Love
2011 Directed by William Eubank
Synopsis
Have you ever felt alone?...What if you truly were?
After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship.
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Love is an ambitious and ambiguous slice of lo-fi sci-fi. Referencing everything from 2001 to Carl Sagan it is a film interested in BIG ideas but not necessarily equipped with the skills to explore and express them fully. It is a film that attempts to capture our insignificance within the universe but the extraordinary importance of the connections we make with those around us.
Astronaut Lee Miller, after losing all contact with Earth, is left to orbit our planet aboard the ISS. With no contact, Miller struggles to remain sane until he discovers a civil war diary aboard the ship. Is the diary imagined or real? Does it matter either way? Not particularly as the film’s ambiguity and non-linear structure…
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Love is about an astronaut, Lee Miller, who is relegated to a completely solitary existence aboard the International Space Station. After he's abandoned and completely cut off from the world and humanity, he quite understandably loses his grip on reality and is crippled by loneliness. When he finds an old civil war journal hidden in the station, things get… interesting. That's all I'll say to avoid spoilers.
I have a love-hate relationship with microbudget films. In the case of Love, I actually kinda dug the creative, lo-fi visuals. A lot of thought went into set and costume design, as well as creating a visual difference between the scenes that take place in the present and the past. Where the film…
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“Why do we struggle to breathe a more righteous breath, when we all end up in the same place?”
Ah. Love. Oh how I was built up, and then slowly broken down. Not in emotion, but rather in disappointment. Love seemed to be primarily about a director trying to find his style, and doing so by presenting us with a medley of director homages.
Love opens up to a beautifully shot and narrated Civil War era theme, which I can only draw comparisons from something Malick would have produced. Key elements about death, living and how you get from one to another were contemplated and discussed in a way I felt moving. I was hooked. This was definitely the best…
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Remember 2001? Remember that guy from Blink-182? Remember the cinematographer for Knowing? Well, what if I told you these three disparate entities combined into ONE 80 MINUTE MOVIE?!
They have, and this is it. Like the music and band by which it is commissioned, it's pretentious far beyond it's reach, sickeningly syrupy, and trying really hard to be something that came before (in the Music's case, it's U2, and here it's 2001).
But Love can't help but win me over with it's earnestness. By the point where when they just give up pretending and straight up do the last 10 minutes of 2001, I'm fully onboard with it's sheer lack of cynicism, and I'm just happy it exists.
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One of the movies which is really interesting to see but no matter how much you’ve paid attention you always have the feeling you missed something important.
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An avante-garde low-budget indie sci-fi with big ideas and a stunning aesthetic. William Eubank's debut feature is a profoundly moving tale of solitude and that search for human connection. Star Gunner Wright is fantastic!
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I can see what this was trying to do but unfortunately it just isn't made with anywhere near enough skill to succeed.
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Got a bit David Lynch towards the end, but I thoroughly enjoyed this, and look forward to a second viewing (which may well up my rating by half a star). Excellent.
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Un acercamiento al scifi, a Solaris, a 2001, pero uno muy lejano, hubo momentos en los que quise adelantarle y eso que soy de las que si está buena no tengo problema en escenas de 10min de una cámara tomando a la nada...
Vean mejor Solaris o 2001 o Moon, buenísimas
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If I didn't know better I could have sworn this was a Terrence Malick film.
I was actually pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed watching this. It's very reminiscent of Moon or 2001 but in a more experimental, full of pretense kind of fashion but it completely wins me over and the absolute raw emotion from the ending was superb.
I see a lot of people saying how this was too slow or too boring and I just don't see why, it did what it needed to do and presented it well enough for it to be an enjoyable 84 minutes.
If you enjoy stunning visuals and a somewhat meaningful plot, then seriously check this out.
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“Why do we struggle to breathe a more righteous breath, when we all end up in the same place?”
Ah. Love. Oh how I was built up, and then slowly broken down. Not in emotion, but rather in disappointment. Love seemed to be primarily about a director trying to find his style, and doing so by presenting us with a medley of director homages.
Love opens up to a beautifully shot and narrated Civil War era theme, which I can only draw comparisons from something Malick would have produced. Key elements about death, living and how you get from one to another were contemplated and discussed in a way I felt moving. I was hooked. This was definitely the best…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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The final frontier?
If movies like 2001 or Solaris bored you, then steer clear of Love. It's a super slow burner, highly experiential rather than story or even character-driven. Thankfully, it's not too long a film (about an hour and a half) so as long as this sort of thing appeals to you, there's no fear of boredom or dozing off.
The visuals in Love are impressive - beautiful space scenery and 2001-ish psychedelic imagery dominate the film. The score is appropriately composed of instrumental electronic music by Angels and Airwaves.
In a nutshell, Love is about astronaut Lee Miller who is stranded on the International Space Station with no contact with Earth. Yeah, that kind of got on this nerves. To say any more would ruin it for you, so just go into the film with an open mind and explore the possibilities.
Comparisons to aforementioned classics of the genre are inevitable. Live with it.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Remember 2001? Remember that guy from Blink-182? Remember the cinematographer for Knowing? Well, what if I told you these three disparate entities combined into ONE 80 MINUTE MOVIE?!
They have, and this is it. Like the music and band by which it is commissioned, it's pretentious far beyond it's reach, sickeningly syrupy, and trying really hard to be something that came before (in the Music's case, it's U2, and here it's 2001).
But Love can't help but win me over with it's earnestness. By the point where when they just give up pretending and straight up do the last 10 minutes of 2001, I'm fully onboard with it's sheer lack of cynicism, and I'm just happy it exists.