It is the perfect distillation of a predatory oligarch who acknowledges indifferently that he can’t love, since he’s “nothing but desire”. His protagonist says he wants to “eat the whole world”. Clearly he does so without regard (and with more than a little enjoyment) for the suffering and corruption of others. Like every horror film, it deals with the current real monsters of its time.
Fun fact: Skarsgaard refused to have his voice electronically altered or enhanced when playing Count Orloff. That’s actually his friggin’ voice. A combination of extensive training in Mongolian throat-singing and voice exercises to bring him down an octave. It always helps when an actor is that obviously dedicated to a role.
I came across this thread just as I’ve been searching for something to watch. Some of them being listed are ones I’ve never even heard of and others are ones I haven’t seen in a long time. I’ll have to see what I can find available. I haven’t seen anyone mention “Jurassic Park”. I remember seeing it in an old small town theater during the day with a lot of screaming children and pissed off parents. They had aggressively marketed it to kids.
Has anyone seen “The Hail Mary Project”? I do like my sci/fi. I might actually go to a theater to see it. I’ve seen that “Rendezvous with Rama” is back in production and due out in 2027. It was one of my favorite Arthur C. Clarke books and I hope it lives up to my expectations.
No, but hope to find the time in the next couple of days. Reviews are uniformly good. I read the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. One reviewer said that this is one of the few movies that improves on the book (better character development basically, which IMO is the foundation of all great sci-fi; the future is just the setting, not the point). Also it’s supposedly a shoo-in for best cinematography for next year’s Oscars.