Earthrise (2014)
99% of the human race has colonized on Mars. The remaining few work to rehabilitate our dying planet. Each year a small number are selected to return home to aid in the process. For those few, it will be their first glimpse of Earth. We follow them on their journey in this sci-fi psychological thriller. Go home. For the first time.
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Loved the production design and plot. It's not a million dollar budget movie, so keeping that in mind, the filmmakers did a lot to make the plot and visuals engaging throughout the film. The Characters played off each other and struggled with the obstacles along the way. Some mystery thrown into the plot to keep the interest. Looked like the opening scene was filmed in the Star Wars line at Disneyland!
I like how this movie takes the natural fears inherent in space travel and takes it to an extreme that I found both terrifying and riveting. I was reminded somewhat of Dark Star, although this is tonally different. Well matched with a Guinness and bowl of microwave popcorn. I suggest you watch it on amazon prime instant, if you have it.
I like the genre relating to isolation and coping where vulnerability is so immediate. This was a bold attempt and in my view surprisingly successful in providing the the escapism that I was looking for. There is quite a library of films out there that relate to this sort of subject. To get out there and get seen there needs to be a certain something that stands out and is different. This caught my attention as it was an independent as opposed to the usual big budget studio production and I was fascinated to wee exactly how if would be different. It's easily for a film to get lost in the woods. This does stand out for being somewhat different. It is certainly worth watching.
While I had some qualms with the film regarding some of the acting and pacing, it's hard to fault an indie project as ambitious as this one. What it does, it does very well: the sets are well-done, the special effects pretty good for an independent film, and the editing is superb.The premise is solid, and leaves just enough room for building suspense over the course of the film, but it's the way the story is told -- through scenes cutting forward and backward in time, allowing the audience to put the pieces together themselves -- that held my attention. They did a good job on the continuity between all those scenes, too.Overall, I enjoyed it!