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In Reply to: That tunnel scene in Solaris is one of the great scenes in film. Contrast that posted by tinear on September 29, 2006 at 03:57:43:
Sorry timear, but IMHO, that tunnel sequence has to be one of the most boring, unimaginative scenes in the history of film! (~{^O) Zzzzzzz.
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is shocking, but much less so than the contrasting jump cut.
Maybe my tastes and your's are a bit different here, but in this instance I'd rather use my spousal unit as a gauge. My wife is very contemporary in her thinking (in assessing what is or isn't boring media) and a pretty good judge of cinema. We don't always agree (our tastes in film vary as well), but we're in sync about this film; FYI, she considers Solaris a real snoozer too.Sorry tinear, but as I see it, Solaris is about as palatable as that plastic turkey King George II tried to serve hungry U.S. troops while schmoozing the WH press corps in that infamous Thanksgiving Iraqi photo-op a couple of years back.
I still laugh to death remembering how hysterical you got every time someone did not like your beloved LOTR... good that you are not getting any of that pre-adolescent reaction in return. You don't like the Solaris - then you don't like the Solaris.
If I'm not mistaken, LoTR won more Academy Awards than any series of films since the Academy was formed including Best Picture, but the fact that Tolkien's books and the films they inspired are popular is of little consequence in this discussion (any more than your belaboring the importance of your favorite European grey poupon fare ad infinitum has merit).OTOH, if you want to discuss or debate how boring an achievement Tarkovsky's Solaris manages to be irrespective of Lem's work just to defend your own tunnel vision, then be my guest! I'm sure that tinear will gladly clean the pidgeon droppings off of your gargoyle-like facade perched high atop the Paradise Theater, Mr Roboto. :o)
***that tunnel sequence has to be one of the most boring, unimaginative scenes in the history of film!No, that "honor" squarely belongs with the LOTR monumental piece of shit.
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