The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the my...
Here's the thing. I watched the movie. It was very well-shot and very dramatic and at times very tense. But it was also... really fucking slow at the beginning. Very Art-House style.
As a short story, Solaris is really cool. As a movie... it was not my favorite film.
Slow cinema is an acquired taste. To many it's just boring, but whenever I watch Tarkovsky my jaw is on the fucking floor from visuals alone so I don't mind, there's always something to look at and think about. So many movies are so fast paced with a billion things happening at once, and I have no idea what is even happening. I like it when a movie knows how to slow it down.
I watch Tarkovsky my jaw is on the fucking floor from visuals alone so I don’t mind
At the beginning, I really appreciated the cinematography, even though it was a very slow start. But by the end? Eh. It was fine for a 70s-era movie. But compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey or Soylent Green or even something pulpy like Planet of the Apes? No contest. Like, its a very clearly professional piece of film and of its era. But as Sci-Fi/Fantasy goes, there are a lot of directors that outperform.
So many movies are so fast paced with a billion things happening at once, and I have no idea what is even happening. I like it when a movie knows how to slow it down.
Moments when you really want to take in the aesthetic can slow down and drift. And there were definitely moments in Solaris like that. But do we really need, like, five minutes of a guy driving through a tunnel at the start there?
I haven't seen the original but American one with George Clooney was like that, and I thought it was pretty well done. Maybe I just like slow pacing though
Here's the thing. I watched the movie. It was very well-shot and very dramatic and at times very tense. But it was also... really fucking slow at the beginning. Very Art-House style.
As a short story, Solaris is really cool. As a movie... it was not my favorite film.
Slow cinema is an acquired taste. To many it's just boring, but whenever I watch Tarkovsky my jaw is on the fucking floor from visuals alone so I don't mind, there's always something to look at and think about. So many movies are so fast paced with a billion things happening at once, and I have no idea what is even happening. I like it when a movie knows how to slow it down.
At the beginning, I really appreciated the cinematography, even though it was a very slow start. But by the end? Eh. It was fine for a 70s-era movie. But compared to 2001: A Space Odyssey or Soylent Green or even something pulpy like Planet of the Apes? No contest. Like, its a very clearly professional piece of film and of its era. But as Sci-Fi/Fantasy goes, there are a lot of directors that outperform.
Moments when you really want to take in the aesthetic can slow down and drift. And there were definitely moments in Solaris like that. But do we really need, like, five minutes of a guy driving through a tunnel at the start there?
I haven't seen the original but American one with George Clooney was like that, and I thought it was pretty well done. Maybe I just like slow pacing though