Feb 20, 2024brucemagyar1 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Moves slow but captivates for nearly 3 hours. I was watching and was drawing comparisons with Dostoyevski and had a laugh when Snaut refers to the apparitions as 2nd rate creations of Dostoyevski. Movie is not a 2nd rate creation but a…
Feb 09, 2024luketenhage rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This film uses is sci-fi elements to examine what it means to be human. In this way, rather oddly, it's similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion. In that text, like this, technological advances are wholly unimportant in comparison with the…
Jan 02, 2024KennethSmith rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
As I think practically everybody on planet Earth now knows by this point, the science of Solaristics has stalled. Our brilliant, world-leading, Soviet scientists have studied that sentient ocean for years now, but they have largely gotten…
Sep 09, 2023spookydoo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Is this intellectual poetic science fiction?
Is this great Russian art house artistry?
Or is this an outstanding science fiction film classic? Perhaps it is all of the above! I will let you decide. And please read all the wonderful and…
This is a lousy movie that makes a hash of Lem's classic novel. Tarkovsky introduces a lot of religious and god stuff that does not appear in the novel and is utterly foreign to the story. Whatever possessed the Soviets to hire Tarkovsky…
Jul 16, 2021WittyPenguin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I kept seeing references to this, so logically I needed to watch it. I’m so glad I did!
Because it’s Russian, it’s long and slow, but altogether worth your time! There’s so much in it!
It’s entirely appropriate to watch this during…
Jul 13, 2020oPod rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
1972's "Solaris", a Russian Sci-Fi that questions our consciousness, construct of reality and understanding of relationships. Ebert writes a good review about it. I'll disagree with his assessment of the film being too drawn out, even…
Dec 24, 2019EvanSchoenfeld rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It’s hard to appraise a film that demands interpretation while being this ambiguous. It's said to deal with the nature of humanity and humanity’s place in the universe, and seems to hint that illusions created by the fictional planet…
Oct 30, 2019The_Most_Casual_Observer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mind-bending, metaphysical study of a psychologist sent to investigate strange occurrences on a space station. Some impatient and antsy viewers may not be able to give it a chance and settle in with the narrative, but if you can, it's…
May 12, 2019richmole rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This movie was a very big deal when first released in 1972.
I'm trying to figure out why. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at Cannes where it won Grand Prix Special. Big, big deal.
Now, given its time or release, a three-hour…
Mar 17, 2019BraveNOTPerfect rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This movie is considered to be among top 5 Sci-Fi movies of all time! Done in 1972 and 166 minutes long, it's not your typical Sci-Fi genre and requires from an average viewer a patience and focus to understand the plot. So, if you are up…
Nov 29, 2018VonHafenstaaad rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
More an exploration of inner than of outer space, Tarkovsky's eerie mystic parable is given substance by the filmmaker's boldly original grasp of film language and the remarkable performances by all the principals.
IMO - 1972's "Solaris" is nothing but a piece of cinematic junkfood.
Its SyFy story moved along at such a grueling snail's pace that I found it very difficult to stay awake while watching it.
Featuring almost no interesting visual…
May 12, 2018lindy919 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Russian art (music, literature and film) is much like the country - long, boring and not much there. This movie is no exception. I began watching Friday night and it was not over until the following Tuesday. Long, pointless scenes abound…
Apr 10, 2018akirakato rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky in 1972 based on Stanisław Lem's novel of the same name published in 1961, this Soviet SF film depicts a meditative psychological drama occurring mostly aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet…
Here's a relevant and true-to-life story that completely validates and justifies my low opinion of 1972's "Solaris".
Of course - As we all know - "Solaris" (the film) was adapted to the screen by director, Andre Tarkovsky from Sci-Fi…
Jun 09, 2016hesselugano rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Poor Andrei! When author Stanislaw Lem saw this film he hated it and scathingly criticized everything about it. Given the budgetary and other restrictions under which Tarkovskii had to work, I consider it a masterpiece. Tarkovskii himself…
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