Review of Solaris (2002) by Travis T — 17 Jul 2011
One tag-line for this movie is "There are some places man is not ready to go," like into the theatre playing this movie. The other tag-line is "How far will you go for a second chance?" Apparently as far as death by boredom.
This movie is about regret, consequences, and redemption. Regret for actually seeing it. Consequences, waste of an afternoon and money for the DVD rental. Redemption, none.
According to the director, Steven Soderbergh, the movie concentrates on the love George Clooney's character feels for his dead wife. And how far he will go to be with her again. But all he did was take 15-20 minutes of useful story, and stretched it into a 90 minute movie by adding on 70 minutes of useless garbage. Also, it seems as though he ignored the enigma of the living planet Solaris.
Where the whole story could have been made on an episode of the Outer Limits, only a part of the story was used into making a major snooze fest.
This review of Solaris (2002) was written by Travis T on 17 Jul 2011.
Solaris has generally received positive reviews.
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