The Reddit community critique of Pandorum

[]RustyDetective 51 pontok 6 rja

Closest to dead space well get for now, Along with Event Horizon.

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[]ConsistentlyThatGuy 17 pontok 3 rja

According to a lot of fan theories, Event Horizon is actually the start

of the Warhammer 40k story.

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[]GoldSQoperator 5 pontok 2 rja

Holy shit that makes sense....

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[]Beingabummer 5 pontok 55 perce

If nothing else, it shows the effect of entering the Warp without a

Gellar Field.

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[]hezdokwow 2 pontok 42 perce

Wait wtf, how does it "somewhat" start Warhammer 40k?!

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[]Trymantha 3 pontok 38 perce

its more that the events of the film depict the first time humanity
came into contact with The Warp (fan theory wise)

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[]hezdokwow 2 pontok 30 perce

Alright, now I want a Warhammer 40k movie but with actual British
cockney accent actors to play orks. What I would give to see orks
screaming a waaagh while the space marines just now em down.

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[]kong_christian 1 pont 30 perce

Ah yes the Gellar field. Really nice... When it doesn't break down
mid-warp

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[]kong_christian 1 pont 32 perce

I always thought it somehow took place in an earlier Doom universe

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[]asdaaaaaaaa 3 pontok egy rja

There was a dead space movie though. Don't remember how good it
was, but it was certainly watchable for someone unfimilair with the
series.
Dead Space: Downfall Western animated, very gory, but 6.3 on imdb
for a video game movie is good in my book.

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[]hezdokwow 1 pont 40 perce

That movie was stationed right before dead space one, it somewhat
showed the whole infection over all of the ishimura.

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[]asdaaaaaaaa 1 pont 13 perce

Yeah, still was a good watch IMO, although it doesn't carry much
weight since I really don't partake in the games.

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[]nicolauz 1 pont 35 perce

There's actually 2. An animated on and a animated in 3 different

formats + weird cell sharing movie.

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[]asdaaaaaaaa 1 pont 12 perce

Huh, will have to look up the other one.

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[]TornadoQuakeX 5 pontok 6 rval ezeltt

This was my exact reaction.

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[]DreamPhase 2 pontok 22 perccel ezeltt

You know they have two Dead space movies right?

Dead Space: Downfall
Dead Space: Aftermath

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[]hecknotechno1 1 pont 7 perccel ezeltt

So I watched event horizon for the first time last night since
everyone says its scary and awesome... I got a dead space vibe
from it, but didn't think it was that great. I liked the idea of the ship
going to hell, but they didn't really show the hell part of it much.
Just split second flashes of crazy people at most. Maybe it's a
generational thing, like it was scary for its time, but I didn't think it
was that great (tho it was still a decent movie). I really want to
appreciate it tho, if anyone can explain why it's so highly
recommended ?

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[]Evergreen_76 185 pontok 8 rval ezeltt

I was pleasantly surprised at how decent this film was.

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[]grilledcheese_13[S] 74 pontok 8 rval ezeltt

Yeah it got a 28% on rotten tomatoes, so I was a little wary when

my friend convinced us to check it out. Definitely deserves better
than a 28!

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[]Deadpool_irl 36 pontok 7 rval ezeltt*

I saw it randomly a few years ago and it's what a lot of mainstream
films want to be. Great movie.

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[]RemnantEvil 21 pontok 7 rja

Yeah, I watched it on an international flight. I love that kind of cold

open where the protagonist has nothing and gradually builds an
inventory while trying to figure out what's going on. It's why I love
the first Saw so much, and it's why escape rooms have become so
popular lately - that combination of problem solving alongside
mystery.

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[]AlaskanWolf 8 pontok 5 rja

Do you have any recommendations in that genre? I'm a person who

has not seen a great deal of films, but the sound of this intrigues
me.

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[]StickyNiki 22 pontok 3 rja

Cube

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[]CactaurJack 2 pontok 28 perce

YES! They had NOTHING for a budget, kinda like clerks, so you
make up for a lack of busy sets and FX with content. Cube is great,
Cube 2 is passable and Cube: Origin (I think that's the title) is great.
They did what Saw did well before Saw, love the films.

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[]Inkthinker 1 pont egy rja

I love any movie that does a lot with a little. Cube and the sequels
basically has one main set, and uses it over and over again in clever
ways. Great stuff.

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[]notavalid 1 pont 6 perce

You also might like the movie, "Circle." 2015.

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[]RemnantEvil 8 pontok 2 rja

It's an unfortunately uncommon style of movie. Aside from the

fantastic (and great and then mediocre) trio of Cube films, Eden Log
has the same kind of aesthetic, as well as being pretty mysterious.
The animated Dead Space films come a bit closer to capturing the
feeling of the games, which has that kind of lost, confused,
scrounging style.
Outland is an older one with Sean Connery. The Exam was pretty
good, though more restricted in setting.
Shutter Island also put on a really, really strong show. You are
basically the third detective alongside Oscar winner Leonardo
Dicaprio and the Incredible Hulk.
The Game is a good one too. And for perhaps the only light-hearted
one, Clue - there's no central protagonist, as such, to follow around,
but you're kind of like a guest at the party anyway.

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[]BoobBread 3 pontok egy rja

I was shocked to find our Michael Mckean played one of the main
protagonists in Clue, didn't recognize him at all.

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[]RuberCaput 2 pontok egy rja

Yes, Eden Log definitely. Even starts out basically the same way.
'Hey, I just woke up, where the hell am I... WHO the hell am I?'

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[]Aaganrmu 2 pontok 2 rja

28 Days Later starts out like this.

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[]IntelWarrior 2 pontok 59 perce

There are literal interactive escape/puzzle rooms that you can go to.
It's a great date night or just fun time with friends.

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[]poorleprecon 2 pontok 34 perce

Circle

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[]YashN 1 pont 3 perccel ezeltt

I loved Circle.

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[]The_Music 2 pontok 3 rval ezeltt

Pandorum, The Martian, Saw, Cast Away...

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[]StickyNiki 6 pontok 3 rval ezeltt

Cube!

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[]g_r_e_y 2 pontok 2 rval ezeltt

Cube is glorious

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[]m00fire 1 pont 14 perce

The Maze Runner is pretty fun.

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[]Vizigothe 6 pontok 3 rja

It wasn't screened for critics. They tend to be harsher with movies

that aren't screened...or those movies are really bad. It is also a
genre flick, those generally get lower scores on Rotten Tomatoes as
well. It was a solid space survival horror flick. Saw it in theaters at a
matinee. Bought it used on Blu-ray. It was worth both those price
ranges.

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[]Stickel 6 pontok 2 rja

don't ever follow RT to a T, it's really really bad on a lot of movies in

my opinion... The Boondock Saints is a prime example, IMHO.

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[]yank_the_thang 7 pontok 2 rja

Rotten tomatoes is garbage these days tbh. I remember one day

within the last year or so I saw that all of the big releases at the
time had 90%+ and thought, that's outrageous.

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[]CactaurJack 2 pontok 32 perce

Wait is has a 28% on RT!? The fuck!? I mean it's purposefully

confusing, you're supposed to empathize, it's the whole tone of the
movie. I loved Pandorum, I thought it was a great example of the
genre, that's undeserved.

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[]gunt_master 4 pontok 2 rja

I just lost any respect for rotten tomatoes. Will not hold them to any
rating again.

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[]Pomguo 2 pontok egy rja

It's more that aggregates are not reviews. They're just judgments
on what 'most critics' say. A niche film will therefore do badly,
whereas broad-appeal bread-and-butter stuff will overperform.
I mean, IMDB and metacritic aren't much different, either. That's
how broad-appeal stuff like Shawshank Redemption trumps much

better films (because what you think of as much better will depend
on taste, and taste does not come across as strongly in aggregates).

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[]_hownowbrowncow_ 1 pont 2 rja

I never trust rotten tomatoes ratings. I honestly don't know how

they're even supposed to work bc they're so terribly off. IMDB is
about the only thing I find reliable

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[]gnice3d 2 pontok egy rja

That's the other side of the same coin. Fanboys and tasteless tweens
will inflate a shit film into a mediocre score on IMDB... While RT
critic scores can bury a "solidly-fair" or "awesomely bad: film.
Weighed against each other, you have a good chance of weeding out
the garbage and spotting the surprises.

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[]aionquestion 1 pont 8 perce

Someone should create a site that automatically does that

(compares IMDB vs. Rotten tomatoes)

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[]askredant 3 pontok egy rja

This is the movie that made me love seeing movies with no

knowledge about the plot. My friends decided to see this in theaters
so I just went with it (I didn't even know it was about space). It
wasn't the best movie I've ever seen or anything, but it was
definitely one of the best I've had watching a movie.

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[]gotta_get_schwifty 25 pontok 7 rja

I wish Ben Foster had some bigger roles recently, he had a good
amount a few years ago but I haven't seen him in too much since.
He made this movie for me.

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[]wilsonjj 8 pontok 7 rval ezeltt

I really like foster and get excited when I see him in a film

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[]gotta_get_schwifty 10 pontok 7 rval ezeltt

Yeah, I remember seeing him for the first time when Hostage came
out and he was crazy in that film, he does a great job with villains.
30 days of night and 3:10 to Yuma are my favorite with him.

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[]ghostdate 3 pontok 4 rval ezeltt

I loved him as the crazy new-Nazi cokehead brother in Alpha Dog.

He was fucking bonkers in that.

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[]skyline_kid 3 pontok 2 rval ezeltt

He's really good in The Mechanic and Lone Survivor too

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[]an_internet_denizen 2 pontok 33 perccel ezeltt

He seems like he's always about to break out into full psychopath to
me. the conviction in his eyes and his body movements are intense.
His performance in 3:10 to Yuma was down right amazing. He's
done a lot of other great stuff too.

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[]SQUID_FUCKER 2 pontok 7 rval ezeltt

He's in the Lance Armstrong biopic now.

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[]Ausrufepunkt 2 pontok 17 perccel ezeltt

Which unfortunately sucks ass, the best thing about it was the trailer

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[]Fierystick 53 pontok 7 rval ezeltt

I love this fucking movie... any others similar to it/this style/mind

fuckery?

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[]VictoryThumb 70 pontok 7 rval ezeltt

If you haven't seen Event Horizon, you should.

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[]samsc2 32 pontok 4 rval ezeltt

Pretty sure they are hinting that event horizon was in the same
universe as pandorum. When they talked about how one captain led

his entire crew to their death because he thought the mission was
cursed.

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[]Vizigothe 16 pontok 3 rval ezeltt

I haven't seen the movie in a few years, but wasn't there a scene
shown about the crew that killed each other because of pandorum?

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[]VictoryThumb 10 pontok 2 rval ezeltt

In Event Horizon they show the ship that they are sent to rescue,
but it is not stated nor implied that it is pandorum that causes what
you see.
Spoilers dodged. FeelsGoodMan

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[]GimmeSomeSugar 2 pontok 17 perccel ezeltt

There's also a fan theory putting Event Horizon in the Warhammer

40K universe.

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[]VictoryThumb 1 pont 3 rval ezeltt

Ha, I never made that connection. Nice one! Hopefully that's what it
was.

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[]Duddyfx 4 pontok 1 rval ezeltt

Paul Anderson is involved in both movies so maybe.

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[]hezdokwow 1 pont 34 perccel ezeltt

I'm sorry but Paul Anderson is one of the most piece of shit directors
ever, his take on resident evil is just so god damn dreadful.

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[]Fierystick 3 pontok 5 rja

thanks!

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[]gnice3d 6 pontok egy rja

I recall preferring Event Horizon back in the day, as it had kind of a

Carpenter vibe... or maybe that was some baggage I had attached
to Sam Neill from In the Mouth of Madness.
I'll give Pandorum another go and see that's changed... IDGAF,
Quaid is even good when he's awful and Ben Foster is seldom
terrible.

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[]orngckn42 2 pontok 29 perce

One of my favorites

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[]jonnyclueless 1 pont 5 rja

I liked this movie, but didn't care for Event Horizon. It was also one
of those movies in the theater where they kept making jarring loud
sounds after long silence to make you jump. You didn't jump
because you were scared, you jumped because it hurt your ears that
had adjusted for the quiet. I almost walked out on that movie.

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[]angryjew[] 21 pontok 4 rja

Yes. Coherence. I think it's better than Pandorum (and I loved

Pandorum).

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[]Fierystick 2 pontok 3 rja

yess!!!I watched this recently and was great!

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[]astrocreeper0000 39 pontok 6 rja

There's a movie called Moon that seems to come up as

recommended when you check out Pandorum. It's not horror but it's
a sort of dark, lonely space Sci-Fi film with some interesting plot
twists.

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[]ssjaken 18 pontok 3 rja

If you liked moon peep sunshine. Dope flick.

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[]blackseaoftrees 17 pontok 3 rja

Sunshine is awesome.

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[]Littleme02 13 pontok 2 rja

The first part of Sunshine is awesome, but for some reason I black
out during the last part of the movie and don't remember anything,
every time I try to watch it

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[]AnotherDude1 2 pontok egy rja

Sunshine was amazing. Loved every bit of it.

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[]ijustlovepolitics 6 pontok 2 rja

I watched it, and I really wanted to like it all the way through, but
the movie stops being good/interesting about half or three quarters
of the way through. I'm not really sure what it was, maybe the
editing or how crazy the story got, or maybe that the movie just
couldn't decide what it wanted to be

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[]IntelWarrior 3 pontok 58 perce

Europe Report is also good.

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[]Chaos_Philosopher 1 pont 12 perce

Upvote for Europa Report! I'm only sad I've seen all these great
movies now and cannot get that same joy of watching them the first
time again.

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[]Fierystick 2 pontok 5 rja

I liked that one too ;)

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[]Zomgsauceplz 2 pontok 5 rja

The music went a long way towards upping moons creepy factor.

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[]NorthernerWuwu 2 pontok 3 rja

Moon was great but I don't know that I'd consider it to be a good
cross match for Pandorum fans!
Then again, I did actually like both although in very different ways.

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[]Renshnard 2 pontok egy rja

Moon is good but Dark City is gooded. If you haven't seen it. See it.

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[]aionquestion 1 pont 5 perce

Dark city is kind of like the matrix.

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[]DrBoooobs 1 pont 2 rja

Sphere is another good one on Netflix

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[]Kegter 14 pontok 4 rja

Also check out the movie sunshine, kind of more in line with event
horizon but still very good.

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[]tokyoburns 3 pontok 3 rja

Yes, this movie was great. The whole getting mad on the sun was
pretty amazing.

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[]VictoryThumb 6 pontok 2 rja

This is also the first movie Chris Evans goes supernova. =p

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[]Checkerszero 2 pontok egy rja

You've gotta wonder if casting agents make these dumb

connections, seems strangely common.

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[]Basia3000 7 pontok 3 rja

yes. Eden Log is one that has a similar dark-feel to it. That being
said I hadn't enjoyed it as much. Also, Dead Space is ALWAYS
recommended.

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[]adobado 6 pontok 3 rja

Eden Log (2007). Similar feel of a protagonist trying to piece

together events from nothing in a decaying sci-fi world.

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[]catsintheworld 11 pontok 5 rja

There's a show called Dark Matter that has the exact same starting
premise.

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[]anagoge 16 pontok 4 rja

Dark Matter is like eating a McDonald's cheeseburger.

The Expanse is like eating steak.
Just saying.

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[]skinrust 6 pontok 4 rja

Killjoys and dark matter were both enjoyable sci fi shows. The
expanse had me hooked much harder tho.

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[]ijustlovepolitics 2 pontok 2 rja

Agreed, expanse was the shit (I rank it just a little bit below BSG)
killjoys was decent, I didn't like dark matter at all for some reason

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[]gunt_master 1 pont 2 rja

I just realized I prefer McDonalds cheeseburger over most steaks.

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[]Fierystick 1 pont 5 rja

bueno!

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[]sleepyCOLLEGEstudent 3 pontok 7 rja

Same. I wonder if there anything near this great of a film.

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[]TimIsSoFly 3 pontok 2 rja

Event Horizon, Sunshine, Moon

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[]Vaginal_Decimation 2 pontok egy rja

Sunshine is one of my favorite sci fi films. I haven't seen Moon.

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[]sprkwd 1 pont egy rja

Alien

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[]novaspherex2 4 pontok 3 rja

Predestination will mess with your mind. Really good movie.

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[]ifcmassive 2 pontok egy rja

Sunshine was pretty intense at times....

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[]Mortimer452 2 pontok egy rja

I agree with others, Event Horizon and Moon are good suggestions.
Sphere (Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone) is also good, similar sortof
mind-fuck

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[]Cyberthought 3 pontok 6 rja

Snowpiercer look at the trailer 1st it's the most fucked up train ride
ever.

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[]OnlyQueries 13 pontok 4 rja

Meh. That film was a mess.

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[]Pomguo 1 pont egy rja

It makes me feel like maybe the original graphic novel is a smart

work with lots of stuff at play, and the film suffers from compressing
and having to dumb things down to make it work.
But I haven't read it. That's just how the film felt - like an incoherent
adaptation of something much better. Like Akira!

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[]F54280 1 pont egy rja

Nope, the novel is a Belgium-style comics (i.e.: short, single issue,

around 100 pages -- can check is you want). Story is very linear
(hence the train concept), and probably less complex than the
movie. It think it is better too, but they had to add substance to
create the movie (when they announced it, I thought "no way they
can last 90 min with this"). Don't misread me: the graphic novel is a
old favorite of mine.

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[]Pomguo 1 pont 25 perce

100 pages?
It's three volumes in English. Volumes 1+2 are both slightly over
100 pages each, and 3 is over 200 pages.
I guess the film is only based on Volume 1, though?

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[]Fierystick 3 pontok 5 rja

YES that movie was crazy

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[]horsesandeggshells 1 pont 44 perce

Different theme entirely, but Daybreakers came out at around the

same time and exact same thing: Solid, fun flick with some neat
ideas that everyone seemed to hate when it came out.

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[]xsanctom 1 pont 30 perce

Solaris.

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