Solaris
Boring 2002 version of Stanislav Lem’s hardcore sci-fi novel, which is apparently more faithful than the first movie version made, 1972’s Solaris, directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. We won’t be renting that one either then! When we read the novel in Jan/Feb time, both of us were quite freaked out by it in places, but there was no tension in the film we watched tonight at all. Major characters seemed either miscast or mis-directed, and the character development was actually too quick and therefore not believable. In the hour we watched, there was a fairly long sex scene and some partial nudity. It didn’t make the film any better, of course!
You are so right about Solaris - it was pretty dire. Although I am told the origional is worth watching - trouble is, when you’ve seen a re-make then there are no surprises!
Comment by Nikki — 20 August, 2005 @ 7:51 am
That depends, we’d both read the book and we were surprised by this version because it bore so little resemblence to it!
Comment by Heidi — 20 August, 2005 @ 9:42 am
I saw the original years ago when I was about 12 (there was a Tarkovsky season on channel 4) and remember it vividly - a beautifully stark work yet one that I undestand would have very limited appeal. I haven’t seen it since, or seen the remake.
Comment by Simon Dillon — 15 September, 2005 @ 1:48 pm
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Comment by testanchor46 — 16 October, 2005 @ 1:20 am