that the person you loved, not their own independant person but a reflection of what you liked about them?
One of those films that left an impression on me for reasons I'm not sure about.
I do know George Clooney is fast becoming one of my favourite actors for daring to take roles and make films that may not be box-office gold but attempt to say something and mean something more than "Explosions! Guns! Quips!".
Recommended if you like films that try to make you think and try to deal with emotions and thoughts.
Not recommended if you like films with lots of running and shouting in.
And?
Thoroughly enjoyed it. A sci-fi film with no aliens, no laser weapons, no star battles, no murderous plot to take over world, nothing you'd usually associate with "oh, it's sci-fi"
George Clooney is sent to a spaceship orbiting Solaris after recieving a weird message from one of his mates onboard. The company has lost contact with the ship, a security force sent out to retrieve them never came back so they send him to see what's going on and to convince them to come back.
Usual "Lone hero sent to discover what's gone wrong" scenario.
Except nothing has gone wrong, they just dont want to return.
He arrives and sees blood, finds a couple of crew dead and only 2 other people alive.
1 has gone utterly insane, the other locked in her room and refusing to come out.
It's not about aliens, it's not about discovering what killed the people, it's not about blowing anything up and narrowly avoiding death at the hands of some CGI monster.
It's about grief, loss, longing, regret, love & memories.
Don't think this is Alien 5 or Pitch Black. Think Magnolia on a spaceship and you're getting the idea.
Nothing much really happens, there's no chase through dark corridors or a last-minute escape from exploding ship.
It's all about George Clooney coming to terms with the death of his wife, how he remembers her and one line summed up what it's about for me:
"I found myself practising smiling, standing, walking. All those things until they became reflex again, and I was left wondering did I even remember her properly anymore?"
A thoughtful, prosiac eulogy to what it is to be human, how we choose to remember loved ones and how we deal with loss and grief.
If you could have that person back, but they only exist based on your memories of them - would you choose that? They remember nothing outside of what you remember about them, they act based on only how you percieved them to be. They are not that person you fell in love with, but only a simile of that person through your filter of memory. Is that the person you loved, not their own independant person but a reflection of what you liked about them?
One of those films that left an impression on me for reasons I'm not sure about.
I do know George Clooney is fast becoming one of my favourite actors for daring to take roles and make films that may not be box-office gold but attempt to say something and mean something more than "Explosions! Guns! Quips!".
Recommended if you like films that try to make you think and try to deal with emotions and thoughts.
Not recommended if you like films with lots of running and shouting in.
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