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One night Earth makes the discovery of a second planet nearing ours that can sustain life. On the night of the discovery, Rhoda Williams stars into the sky and ends up in a tragic car accident with the composer John Burroughs. Four years later, Rhoda is released from jail and tries to make amends with Burroughs, and with herself. In a moment of desperation, Rhoda enters herself into a contest to win a trip to the second Earth.
This independent film was directed by Mike Cahill. It is interesting the both the leading actress, Brit Marling, and the director worked on creating the script for this film. This is a great film for his directing debut into science fiction. The story plays a lot with the scientific theories of finding another Earth that could mirror ours. It also plays off the theories of what it would be like to meet one's self. Amongst all this scientific jumble it still manages to create two characters that are full of heart. The script does tend to get slightly documentary dull at times, but it does aid the film a lot. Some of the story might be confusing, because a lot of it is based on theory that interplays with the characters dialogue. The script also didn't allow for unimportant characters to emerge as anything other than generic. The special effects were amazingly well done. I found it impressive that, without much explanation, the second Earth continuously came closer to ours. It was a good simple effect that wasn't overplayed in the film. The camera styling was interesting in that all the scenes appeared to be bleached. It gave the film a dramatic, but hopeful, tone though. This film is definitely worth a watch particularly since we've become focused on finding other life in space.
The acting was good. There wasn't many interesting other characters, apart from the two main ones. Brit Marling played the leading character Rhoda Williams. She gave kept her character very subtile, and managed to give her plenty of heart. William Mapother played the role of John Burroughs. He was good at creating a highly conflicted character. Kumar Pallana played the role of Purdeep. His small role did stand out. He showed the characters heart through his unusual understanding.
So, I give this film 4 out of 5 stars. It's a great film that is worth seeing. It tends act more like a documentary at times, and the script remains limited to its two main characters.
Answer to last blog: Actor Edward Norton played the role of Bruce Banner/Hulk in the film the Incredible Hulk.
Que: What other film has actor William Mapother stared in?
Sound of my Voice
The Grudge
Boxers and Ballerina's
The Ring
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