SolarisBySteven SoderberghTypemovieDate (at 35)TagsStatusdoneStarsPlatformtelevisionTime spent1 hour 39 minutes
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As an artist I've always loved to see other's creations, especially as I consider art to be in parts a retelling of one's experiences, so I've tried to ingest as much of the world as I could through media.
Opinionated as I am, I've always wanted to share my ideas and reflections on them, in various locations over time that I ended up gathering like all my data at some point. So this is a patchwork of my reviews posted in various places over the years.
It's very incomplete since this gathering work is always ongoing, and there are so many things I meant to say but never typed.
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SolarisByStanisław LemTypebookDate (at 35)TagsStatusdoneStarsPlatformlibraryTime spent5 hours 36 minutes
A fascinating story that really stretches your imagination as it carries you on an observation voyage above the beautiful planet Solaris. I loved how hard-SF the story was, with multiple explanations of the history, study and philosophy around the whole “science” of the planet.
I also really liked how the main character seemed unphased by the situation, despite the story being permeated in surreal psychological horror. He keeps trying new experiments in the face of his conception of reality breaking at the seams, and rarely seems at a loss in the face of the unknown. At times it feels like the book is at its core a scientific study of particular cosmic horror.
The movie took some liberties and I regret missing all that “scientific” part but I liked that they doubled down on the psychological horror, making it feel even more like some of my darlings like Silent Hill 2.