Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

judithturner-50577 Stanislaw Lem's Solaris is a highly regarded book and Andrei Tarkovsky's film adaption is pretty much spot on, though Tarkovsky being an auteur brings his own touch to the proceedings. The story is about a cosmonaut who is sent to a space station revolving around a mysterious planet in the future. The cinematography and production design are haunting- the spaceship is so different than what we usually see in Hollywood. The acting is restraint and works here. Some people have said there is a sense of pretentiousness and rightfully so as some scenes go on way too long. But hey, this is Tarkovsky we speak of. This is one of the finest hard science fiction films and you should see it at any cost.

zona_yanks This political satyre disguises itself as a science fiction drama, where the main character . From the start of the film, intrigue and suspense are palpable as smoke, and guide the viewer through strange warnings and questionable actions. Solaris has a dream-like quality to it, which Tarkovsky relishes in. The legends surrounding the director should be impetus enough to watch this movie, but much merit can be given to the film's direction, which has been mimicked many times since.

Kirpianuscus it is easy to say - a film by Andrei Tarkovski. symbols, poetry of image, old and great themes . and the need of discover yourself. but, like each film by Tarkovski, "Solaris" is not exactly a film of its director but the film of its public. a kind of mirror, in which you recognize crumbs from the novel by Lem and the fight to reconquest the pillars of the past. a past like the only certitude. the film is a masterpiece not only for the artistic reasons. but for the science to become, scene by scene, a personal story. a story about testimony and about the impact with truth about love as only tool for ignore the death and the fundamental choice. as a form of revelation. and as remind. about refuges and meanings and truth.

lovaszi-peter One of the few Sci-Fis from the East side of Europe. Before I go ahead I must mention as a person, whose parents are from a post-communist country, the freedom what Tarkovsky got during this film is shocking. I don't even understand who it could go out in theatres.I must say this is an unusual Sci-Fi way different then the ones from the US. The actors/actresses look like actors, not playing their role (my favourite is Snaut who looks more like an alcoholic than a Scientist Doctor), what could be a result as they got selected instead of applied and got the job. It made me feel it a bit untrustworthy, but the USSR wasn't the number 1 film producer in the 70's.The story makes absolutely sense. During the cold war both sides spent insane lot of money exploring the space, looking for new planet with live on it, so they created this film showing it to us. And as their looking was unsuccessful, they had to call it Sci-Fi. You watch it, all goes as expected, and when you think it finished you see the last scenes, and you don't understand anymore. Or at least me.The last scene really made me confused and I should watch it again (as many other people recommended), but I didn't find it interesting enough so I just get along and live without the full understanding of one of the greatest Sci-Fis. If you're a Sci-Fi person you should't do the same mistake!