Once and a while a film will come out that will sort of change the way you look at movies. But also, these films evoke emotions and feelings out of you that you may not be able to easily explain or back up. Solaris is a remake to a 1972 film of the same name. While I have not seen the original, seeing Steven Soderbergh’s updated version makes me want to. The writer/director is famous for specific filmmaking flair in his productions, and here, this flair comes close to an almost modern day version of 2001. While I have not seen all of A Space Odyssey, I’ve seen clips and Soderbergh obviously was going for a similar movie going experience. In Solaris, the director goes for a very slow pace where acting and moods take the attention of the viewer. It is not a special effects feature as we might expect coming from producer James Cameron. Instead, Soderbergh decides to go with the big risk and attempts to reach what filmmaking is all about. The problem with this approach is that Solaris is only for a restricted group of people.

Set in the near future, Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) is a sullen psych

In fact, going deep inside the world of Solaris and describing the emotions and reactions that come out of it is not very fulfilling, as every moviegoer is likely to have their own reactions and feelings about specific segments, bits and pieces, or just the picture as a whole. Solaris is also a unique picture in which you might feel a reaction, but you’re not sure what type of response it is. Walking out, it took me a little time to ponder on how much I liked the film. I liked it, but couldn’t tell to what degree. As I started flashbacking to many scenes and dove into some of the themes and topics at bat, the more my admiration was increasing. What could very well help in a viewing experience for any filmgoer is having personally experienced what Chris Kelvin is going through in some way or another in one’s life. It could possibly be a slight reason to why my emotional sympathy wasn’t as grand as it could have been, as I haven’t had to deal with anything as serious as what Kelvin is experiencing, but it still hit me.

There is no action in Solaris, but just drama, bits and pieces of romance, but overall, it’s about the idea of love and loss and what we would do for that second chance. For anyone who wishes they could go back in time and reverse something that took place, or take back a decision once made, Solaris touches base with these types of themes. Soderbergh has constructed the feature in an angle where not all of it is explained, as it needs to be thought over and discussed. The director reaches a type of filmmaking that is rarely ever produced these days, as it traditionally isn’t an audience favorite. Solaris i

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