Does anyone know when the original was made and if this one follows the same premise? I thought I saw it without subtitles and dubbed English. It seemed different…with lush vegetation and pods. I may be thinking of another film. It was like Invasion of the body snatchers but much scarier.
the original movie lets u figure it out … well it was in russian and the subtitles were translated strangely so a lot of the meaning was lost … i tripped out on how long the car ride was but it let u see the city which was cool cuz ive never been to russia
A thinking persons sci-fi film. Very beautifully and hauntingly done. One of my favorites. The ending was superb. Five stars for this one. Clooney at his best.
pssh… in my opinion the Tarkovsky version was so much more better than the new version. As already said, no one can match the genius that was Tarkovsky
Thats ridiculous to compare a book to a film, they are two different mediums. Tarkovsky’s film is a love story in the sense it deals with love on a larger plain, among many things, it’s just not a sappy hollywood boo-hoo love story.
AGREED. I love sci fi and although I do enjoy the blockbuster summer star trek, deeper philosophical movies (which is what science fiction actually is) are seriously lacking. Solaris is a fantastic film from a sci fi perspective, the book is 10X better.
The last film that tried foray into thought provoking sci fi was AI and that movie was a flop, (save Ben Kingsleys futuristic performance at the end).
Tarkovsky’s Solaris is the only one,and that’s all.The love story in this movie is haunting and deadly romantic;also very deep.I will not discus this new Solaris because,for me,it doesn’t even exist.
or even lem. ppl forget the book. if u take the movies from the books perspective they both fail. if u take the movies as separate items and as singular items they are both good. if you take the movies in comparison to each other then tarkovsky wins in depth but looses to the powerfull love story in this version helped by the two actors their expresions and even themselves as humans fit lem’s amazing work. it’s all about perspective
I liked it a lot. Not so much as the version of 1972 though.
I thought about it…maybe it is, because Hollywood filmmakers tend to turn good movies with a message into tearjerkers and sobstuff. It also happened to Wim Wender’s “Der Himmel ueber Berlin” (Wings of desire) which was raped into “City of Angels”, a lachrymose love story with the intellectual depth of a 50 Cent stamp…
The trailer for the film is rubbish… the run-of-the-mill deep voice trying to sum up the movie in a few slowly spoken sentences. However, I think the movie is superb! The music, the mesmerising CGI used for the surface of the planet… What an incredible story too – painful for anyone who has lost a loved one and yet still kinda uplifting. Regardless of how great Tarkovsky’s film was, this film is still way way ahead of most sci-fi films in my humble opinion.
wesentlich besser., leider.
Does anyone know when the original was made and if this one follows the same premise? I thought I saw it without subtitles and dubbed English. It seemed different…with lush vegetation and pods. I may be thinking of another film. It was like Invasion of the body snatchers but much scarier.
the original one by Tarkovsky is waaaaaaaaaaay better so I recommend everybody to watch that one
original was way better
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the original movie lets u figure it out … well it was in russian and the subtitles were translated strangely so a lot of the meaning was lost … i tripped out on how long the car ride was but it let u see the city which was cool cuz ive never been to russia
A thinking persons sci-fi film. Very beautifully and hauntingly done. One of my favorites. The ending was superb. Five stars for this one. Clooney at his best.
pssh… in my opinion the Tarkovsky version was so much more better than the new version. As already said, no one can match the genius that was Tarkovsky
Thats ridiculous to compare a book to a film, they are two different mediums. Tarkovsky’s film is a love story in the sense it deals with love on a larger plain, among many things, it’s just not a sappy hollywood boo-hoo love story.
AGREED. I love sci fi and although I do enjoy the blockbuster summer star trek, deeper philosophical movies (which is what science fiction actually is) are seriously lacking. Solaris is a fantastic film from a sci fi perspective, the book is 10X better.
The last film that tried foray into thought provoking sci fi was AI and that movie was a flop, (save Ben Kingsleys futuristic performance at the end).
Tarkovsky’s Solaris is the only one,and that’s all.The love story in this movie is haunting and deadly romantic;also very deep.I will not discus this new Solaris because,for me,it doesn’t even exist.
or even lem. ppl forget the book. if u take the movies from the books perspective they both fail. if u take the movies as separate items and as singular items they are both good. if you take the movies in comparison to each other then tarkovsky wins in depth but looses to the powerfull love story in this version helped by the two actors their expresions and even themselves as humans fit lem’s amazing work. it’s all about perspective
I liked it a lot. Not so much as the version of 1972 though.
I thought about it…maybe it is, because Hollywood filmmakers tend to turn good movies with a message into tearjerkers and sobstuff. It also happened to Wim Wender’s “Der Himmel ueber Berlin” (Wings of desire) which was raped into “City of Angels”, a lachrymose love story with the intellectual depth of a 50 Cent stamp…
The trailer for the film is rubbish… the run-of-the-mill deep voice trying to sum up the movie in a few slowly spoken sentences. However, I think the movie is superb! The music, the mesmerising CGI used for the surface of the planet… What an incredible story too – painful for anyone who has lost a loved one and yet still kinda uplifting. Regardless of how great Tarkovsky’s film was, this film is still way way ahead of most sci-fi films in my humble opinion.
agreed
and if you can’t outdo Tarkovsky, you shouldn’t try a movie version of Solaris.
It’s really difficult to outdo Tarkovsky.
: )