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The second in a series of reviews highlighting movies that have been unfairly panned and worth re-visiting for any semblance of merit:
I love Steven Soderbergh’s Solaris (2002). I love it more than Tarkovsky’s original (1972). Simple as that.
The mean, moody opening is magnificent and rain-soaked. Clooney is as far from the bad memories of Batman and Robin as he could possibly be and clearly wanted to make a statement to Hollywood that he didn’t always want to play. A bold step.
And this is where Solaris failed. People wanted a blaster wielding ‘Clooney in Space’ saga. This film wasn’t it. A thinking-person’s sci-fi, with one of my favourite soundtracks, this is puzzling, challenging, sad and tender.
Clooney is brilliant and the staging onboard the ship is beautifully designed and realised. The cinematography throughout is a dream.
For this film to get a paltry 6.2 on imdb is a mark of how underrated it is. If Hollywood only backed more of this stuff, the average cinema-goer’s value system would be overhauled we would all to want to engage with something more meaningful.
An elusive, beguiling and woefully undervalued flick. See it.
Solaris Clip – “I remembered her wrong”
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French comics artist Jean Giraud, known by fans as Moebius has died at 73.
He worked on several Hollywood films including “Alien,” “Tron” and “The Fifth Element” and was a co-founder of U.S. comics magazine Heavy Metal in 1975.
Jean Giraud, known as Moebius, 73, ‘one of the greatest artists of world comic art’ –.
This must have taken ages to complete and how they didn’t get stopped by the old bill I will never know.
Love this awesome dance routine from a group in Japan decked out in Tron Legacy gear.
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This made me smile so much I though my face would break. A true Genius.