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'Solaris' Screen Adaptation Forthcoming

Posted by Hemos on from the shine-on-your-bright-sun dept.

Jooly Rodney writes "No, not the operating system, the sci-fi novel by Stanislaw Lem, long considered to be a classic of the genre. Apple's movie trailer site features a teaser trailer, and IMDb has George Clooney and Natascha McElhone as the leads Kelvin and Rheya."

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  1. Another one? by dazed-n-confused · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Russian adaptation of Solaris (1972) was the first, of course, and is widely regarded as a sci-fi classic. Let's hope this isn't another unnecessary Hollywood remake.

  2. Another classic ruined by Hollywood? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Ok, so flame me.
    But I can't really say that I liked Solyaris all
    that much.. Not Tarkovski's best at all.
    Seems to me he was trying to hard to make a new 2001.

    But the grace of 2001 is missing in Solyaris; There's a lot of pseudophilosophical babble in the
    dialouge that I doubt anyone can follow, and some
    of the visuals are so wierd they're comical.

    The story and underlying questions are interesting though:
    maybe a dumbed-down hollywood version is just what this film needs?

  3. Horrible travisty by jpatters · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Horrible travisty to remake such a great picture that so few have the opportunity to see. They should restore the original and release *it* to theaters. That being said, at least Clooney is a decent actor, unlike Mark Wahlberg who got tapped to fill the shoes of Carey Grant in the remake of Charade. I would also like to take this opportunity to recommend that folks go out and get the DVD of the original Norwegian version of Insomnia, instead of seeing the remake. Damn remakes.

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  4. Original movie lacked beauty of book by texchanchan · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The book has scenes of unearthly beauty which did not appear in the original Russian movie. For instance: the vast, wonderful, possibly sentient structures that grew on Solaris. These (a major plot element in the book) did not appear in the 1972 movie--a real disappointment.

    Hope the new movie does better.

  5. Eye oWn SOLARIS :) by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It is actually my license plate BECAUSE of the book and an intended double pun! Good lord, people on the streets have being asking me if my name is Solaris :) One guy asked me if I was Sun's owner :) My answer to those is: -"Solaris" is Greek for "sunny" and I drive a convertible. Get it?

    Sometimes I am left to wonder who the hell surrounds me here in Canada.

    check out my sig:

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