Archive for the ‘sci-fi’ Tag
The Mist
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The Mist is a movie based on Stephen King’s novel, portraiting a small town community trapped inside a supermarket surrounded by a mysterious and unnatural mist out of which oversized animals and insects occasionally attack them. Besides having lots of blood & gore, this is a very strong psychological thriller showing us well-developed characters, and the behaviour of a small community in extreme conditions of fear and danger.
There’s not much more to say without unnecessarily revealing the plot. I didn’t love the movie, that would be quite hard for me given the genre, and I do think that the ending is against basic biological instincts. However, it has made a powerful impression on me and I recommend it.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
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I have never heard about this one before. Turns out it is a brilliant noir science fiction movie, reissued last year on its 25th anniversary. Based on a novel called Do androids dream of electric sheep?, it is directed by Ridley Scott and stars Harrison Ford as a replicant hunter in the dusk of humanity. It took a while for the story to get me interested but it was the dark scenery, rich details and a photographic quality of almost every moment shot which tell this complex story better, at the same time asking questions about the future which we’re creating, that got me hooked from the beginning.
Man from earth
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This independent movie is a real gem. A history professor unexpectedly resigns from the university, a couple of his colleagues visit him at his house just before he leaves. They press him to reveal the reason and he, for the first time in his life, unveils the pieces of his story – a story of a man who has been alive for 14,000 years. The entire movie is essentially one large conversation, and the climax comes as the story gets most unbelievable, persuasive, and impossible to disprove at the same time.
The movie has been released about two months ago and has gained a lot of (unexpected) attention thanks to BitTorrent, for which the producer has thanked the community.
