Another Earth - Nov 29 - Review

[koover]

Just finished watching this. Really had no expectations or really any pre conceived notions. As long as you can let the scientific non-realism go to the wayside, you should be good to go. I really loved this movie! Wonderful acting with an extremely thought provoking theme. Great ending too!

[remake]

Just watched this. I enjoyed it but not enough to buy at full price. Maybe when, if ever, it drops to $12 or less I'll consider buying it. I'm in no hurry to see it again.

[Pinewoodpotter]

Just picked this up at the local Walmart for $19.99. Question, is this another one of the Fox 'blu-ray or bust' releases? I like this strategy because it corners the market, but they should try it on a more high-profile release. Rise of the Planet of the Apes would have been a good start

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Pinewoodpotter

Question, is this another one of the Fox 'blu-ray or bust' releases? I like this strategy because it corners the market, but they should try it on a more high-profile release. Rise of the Planet of the Apes would have been a good start

What does that mean, exactly? Is that referring to one of the combo-pack-only releases where there's no separate DVD release?

[Pinewoodpotter]

Yep, that's what I'm referring to. I didn't see the DVD at Walmart, and I also didn't see it on Amazon. This leads me to believe that Fox is still experimenting with combo-pack only releases.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Pinewoodpotter

Yep, that's what I'm referring to. I didn't see the DVD at Walmart, and I also didn't see it on Amazon. This leads me to believe that Fox is still experimenting with combo-pack only releases.

I think they also did the same for The Tree of Life.

[NoMeGustaU]

Originally Posted by koover

Just finished watching this. Really had no expectations or really any pre conceived notions. As long as you can let the scientific non-realism go to the wayside, you should be good to go. I really loved this movie! Wonderful acting with an extremely thought provoking theme. Great ending too!

Very good movie, saw the trailer when it was first comming out and thought it looked amazing. I also loved the ending.

[Pinewoodpotter]

Originally Posted by Snicket

I think they also did the same for The Tree of Life.

Yes they did, but that was also a pretty low-key-independent release (even though it starred Brad Pitt and Sean Penn). They should really try it with a blockbuster. Follow the Disney method and release the DVD only version a month or two later.

[MikeScott]

Even though I love Blu-ray I think it would be crazy for them to release a big movie in a Blu-ray/DVD combo only. Not everyone has Blu-ray. Kind of unfair to people who still get DVD's. Hell, I thought it was stupid of them to do this with smaller releases too, like Tree of Life and Another Earth.

Anyway, just watched this film.

BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely loved this! I loved that the sci-fi aspect took a backseat to the human drama, which, in my opinion, was the most interesting part. Brit Marling is so fantastic in this and it's sad that this film and her performance will be overlooked during award season. Also award-worthy is William Mapother in his supporting turn.

I rarely blind buy new movies, but I am so glad I did this one. It's wonderful and sadly, quite underrated.

One of the year's best!

On a side note, I would have liked the "We'd have a very clean house" deleted scene to have been included in the movie. The others were interesting to watch but understandably excised.

A

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Another Earth Blu-ray Review

I have to disagree. I think the transfer is great. It seems to be fairly faithful to the source. It is a low-budget film after all. And despite this I think it's visually beautiful.

[EPlay]

Originally Posted by hawaii sun

...I wanted to see but it wasn't shown here in HI. May not be day one for me, but will get this down the road.

I saw it at Kahala* and enjoyed the movie. Wasn't sure I liked the ending at first and mulled it over a while. (Yes)

*unless you meant Big Island

[koover]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

Even though I love Blu-ray I think it would be crazy for them to release a big movie in a Blu-ray/DVD combo only. Not everyone has Blu-ray. Kind of unfair to people who still get DVD's. Hell, I thought it was stupid of them to do this with smaller releases too, like Tree of Life and Another Earth.

Anyway, just watched this film.

BEAUTIFUL! I absolutely loved this! I loved that the sci-fi aspect took a backseat to the human drama, which, in my opinion, was the most interesting part. Brit Marling is so fantastic in this and it's sad that this film and her performance will be overlooked during award season. Also award-worthy is William Mapother in his supporting turn.I rarely blind buy new movies, but I am so glad I did this one. It's wonderful and sadly, quite underrated.

One of the year's best!
On a side note, I would have liked the "We'd have a very clean house" deleted scene to have been included in the movie. The others were interesting to watch but understandably excised.

A

I agree. It's a shame this won't get the accolades that it deserves. I'm glad at least this film is getting a lot of love from the members in this forum.

[Veronica Mars]

Will be seeing this tomorrow. I was nervous about the blind buy, but I just thought there was something about the movie that seemed like it belonged in my collection and that I'd like it. And I'm very aware it's not a Sci-Fi film.

I hope that I'm not disappointed.

I know I felt the same way about Melancholia, which doesn't get much love either, only more because of Dunst and Von Trier, but hardly mainstream appreciation, and it was brilliant in my opinion.

[MikeScott]

I think you'll like it.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by Snicket

I think they also did the same for The Tree of Life.

+1

I like this move, so long as the prices go lower on them, and they all come with slips, as the only two I've noticed from 20th Century Fox have.

On release day, Tree of Life was $22.99, and Another Earth at other places I've seen for ~$25-ish.

I don't mind paying $22.99 for quality, as Tree of Life has an amazing transfer true to source, but Another Earth being upconverted from a low budget, 720p source should be $20 max, and first week sale of ~$15.

Just my two cents.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by Veronica Mars

Will be seeing this tomorrow. I was nervous about the blind buy, but I just thought there was something about the movie that seemed like it belonged in my collection and that I'd like it. And I'm very aware it's not a Sci-Fi film.

I hope that I'm not disappointed.

I know I felt the same way about Melancholia, which doesn't get much love either, only more because of Dunst and Von Trier, but hardly mainstream appreciation, and it was brilliant in my opinion.

YMMV. I saw the trailer plenty of times before seeing it, each time building anticipation as I absolutely LOVE drama films with a good premise (Revolutionary Road, Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine among some of my favorites), and I even pre-ordered and expected to pay $27.99 when Amazon mistakenly listed it for release Sept. 27th.

I checked out a... *cough* non- Blu-ray copy *cough... and was thoroughly disappointed with much of the film. Direction had promise, as some shots were great (all shown in trailer), but most of the others times felt amateur-like and pretentious-- I can understand making a shot last longer by a few seconds after a situation to show character in deep thought, but some of these were like 20 seconds long and it shifted the pace and tone of the movie.

Acting wasn't as great as I expected despite Brit Marling being a good-looking girl, but looks can only take you so far

[Show spoiler]; not to mention spending most of the time in a janitor-like get up isn't helping if you're gloomy some time after an accident. Like, I understand you were headed to great things, being accepted into MIT and all, but it's your own fault for drunk driving and going to prison landing you a janitor job at your old high school. Be grateful you have a job, while others would beg for yours. I can withstand depression in movies, but this one was like that meme "First World Problems" and came off annoying.

Despite that being on first viewing, my girlfriend still wants to watch it, and I'm forgiving and willing to watch it on a good copy. I'll drop a post if my opinion changed any.

[Pinewoodpotter]

Originally Posted by veritas

+1

On release day, Tree of Life was $22.99, and Another Earth at other places I've seen for ~$25-ish.

I don't mind paying $22.99 for quality, as Tree of Life has an amazing transfer true to source, but Another Earth being upconverted from a low budget, 720p source should be $20 max, and first week sale of ~$15.

Just my two cents.

Another Earth is only $19.99 at Walmart this week. Not sure if that changes anything...

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by Pinewoodpotter

Another Earth is only $19.99 at Walmart this week. Not sure if that changes anything...

Thanks for the heads up. I have the luxury of working where I can check out Blu-rays for free, so I'll give it a second viewing to see if it's worth owning as my first viewing wasn't at all what I wanted it to be.

EDIT: Walmart prices at $19.99? No, thanks- I'll wait for it to Rollback to $19.96 LOL

[alexroubaix]

The movie is a huge homage to Kielowski films (especially Blue and Double Life). If you like those films, you should be on board.

[MikeScott]

Originally Posted by veritas

YMMV. I saw the trailer plenty of times before seeing it, each time building anticipation as I absolutely LOVE drama films with a good premise (Revolutionary Road, Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine among some of my favorites), and I even pre-ordered and expected to pay $27.99 when Amazon mistakenly listed it for release Sept. 27th.

I checked out a... *cough* non- Blu-ray copy *cough... and was thoroughly disappointed with much of the film. Direction had promise, as some shots were great (all shown in trailer), but most of the others times felt amateur-like and pretentious-- I can understand making a shot last longer by a few seconds after a situation to show character in deep thought, but some of these were like 20 seconds long and it shifted the pace and tone of the movie.

Acting wasn't as great as I expected despite Brit Marling being a good-looking girl, but looks can only take you so far

[Show spoiler]; not to mention spending most of the time in a janitor-like get up isn't helping if you're gloomy some time after an accident. Like, I understand you were headed to great things, being accepted into MIT and all, but it's your own fault for drunk driving and going to prison landing you a janitor job at your old high school. Be grateful you have a job, while others would beg for yours. I can withstand depression in movies, but this one was like that meme "First World Problems" and came off annoying.

Despite that being on first viewing, my girlfriend still wants to watch it, and I'm forgiving and willing to watch it on a good copy. I'll drop a post if my opinion changed any.

I don't think she was feeling sorry for herself at all. She felt awful for what she did. I almost felt like she wanted to be punished. She felt like she deserved whatever she got. There's a deleted scene where her father set up a college interview for her and he brought her to it. They knew what she had done and were fine with that. They could have gotten her in but while walking with the tour guide she turned around and left.

[Show spoiler]During the scene where John was choking her I believe at one time she said "Do it." I felt she would have been perfectly fine with him killing her. She didn't care. She wanted to pay for her sins.