Tag: 2002

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25th Hour (2002)

This move conveys feelings in an amazing way, it makes me feel stuff. I am so sorry for the guy, but then there’s the “actions and consequences” aspect, but somehow I’m still rooting for him so that maybe there’s some kind of hope… At the end, coming back from that fantasy of “what if” I so felt his pain and fear of what’s coming next. Fantastic direction by Spike Lee.

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Solaris (2002)

I’ve been planning to watch this for a long-long time, finally did, and it was exactly everything I expected and wanted it to be. Beautiful and atmospheric sci-fi chamber drama with a very specific and narrow focus, which it executed and delivered brilliantly. Acting, music, direction, cinematography were all spot-on.

I read the book last year and I know exactly how much of that is in here and what the movie misses, and I have no problem with that. I don’t think this movie misses the science part of the fiction for the sake of delivering a space love drama. I think all the science aspect is in there but portrayed differently, focusing on the protagonist’s journey. The same is in the book too, but with a different focus, so this part is not spelled out that much. I loved both takes on the story: the book is great and fascinating, and the movie is captivating and beautiful.

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Transplants – Transplants

I am re-listening this one from 2002. Just as the first track hits me, I can hardly imagine how huge of a smasher this could have been back at the time of release. I was a late arrival to the Transplants but I wish being in that crowd on their album launch tour who are listening to this shit as new and live. They must have gone crazy.