A wonderful meditative film that raises many philosophical and metaphysical questions about human existence, loss and happiness.
pretentious. Solyaris,for me, is an ultimate endurance test. with a running time of almost 3 hours and a pace slower than an injured snail.It took me 5 days to finish this movie,wherein the rate is i overslept every 20 minutes of the film. Tarkovsky seems wants to make this his o...( read more)
Inaccessible bollocks. Much preferred Soderbergh's version. Suffers from The Deer Hunter syndrome and then when it gets on the space station it's just as boring. Somewhere in the 2nd hour I stopped reading the subtitles because they weren't helping. In face, the dense philoso...( read more)
Andrei Tarkovsky's "Solaris" is one of the great science fiction films in history. The film is essentially a meditation on memory, a sort of hypnotic psychodrama that, as easy as it is to describe, is next to impossible to explain. Comparisons to "2001: A Space Odyssey" are obvio...( read more)
You really have to be in the right mood and frame of mind to watch this and get all the way through. That doesn't mean you need to be high, but that might make things a little more interesting. The comparisons to 2001 are warranted, but only to an extent. Thematically, this movie...( read more)
The dreamlike journey of a man who travels to a space station where he confronts his past - and his future. The opening 20-30 minutes are rather lugubrious, but picks up once he reaches the space station, as strange events occur almost immediately. Much insightful and thought-p...( read more)
This is the original...to that farce that Clooney did. I'm sure it has to be way better.
Old-fashioned entertainment a la Space Odyssey. Very slow-paced, strange and exciting.
Excellent film qui offre une perspective intéressante sur le genre de la science-fiction. En fait ce n'est pas tant un film sur les avancées technologiques et scientifiques qu'une étude à proprement parler du rapport émotif entre l'homme et son inconscient. J'ai beaucoup aimé l'a...( read more)
Considering when this was made, it has held up pretty well. The atmosphere that is created is pretty effective and the sets and limited effects work are solid.
There are pacing problems and the fact that it takes an hour to get into space was a little odd, but it could be arg...( read more)
Thoughtful but conflicted, Tarkovsky manages to pull a rather elegant commentary about what it means to be human out of source material that was merely intended to portray something truthfully and scientifically "alien"
Bondarchuk is astounding as the Hari, and perhaps one of th...( read more)
Interesting to see a consummate master fail so spectacularly. There is some gorgeous imagery here, and some striking moments, but as a cohesive whole, it's just not there. Stalker worked as a sci-fi because it didn't have to be. This has to be sci-fi, and Tarkovsky tries to abstr...( read more)
My second Tarkovsky film. Whilst I didn't find it as poetic or moving as Mirror it's still damn great! Now, I don't have anything against long shots or slow paced films but Solaris really is very slow, and at times it does seem to drag on a bit. Still, as it's Tarkovsky, however ...( read more)
I enjoyed this film. It is very slow, but something is always happening in the film (unlike 2001 a Space Odyssey). The film raises a lot of questions, but it mainly cnetres around the human emotions of love and death.
one of the most critically acclaimed movies that ever bored me a bit. really heavily into the psychology b8t little sci fi to speak of, bit ropey too but that added an arty Russian feel in its way. I skimmed through the 1st half and through 9 hours of the second half then realise...( read more)
A mind-bending, metaphysical film about an investigation into why astronauts on a space station situated above the planet Solaris have suffered mental breakdowns. The hypnotic power and the many startling visuals are like nothing generally seen in Sci-fi films. From the novel by ...( read more)
A good film but the plot never gains momentum, it just creeps along. If you have attention deficit disorder you're going to have a hard time making it through the entire movie.
well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch..its a good movie 2 watch its got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie...i think that the director of this Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Drama movie ha...( read more)
Andrei Tarkovsky's deliberately challenging sci-fi mystery film has a reputation as a polarizing experience, and for good reason... not many other films have ever been so accurately pegged by the old 'you'll love it or hate it' descriptor. Many viewers find Tarkovsky's glacial pa...( read more)
I fell asleep a couple of times.
A very good story but......God Damn, it was boring at times.
I think this film would have been better if it was cut down by about 45 min and probably would have gained a couple more stars IMO.
Not as bad as Stalker but if you eat three tabs o...( read more)
In order to avoid seeming like a poser, I decided to watch this film simply to justify calling the remake one of my favorite movies. Now when I tell people that I liked the remake more, I can sound like an artless idiot instead of a poser! When dealing with film elitists, no one ...( read more)
Dr. Sartorius: Man was created by Nature in order to explore it. As he approaches Truth he is fated to Knowledge. All the rest is bullshit.
As good as much of this film is, it is another example of how I was spoiled by the more recent version of this story, which made me not en...( read more)
This is a movie I?ve had a whole lot of trouble with in the past, I?ve probably watched the first half hour of it four times in the past, but had never finished it or even gotten very deep into its long running time. Oddly, I?ve had just as much bad luck getting into the Soderber...( read more)
As expected from director Andrei Tarkovsky, this is another 'not-quite-sure-what-to-make-of-it' film. A surrealist sci-fi which successfully captures some philosophical/psychological concepts that are overshadowed with special effects and graphics these days.
I like the way that the story has little drama but makes you feel uneasy watching it, where the idea of having your past, your stilted thoughts return fascinating. Yet, this was one of the most hardest films for me to watch and my least favourite by Tarkovsky.
