Aniara (2018)
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:37 pm
Hulu
Swedish film based on a poem by the same name. Hint: The poem is not a happy take on the human race.
A massive star ship with tons of amenities is flying people on a three week cruise to relocate to Mars. Think the cruise ship in The Fifth Element, but bigger and more at home in the Alien universe. An incident occurs that puts the ship off course and without fuel. That's when the wheels fall apart, but not...
There's also a thing called MIMA on the ship, and the female lead runs it. It becomes far more popular as their situation gets worse. It's only part of the story though, even though it eats up a good chunk of the first half of the movie.
The movie is entertaining, but very artsy. It's compelling, but in a low budget, where the fuck is this going sort of way. Once you get done and you realize the overall message of the film, it gets much better. It's very, very well done from that perspective.
I recommend it, but this is a mature film. Lots of nudity ("normal people" nudity...like if everyone in a mall on a Wednesday night was suddenly naked...see sidenote), sex (not all boy-girl), adult themes, etc. Mostly though, it's just mature. Highly unlikely most kids could watch it and grasp the overall message. Don't come into this thinking you're going to be seeing lots of cool effects, aliens, and so on. Once the MIMA part has hit its climax, all weird stuff goes away. That's not even weird when you realize what it represents.
Not for everyone, but an extremely well done film about a poem that breaks down humanity.
Side note: I think they went out of their to cast unattractive people. The film is legit devoid of the typical attractive movie stars. In fact, there are people with birth defects and wahtnot. I'm not sure what the symbolism is there.
Swedish film based on a poem by the same name. Hint: The poem is not a happy take on the human race.
A massive star ship with tons of amenities is flying people on a three week cruise to relocate to Mars. Think the cruise ship in The Fifth Element, but bigger and more at home in the Alien universe. An incident occurs that puts the ship off course and without fuel. That's when the wheels fall apart, but not...
There's also a thing called MIMA on the ship, and the female lead runs it. It becomes far more popular as their situation gets worse. It's only part of the story though, even though it eats up a good chunk of the first half of the movie.
The movie is entertaining, but very artsy. It's compelling, but in a low budget, where the fuck is this going sort of way. Once you get done and you realize the overall message of the film, it gets much better. It's very, very well done from that perspective.
I recommend it, but this is a mature film. Lots of nudity ("normal people" nudity...like if everyone in a mall on a Wednesday night was suddenly naked...see sidenote), sex (not all boy-girl), adult themes, etc. Mostly though, it's just mature. Highly unlikely most kids could watch it and grasp the overall message. Don't come into this thinking you're going to be seeing lots of cool effects, aliens, and so on. Once the MIMA part has hit its climax, all weird stuff goes away. That's not even weird when you realize what it represents.
Not for everyone, but an extremely well done film about a poem that breaks down humanity.
Side note: I think they went out of their to cast unattractive people. The film is legit devoid of the typical attractive movie stars. In fact, there are people with birth defects and wahtnot. I'm not sure what the symbolism is there.