by pinback » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:18 am
Wow, two "found footage" movies in a row!
The best way I can describe this one is, "Apollo 18, except good."
A manned mission to Jupiter is launched, to investigate whether life exists or ever existed on Europa. Six months later, contact is lost. What happened to them? Well, a year and a half after that, contact is restored and thousands of hours of recorded footage is available to finally complete the...
Europa Report!
Which is why it's called that.
It is difficult to recommend, only because it is a VERY deliberately paced, quiet movie. It makes the similarly-toned "Moon" seem like a roller-coaster thrill ride. It is filled with effective scenes inside the cold, sterile interiors of the ship, and scenes of aching beauty as they begin to explore the moon.
What happens to the luckless crew I'll allow you to discover. Suffice it to say, none of it's very good, but none if it is terribly shocking. Again, even a subdued tone is taken with tragedy in the face of cosmic horror.
That's appreciated. I wouldn't want every movie to be like this, but I like when someone takes the care to do "quiet sci-fi" like this.
Even the end, while revelatory, is not going to leave anyone in stunned silence. It's simply the natural culmination of all that's come before, the faint light at the end of this dark, silent tunnel. Roll credits, stop the video, get up and get a sandwich.
Europa Report is available on Netflix streaming. I give it a base rating of three stars. If you get bored easily, knock it down to two. If you like this sort of thing, give it an extra 1/2.
Wow, two "found footage" movies in a row!
The best way I can describe this one is, "Apollo 18, except good."
A manned mission to Jupiter is launched, to investigate whether life exists or ever existed on Europa. Six months later, contact is lost. What happened to them? Well, a year and a half after that, contact is restored and thousands of hours of recorded footage is available to finally complete the...
Europa Report!
Which is why it's called that.
It is difficult to recommend, only because it is a VERY deliberately paced, quiet movie. It makes the similarly-toned "Moon" seem like a roller-coaster thrill ride. It is filled with effective scenes inside the cold, sterile interiors of the ship, and scenes of aching beauty as they begin to explore the moon.
What happens to the luckless crew I'll allow you to discover. Suffice it to say, none of it's very good, but none if it is terribly shocking. Again, even a subdued tone is taken with tragedy in the face of cosmic horror.
That's appreciated. I wouldn't want every movie to be like this, but I like when someone takes the care to do "quiet sci-fi" like this.
Even the end, while revelatory, is not going to leave anyone in stunned silence. It's simply the natural culmination of all that's come before, the faint light at the end of this dark, silent tunnel. Roll credits, stop the video, get up and get a sandwich.
Europa Report is available on Netflix streaming. I give it a base rating of three stars. If you get bored easily, knock it down to two. If you like this sort of thing, give it an extra 1/2.