#aniara 2018

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[aokuro-san]

Sci-fi movies I saw yesterday.

ALIEN. OUTER SPACE.

Concepts that I love united in a single post thanks to these three films that I had the pleasure of seeing yesterday.

Well, the pleasure. Some more than others, I'll warn you. Because, for example, there is NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU. Put by the clouds even by the prompter, it is the biggest piece of crap I have seen in quite some time. A film that offers the same thing as always, with an irritating protagonist to the extreme and a story, in general, to which I do not plan to dedicate much more time because… There is nothing more to extract from it, except boredom.

A 1/5, and I'm taking a chance!

Although, luckily, in the world we also have things like NOPE, which unlike the first, was harshly criticized and I still don't understand why (just like the character of Kaluuya, who was my favorite (even though they are all very well introduced)! Do you dislike serious and intelligent people who know what they are talking about? Interesting xD). When we talk about NOPE, we are talking about a fantastic adventure film, with a pure horror sequence in between, with a simple rhythm and script, but more than effective, since its messages and ideas are clear from the very beginning and It is capable of keeping you hooked. But we also talked about his original "antagonist" and the brilliant UFO theory he offers in this regard. Brilliant idea and staging that I can't go below 4/5. Well, EVERYTHING (even the humor) FITS PERFECTLY.

Just like in ANIARA. Without a doubt, THE BEST ON THIS LIST. A forgotten beauty that must be remembered more, since we are facing the most realistic and fascinating space adventure that I HAVE EVER SEEN. Based, also, on an epic poem from the last century that I reading to do immediately, because with just its first pages, it has conquered me as much as its film adaptation!

A ship on its way to Mars that leaves its orbit and is left to its fate in the immensity of space, and the psychological and existential impact that this has on its crew. A long journey that stays with you FOREVER. Just like its ending.

A thoughtful legend that you have to SEE NOW.

[harmcityherald]

Aniara (2018)

[b0ringasfuck]

nanorecensioni sci-fi: Aniara 2018

Quasi... quasi poteva essere un bel film e invece...

Allora c'è un'AI che fa una cosa interessante che poteva essere lo spunto per roba sci-fi. E questa cosa la fa a metà del filmz... e poi non se la caga più nessuno.

Per certi versi il film è moderno: c'è genitora 1 e genitora 2 in una maniera piuttosto naturale, delle scene di sesso border line con il porno che forse potevano starci o forse no e sembra che la risposta sia nuovamente un disinvolto "perchè no?" senza che ci sia proprio la necessità di farle, ma nemmeno ci stiano male, del tipo "non devo giustificare il fatto che siano eccezionalmente funzionali alla trama" e senza essere hard sci-fi si vola abbastanza basso per non far dipendere punti pricipali della trama su cui uno poi finisce per interrogarsi su delle gran vaccate.

Svedese credo mica a caso, incluse le secchiate di suicidi.

Suvvia, si, qualche spunto di riflessione lo offre, ma il problema è che questo spunto è che la maggiorparte di questi spunti non viene da un ipotesi "fantascientosa" e quello che poteva venire da un'ipotesi fantascientosa è buttato al cesso a metà del film.

Al pelo la sufficienza sui film che vale la pena vedere (che comunque tenendo conto che il tempo è prezioso e che lo scenario in generale per la sci-fi fa cagare è molto).

[mappingthemoon]

Movies/TV Watched 2023

The Postman Always Rings Twice / Bob Rafelson (1981)

Secretary* / Steven Shainberg (2002)

Spirited Away* / Hayao Miyazaki (2001)

Watcher / Chloe Okuno (2022)

The Talented Mr. Ripley / Anthony Minghella (1999)

Pride & Prejudice / Joe Wright (2005)

Moonage Daydream / Brett Morgan (2022)

Volver / Pedro Almodóvar (2006)

Belfast / Kenneth Branagh (2021)

The Last Picture Show / Peter Bogdanovich (1971)

I, Tonya / Craig Gillespie (2017)

The Postman Always Rings Twice / Tay Garnett (1946)

Rocketman / Dexter Fletcher (2019)

The Unholy / Evan Spiliotopoulos (2021)

Mara / Clive Tonge (2018)

Frogs / George McCowan (1972)

Prometheus / Ridley Scott (2012)

Men / Alex Garland (2022)

All the Right Moves / Michael Chapman (1983)

Poseidon / Wolfgang Petersen (2006)

Saint Maud / Rose Glass (2019)

Monstrous / Chris Sivertson (2022)

Wander Darkly / Tara Miele (2020)

Howl’s Moving Castle / Hayao Miyazaki (2004)

Iris / Albert Maysles (2014)

Lamb / Valdimar Jóhannsson (2021)

In Fabric / Peter Strickland (2018)

The Elephant 6 Recording Co. / C.B. Stockfleth (2022)

The Visitor / Justin P. Lange (2022)

Smile / Parker Finn (2022)

Yellowjackets [szn 1-2] (2021-2022)

It Comes at Night / Trey Edward Shults (2017)

Everything Everywhere All at Once / Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (2022)

Black Bear / Lawrence Michael Levine (2020)

mother! / Darren Aronofsky (2017)

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story / Eric Appel (2022)

X / Ti West (2022)

I Heart Huckabees* / David O. Russell (2004)

The Right Stuff / Philip Kaufman (1983)

Goliath Awaits / Kevin Connor (1981)

Poltergeist* / Tobe Hooper (1982)

Doctor Who [TV Movie]* / Geoffrey Sax (1996)

Earthstorm / Terry Cunningham (2006)

Lake Eerie / Chris Majors (2016)

Fantastic Planet* / René Laloux (1973)

Synecdoche, New York* / Charlie Kaufman (2008)

Flight of the Navigator* / Randal Kleiser (1986)

NOPE / Jordan Peele (2022)

Women Talking / Sarah Polley (2022)

Striking Distance / Rowdy Herrington (1993)

Vivarium / Lorcan Finnegan (2019)

Saw* / James Wan (2004)

A Peculiar Noise / Jorge Torres-Torres (2016)

In the Earth / Ben Wheatley (2021)

Cats 2 / Jake Jones (2023)

Bringing Out the Dead* / Martin Scorsese (1999)

The Last Blockbuster / Taylor Morden (2020)

The Dance of Reality / Alejandro Jodorowsky (2013)

In the Mouth of Madness / John Carpenter (1994)

The Chamber / Ben Parker (2016)

Tenet / Christopher Nolan (2020)

Synchronic / Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead (2019)

Paprika / Satoshi Kon (2006)

The Menu / Mark Mylod (2022)

Sunshine / Danny Boyle (2007)

Devil’s Island / Sean King, Taylor King (2021)

Benedetta / Paul Verhoeven (2021)

Scotland, PA* / Billy Morrissette (2001)

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover / Peter Greenaway (1989)

The Color of Pomegranates* / Sergei Parajanov (1969)

Face/Off* / John Woo (1997)

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial / Steven Spielberg (1982)

The Gilded Age (PBS American Experience) / Sarah Colt (2018)

Aniara / Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja (2018)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas* / Chuck Jones, Ben Washam (1966)

The Quake / John Andreas Andersen (2018)

The Guilty / Gustav Möller (2018)

The Muppet Christmas Carol* [VHS] / Brian Henson (1992)

M3GAN / Gerard Johnstone (2022)

Caught / Jamie Patterson (2017)

Shot / Jeremy Kagan (2017)

A Charlie Brown Christmas* / Bill Melendez (1965)

Body at Brighton Rock / Roxanne Benjamin (2019)

Trancers / Charles Band (1984)

Higher Power / Matthew Charles Santoro (2018)

*Asterisk = rewatch

Favorites first watched in 2023: Men, In Fabric, Yellowjackets, Everything Everywhere All at Once, mother!, NOPE, The Dance of Reality. (ETA: Vivarium and Aniara, which I wouldn't necessarily call "favorites" but they've stuck with me.)

Favorite rewatches: Secretary, I Heart Huckabees, Poltergeist, Bringing Out the Dead

[captaincolossal]

Anyway, my initial pull tonight was Interstellar (2014) until it loaded and had the audacity to be near 3 hours long, so fuck James Cameron, it will have to wait for another time, or not at all. Fucking 3 hour movies. It's why I also don't want to watch Beau is Afraid (2023).

This one sounds conceptually similar to that really terrible one, Voyagers (2021), but hopefully it's better and also not as stupid.

Aniara (2018)

Earth's fucked, everyone in the space elevator.

It's like a space cruise ship that goes from Earth to Mars. Oops, maybe on the second part.

[gravything]

I watched Aniara (2018) — based entirely on the really cool poster and ten, fifteen seconds of the trailer, which showed a space elevator and what looked like a holodeck projection or a memory going eerily wrong — and ooooh that was a movie. loved that. the symbolssssss

a lot of the reviews say it’s a depressing movie, and I totally get that. I did find bits of it hard, or otherwise off-putting. but I found it also full of hope and I didn’t finish it feeling like I’d been crushed under something (contrast: I may never read Fingersmith again even though I really liked it and respect what it did and how—it was such a wringer for me!). I don’t want to mislead anybody, though: it’s not a good time in-universe and people have called it an existential horror, so ym obviously mv. “thriller” is such a large category and I tend to think of it meaning, like, stabby chasey stuff, but I guess it fits this.

it gave me a couple of brain-expanding moments of “oh wow for SURE they would do that” for some rather mundane but clever details, which is so inspiring for my own sci fi writing. and I loved a couple of really great character and prop/scene details I think I can attribute purely to the adaptation rather than the original poem—which I now really really want to read.

[karmaphone]

Liz's Incomplete, Non-Comprehensive Horror Movie Rec List

I'm still actively watching horror movies, especially classics.

Some movies belong in multiple categories. I put them in the category I consider them First in (ie I consider Nightmare on Elm Street a funny film before a supernatural or classic film.)

*Movie Titles With Asterisks* indicate a personal favorite.

Originally made for @draculagerard for funsies, but anyone is welcome to pick over my recs and tell me what you think!

Supernatural

*Insidious (2010)*

*Insidious II (2013)*

Insidious III (2015)

*Insidious IV (2018)*

Insidious V (out in theaters)

*The Conjuring (2013)*

The Conjuring 2 (2016)

1922 (2017)

*Mama (2013)*

*The Ring (2002)*

The Lazarus Effect (2015)

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House (2016) <- this one wasn't scary at all to me and in fact only had one loud or potentially jumpscare-esque scene (some think it's boring)

*The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)* <- this one is actually a series but I couldn't not include it

*Silent Hill (2006)*

Silent Hill II (2012) <- not as cool as the first, unfortunately. a little bit of a let down ngl

Thriller

Bird Box (2018)

The Boy (2016)

Hush (2016)

M3gan (2022)

*Nope (2022)*

Orphan (2009)

Circle (2015)

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

*The Cell (2000)* <- one of my all-time favorite movies. it was brilliant imo

Before I Wake (2016)

The Babadook (2014)

The Aniara (2018) <- this one was rlly depressing pls make sure ur in a good place before watching

Apollo 18 (2011)

Funny

*Hellraiser (1987)*

Hellraiser II (1988)

The Cell II (2009) <- terrible terrible sequel to one of my favorite films ever they did them so dirty you can even see a bent rubber axe blade they forgot to edit out

The Cube (1997)

The Cube II (2002)

Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

*Errementari (2017)* <- this is the only movie I've ever seen in Basque!

Classic Horror <- I personally didn't think any of these were Especially Great except maybe the exorcist

Children of the Corn (1984)

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Movies I Haven't Seen But My Wife Insists Be On The List

The Thing (1982) <- I really gotta watch that one huh

The Blob (1958)

Train to Busan (2016)

Jaws (1975)

[hoochieblues]

Snapshot meme

tysm to @faux-fires for the tag!

FavoUrite coloUr: (I'm leaving the emphasis bc I write/think in US English so often I need the reminder). Uh. Yes? I have a lot of blue and purple in my closet for unknown reasons, but the rusty reds and forest greens need love too. My hair's currently teal/magenta, so 'explosion in poorly managed paint factory' is a good answer.

Last song: Sides - perfume genius feat. weyes blood was the last thing on my playlist, apparently.

Currently reading: I haven't read anything except what I'm editing in weeks and it shows. Trying really hard to get back to Revolutionary Mathematics by Justin Joque, like that's going to happen soon.

Last Movie:  Technically The Big Bluff (1955). I abuse YouTube constantly as a WFH privilege. Mostly questionable noirs, performance streams, pre-Code movies, cheap horror etc. But, honorable mention to Aniara (2018).

Sweet/spicy/savoury: yes. I like combinations and juxtapositions, so sweet things that are spicy (ginger beer, sticky chili sauce) and savory (chili peanut stew.. there's a pattern here). I made chocolate halva this week and it was An Error of Judgement. and also a food group. so good. ungh.

Currently working on: not enough. writing time and spoons have evaporated recently. But. There are Things in the pipeline, I swear. All manner of... things.

tagging: with absolutely no pressure, @aria-i-adagio, @katehedge, @s1ithers, @highwayphantoms, @emungere, @dreadfutures and anyone else who wants to consider themselves tagged <3

[birdisland]

Hi Birdisland,

Since you mentioned sweden/Swedish, I wonder if you have any tv shows/films/books that aren't well known internationally (Swedish, or nordic) or really would deserves to be more heard about.

Had this in mind since I fell in love with the movie Aniara! Not rush or pressure. Have the same interest towards African, East Asian, South Asian (in my particular interest non traditional Bollywood) , Latam cinema/media.

If I have missed a previous post or ask. I apologise in advance.

Gräns (Border) from 2018 is a fantastic film. As is Hets (1944).

As for books... my favorite authors are John Ajvide Lindqvist and Astrid Lindgren, both very well known. Another author I like is Inger Edelfeldt, but she's kind of hit-or-miss, 50% of her stuff is pretty bad tbh. Her earlier books are best.

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

movies that shock you, that leave you feeling deeply unwell, that you can't stop thinking about for days afterwards. i would highly recommend them all

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End of month update - August (+ September 1st)

Hello, all! This is the end-of-month update, where I post Tumblr’s current top four films that have received the highest percentage of “yes,” “no,” and “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes. Sorry this one's a day late!

As of today, the top four films with the highest percentage of “yes” votes are:

Finding Nemo (2003) | Shrek (2001) | Monsters, Inc. (2001) | The Lion King (1994)

Next, the top four films with the highest percentage of “no” votes are:

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) | Sausage Party (2016) | Pinocchio (2019) | The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

This top four changed through the new addition of The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009), which replaced Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014).

Finally, the top four films with the highest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes are:

Faat Kiné (2001) | Now Add Honey (2015) | Like a Cat on a Highway (2017) | The Noah (1975)

This top four changed through the new addition of The Noah (1975), which replaced Dean Spanley (2008).

That’s it for August’s end-of-month update! Remember that you can view last month’s update by clicking here. Additionally, you can view the full ranked Letterboxd lists of movies that have come up on this blog by clicking the following links:

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “yes” votes.

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “no” votes.

This list is ranked from highest-to-lowest percentage of “haven’t even heard of this movie” votes.

Remember to vote on the polls that are currently running: Prisoners (2013) | The Edukators (2004) | King Kong (2005) | The Raven (1963) | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) | Chungking Express (1994) | A Monkey's Tale (1999) | Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) | Wait Until Dark (1967) | Sound of Noise (2010) | Shoplifters (2018) | Aniara (2018) | Russian Ark (2002) | Samsara (2011) | The Emperor's Wife (2003) | Children of Men (2006) | Sleep Has Her House (2017) | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993) | The Others (2001) | Chocolate Babies (1996) | Tampopo (1985) | Herbie Fully Loaded (2005) | Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) | Léon Morin, Priest (1961) | The Age of Adaline (2015) | Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) | Zambezia (2012) | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (2014) | Mulan (1998) | Lilo & Stitch (2002) | Z (1969) | The Killer (1989) | Martyrs (2008) | Ashes and Diamonds (1958) | Dark Star (1978)

Also, I plan to open the ask box again this week, sometime before the 5th (Thursday)! There will be a post announcing when it’s open, so keep an eye out for that if you’d like to request some movies!

[gidianthe]

movie watch party:

#1 : Wall-E (2008)

#2: Aniara (2018)

[elainemorisi]

Published in 1956, the sci-fi epic Aniara is Swedish poet Harry Martinson’s best-known work. In 1974, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1978, reeling from disgrace, he killed himself with a pair of scissors. There are several things in the preceding sentences that strike me as noteworthy! So it was surprising to me that I first learned about Aniara a couple of years ago, during the modest press coverage of its 2018 film adaptation. Why wasn’t this book more famous? I would come to learn the answer: Aniara is a fractal tragedy. But at the beginning, I’d only heard the “sci-fi epic poem” part. That was enough for me to foist it on the book club I attend... The poem tracks an eponymous spaceship which, while en route to Mars, is knocked hopelessly off course. As the ship’s few thousand inhabitants plunge further and further toward a star they will never reach, they varyingly grapple with and ignore the inevitability of their doom; struggle to distract themselves with frolics, cults, art, sex, and violence; and receive the news that the Earth itself has been destroyed. The translators pulled off a feat: Martinson uses rhyme–unfashionable for his era–and invented vocabulary that can be both funny and evocative. I can’t read Swedish, and so am inadequately equipped to appreciate Klass and Sjöberg’s achievement. But what came out of their collaboration is striking and, I think, quite moving.

[natt-katt]

Oof, started my day by watching the movie adaptation of Aniara (2018). Maybe... not the best way to get in a good mood.

[neurasthnia]

around the world in movies: Aniara (2018), dir. Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja

Language: Swedish

Genre: science fiction, drama

Summary: A spaceship carrying settlers to Mars is knocked off course, causing the consumption-obsessed passengers to consider their place in the universe.