this is definitely a 5 star experience. trust me.
One of Soderbergh's most underrated films, and certainly one of his best. Clooney puts on one of his greatest performances and Soderbergh's screenplay more than matches it. The visuals are beautiful to watch.
I think no man should try to film a REMAKE of a movie made by a genius like Tarkovsky, specially if the new version is going to be just crap like this one. Soderbergh committed a crime, I can hardly forgive him.
"Earth. Even the word sounded strange to me now... unfamiliar. How long had I been gone? How long had I been back? Did it matter? I tried to find the rhythm of the world where I used to live. I followed the current. I was silent, attentive, I made a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand, and perform the millions of gestures that constitute life on earth. I studied these gestures until they became reflexes again. But I was haunted by the idea that I remembered her wrong, and somehow I was wrong about everything."
A complete waste; lacking in any kind of subtlety or intelligence and featuring Jeremy Davies with one of the most annoying performances I've ever seen.
Closer to the work of Resnais than Tarkovsky, with its fragments and its ruptures and the sense of time and space as something oppressive or tyrannical bringing to mind the haunted expressions of Hiroshima Mon Amour or Muriel. An aching, claustrophobic film, where the basic elements of Lem's novel are used to construct Soderbergh's most profound meditation on his main theme; the nature of memory and its reflections.
i wish more directors would make challenging adaptations of classic films, since i couldn't in my right mind call this a remake.
What say?.. Example for directors: Don't compare to Tarkovsky !! :D:D
A brave re-imagining. The hygienic claustrophobia of the mise-en-scène vis-à-vis consciousness, free will, love, loss, identity...I can't help but like it.
Excellent work! I read the book some years ago and find this movie adaptation really very well done. Amazing pictures and an awesome soundtrack!
Taken alone, it's mediocre; as a remake of Tarkovsky's masterpiece, it's an ignominious, cowering failure. Its sole worthwhile feature is the beautiful score by Cliff Martinez. ★★
Un interesante (y bastante menospreciado,por cierto) trabajo de Steven Soderbergh. Es obvio que Soderbergh no es Andrei Tarkovsky,sin embargo,esta revisión de la clasica historia de Stanislav Lem resulta convincente,debido a que no es una cinta que abuse de los efectos especiales,y por el buen desempeño de su reparto. Natascha Mc Elhone brilla como Ari,mientras se aprecia a un George Clooney distinto al acostumbrado.
The Music of this picture is great. It's from Cliff Martinez.
i get so much shit for liking this movie, lol
Saw it yesterday, deliciously weird and mysterious. Loved the way Soderbergh describe Kelvin's feelings.
Why the hell Soderbergh made a Tarkovsky's remake?
Why the hell Soderbergh made a Tarkovsky's remake?
How the hell did Soderbergh get $50 million to make a film like this? Also, as Andrew said, if you liked this film, you owe it to yourself to listen to the Soderbergh/James Cameron commentary track.
I ceased to compare it to the Mr. Tarkovski masterpiece (one of them). Two movies, sharing a same DNA. This interpretation for Mr. Stanislaw Lem's novel by Mr. Soderbergh is in fact very good.
The care Steven took to build all the movie ambiance is incredible. Dr. Gibarian (Ulrich Tukur) role is very well performed. Just like Snow and Gordon. Clooney and beautiful Natascha perform very well too. All the details and the fabulous musical score by Cliff Martinez make this one of my favorite sci-fi movies. The quietness, the time you are given to evaluate their thoughts, fears, the meaning of life, all a plus.
this was garbage, the original tarkovsky film is far better
It's remarkable that a movie like this was made within a mainstream market. A very pleasant surprise.
Elegantly produced, very well acted, An entirely good piece of science fiction for adults that, alas, kind of falls apart in the final few moments. I've struggled to find the right words to describe it, but can't. The ending aims for a poetic ambiguity, and just winds up being rather vague and contradictory and just not very interesting, and unfortunate ending to an interesting and worthy film.
I really want to see it again, because I'm afraid that I went into it expecting a Tarkovsky film, which is my own stupid fault.
I generally liked it, though, so there's a high probability it's a good movie.
A haunting film, and I just refuse to call up it's qualities; it's a film love it or hate it. I'm just numb to films now, and Solaris made me realize that, I don't know why, but it did. Just see it.
I also thought this film was overlooked. In an age in which all sci films seem to have explosions and ridiculous plotlines, I enjoyed this intelligent and well acted film. Certainly not a masterpiece but a quality film...
Best remake ever...
Its a kind of visual poetry that reveals the raw preconceived feelings of love and loss....
Both the Tartovsky and Soderberg versions are good
In my opinion, both films, Tarkovsky's first and this Soderbergh's remake are two somewhat painful and stretched out experiences. Despite the enormous sacrifice that means to sit through the whole, there is no doubt that the essential argument of the story is intriguing and complex, therefore fascinating.
A fantastic, misunderstood masterpiece, and one of the best remakes of all-time.
