Not gonna lie, I struggled on this rewatch a lot more than when I first watched Solaris almost exactly six years ago.
I've recently read the book and watched Soderbergh's interpretation, both for the first time, which is why I decided to come back to Tarkovsky's version this weekend, but I put in the disc without really thinking about it, and I just don't think I was in the right mood.
For Tarkovsky's films are at heart all about mood,…
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I watched this purely in the name of research, since I'm about to perform in a stage production of this, and I've got to say I'm completely baffled by the cultural impact and popularity of Grease.
This is an absolute non-story, full of unlikable characters doing broadly nothing and conspicuously not growing to fulfill their arcs:
Rizzo is pregnant, which could be an opportunity to explore topics like teenage parenthood and investigate the depths of Kernickie's affection for her. Nope,…
I just don't get it: if you're going to be a musical, be a musical! If you're so embarrassed about the idea of being a musical, then why pretend to be?
I was expecting singing, instrumentation, musical structure; I don't know, normal musical stuff. Instead, characters will just occasionally start delivering their dialogue to a half-hearted rhythm. And that's it! Very rarely does it ever build up the momentum or the music to the point that anyone's actually singing. Most…
