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dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Somehow I've avoided Solaris my whole life. The 2002 film came out and I thought it looked lame and so never gave it a chance. But yeah its a really unique weird sci fi gem. It takes a common isolated astronaut theme and turns it on its head. Literally everything is about the inner life of the main character. Loved the line: "we were looking for a mirror" when describing Alien life. A bleak take, but very true that our motives for exploration are selfish. A true alien life would have such different motivations it would be incomprehensible and probably pretty horrific. 10/10 would get creeped out again.