Hokeyboy

That's not necessarily true. Tarkovsky's film is such a meditative piece, especially in comparison to Soderbergh's, that it achieves a life of its own that transcends Lem's narrative. You might know the "story" after seeing Soderbergh's Solaris, but that in no way diminishes the experience that is watching Tarkovsky's masterpiece.

I like curvy black girls.

shill66

But you're not talking about the same thing, really. You're talking about making a reasoned judgment call based on things you already know about a movie, I suppose my words were meant to refer to instant kneejerk reactions without knowing anything. I'm talking about the people who, upon hearing the simple words "Hollywood is remaking Solaris," reply, "It's going to suck." That is NOT a reasoned judgment call, that's someone dismissing it blind. And I'll point this out: remakes fall victim to this far more easily than most movies, because the title itself presents a known quantity, or so people think. The reality is that the people might know the story, but they'll have no idea whatsoever about how the story will be presented.

JimRochester

Finally saw this last night. Tried on Saturday but kept dozing off. The concept was interesting but the execution just didn't do it for me.

Goldberg74

I sat there the whole time tonight trying to figure out if I was watching Solaris, or Somewhere In Time... at least by the end of the movie I figured out I was watching the later.

Didn't really do anything for me. While I won;t say I hated it, I didn't really like it either.

The camera work was elegant. Clooney was great, I really felt for him there for awhile.

But I have a question... and I guess I'll use a spoiler tag:

Cusm

I watched this last night, and it just did not do it for me. I thought the pacing was painfully slow. I can handle slow, but this just seemed to drag.
I do have a couple of questions though.

audrey

Pants

The corpse is the real Snow. His visitor was a manifistation of himself. This version of Snow killed the real Snow. The Snow we meet (the one Clooney meets) is really the duplicate manifestation Snow.

I won't put spoilers because that paragraph doesn't make a lick of senses

Cusm

eXcentris

You're dismissing it based on the fact that 99% of remakes suck. I would call that a reasoned judgment.

milo bloom

I finally saw this today, and I loved it. My only complaint is that it was too short! There were several instances where I would have held a shot a few seconds longer, or added a few more lines to really increase the mood. I haven't listened to the commentary yet, but did Soderbergh originally have a longer cut of this? I know it didn't do well at the box office, but I would have expected Fox to try to make it up with a little nicer DVD.

I've never read the book or seen the original, but I think this version was a very thoughtful and beautiful movie. I'm not sure about the Clooney bashing either. Now that you mention it, he does seem to always be playing Clooney, but I think Clooney has many facets that are allowed to shine in different ways in different films.

As much as I respect Savant, I also have to disagree. It's movies like this that are closer to true Scifi than the usual exploding ships and horny aliens stuff we usually get. Good science fiction makes tells a regular story, but the setting makes you consider it in a way you might not have before.

Definitely underrated flick. I will try to pick up the original asap.

TCG

I liked it too. I rented Solyaris, but that one didnt work for me. The Soderbergh version is better, IMO. I intend to buy it one of these days.

slateef

umm,maybe because it was a SNOOZE-FEST...

Jepthah

How very articulate.

"Only the boring are bored."

Grimm1

I took it that she was talking to Gordon. She was telling her things to convince her that it was alright to use the device on her. The second part I'm not sure....it looked like a hole that had been blown through the wall or something. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be a real or a halucination.

Jake77444

2 years later.

chente

Isn't that that point of having the discussion in threads on a forum? The movie is still worth discussing and what has been discussed before is available for those who want to begin or continue discussing it. If the poster would have started a new thread, we'd be hearing "duplicate thread" or "do a search" comments.

ShagMan

The blown up door is a continuity error that started with the cutting of a a scene where the tears the door apart. It just ends up in the frame, whoops. See the extra features for more information, and a LOT more about what the director's and Clooney's interpretation of what really happened.

bdshort

I don't remember too many details, but I did like the Clooney version of Solaris. Maybe I need to watch it again. I have great respect for those of you who can watch the original. I've seen it, and I had to split my viewing into 2 nights, because I found it so mind-numbingly boring. Probably the most painful experience I've ever had watching a movie, yet I was determined I would finish it.

Rizor

I loved this movie for what it was. It is a love story in space, but what I love about it is the tragedy. It's about a guy who's haunted by one stupid mistake and has to endure the suffering of having loved someone and also causing her death. It's just a beautiful story that's also beautiful to look at. I never felt it was boring. I guess it can seem slow due to the film's feel, but it's only 90 minutes. Not at all long.

Giantrobo

I loved the movie and the soundtrack.

hermes10

The only trailers I saw for the movie portrayed it as a "romance" or sci-fi thriller. People came to this movie expecting something else, and I think the deceptive marketing of the movie attracted the wrong audience (though I agree with others commenting here that there probably wasn't much of an audience in this country for a movie like this), and produced a lot of blow-back.

That said, I liked the movie, though not as much as the original. The Soderberg version is a good example of how Hollywood dumbs down a movie for an American audience. Other good examples of dumbing down that come to mind are: Obre los Ojos versus Vanilla Sky, and Dominion: Exorcist Prequel, versus the dumbed-down and pumped-up Exorcist: The Beginning. All three of these movie pairs are worth watching if for nothing more than insight into just how low the intellectual bar is set for the multiplex audience.

WallyOPD

I'll just say that to this day I'm still not allowed to pick the movie when going with my circle of friends because I chose Solaris when it was released. Half of our group walked out halfway through.