I just finished watching the movie, and it feels like 10 hours of watching a snail move. It is just boring.
The movie does have some interesting ideas to show, but the execution is just awful.
And no, Im not a troll or I guy who likes Michael Bay movies (because you either like a movie or you are a Mihcael Bay fan), I enjoy great movies such as 2001, Persona, 8 1/2 and Pulp Fiction
I think all Tarkovsky movies are boring the first time you see them, but try again! (they grow..)
shareLOL - excellent advice...watch a movie again that the op has problem with in terms of pacing - it will be worse
I would only recommend a film is rewatched if there is TOO much happening which is quite rare or it has a little thing in the background which can be easily missed
If you have to rewatch a film to get it...its a crap film
Yeah, like a fungus.
Schrodinger's cat walks into a bar, and / or doesn't.
Why the hell do things need to be `fast`? Slow`s smooth n´ cool man.
"facts are stupid things" - Ronald Reagan
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I actually have the same complaint...not much else to say.
sharei agree that the pace is excruciating.
clearly this movie wanted to be 2001 but lacked the budget and vision.
Ah that lazy comparison again. Only problem being that Tarkovsky hadn't seen 2001 at the time, and when he did, he described it as sterile. It's also similar to his other films such as Mirror.
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It's not "sci-fi", it's SF!
Even so, Tarkovsky's film is awfully ponderous. I bought the Criterion DVD, and was only able to watch it once. I really can't get through it.
Tarkovsky was correct about 2001. As a film, it was sterile, however visually impressive. Solaris has a bit more story and emotional meat to it than 2001, but doesn't have the sea legs of Kubrick's film.
this is better than odyssey 2001. better story, character development and way more emotional.
shareI totally agree with you. I wanted to like this movie so bad but its just so hard to watch. After a while it was just a chore to watch it and I was waiting for it to end.
It has some really neat ideas and a very interesting premise but the execution is so poor in the fact that it is so slow moving. And also I don't enjoy fast paced movies or huge action flicks either. Kubrick is one of my favorite directors but jesus its like Tarkovsky is almost testing your ability to stay awake.
I will admit that the cinematography is beautiful but the scenes in this movie are so underwhelming and there is very little payoff for having to sit through so much build up. The ending was cool and I also felt that the movie proposed several interesting ideas that I certainly haven't heard of before.
I cant get behind Tarkovsky though. Any director that inserts an entire 8 minutes of cars in rush hour in their movie to make the "idiots" in the theatre walk out is a pompous suedo-intellectual jackass in my books.
Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lies within.
You gave the Dark Knights Rises and Paranormal Activity high marks, your opinion is invalid.
~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.
Yep my rating of unrelated films in totally different genres means my opinion is worth nothing here. I also gave The Godfather and 2001: A Space Odyssey high marks, who the hell cares i base my criteria for ratings off of how much a movie entertained me and made me think which is what movies are made for.
Dear Warden, You were right. Salvation lies within.
You specifically stated you don't enjoy fast paced movies or huge action flicks.
~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.
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