Movie High Life

[Bomberboyokay]

Good? Bad? Other? Just watched it. I liked it overall.

About a group of people on a spaceship. Reminded me of 2001: A Space Odyssey more than once.




On Blu-ray in France now...

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Haha half of Outkast was in it. He's not young anymore.

 

[exe ex machina]

Got around to watching this today.

My IMDB review for it...

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It's a slow ponderous sci-fi movie in the ilk of "Solaris", but is its own idea and story, not a derivative of Solaris-like themes. "High Life" is low-budget, low FX, low-key sets and low-tech equipment. There's not a lot of talking or things going on, which is intentional -- life in space is hum-drum and excruciatingly monotonous.

Many will complain that it's boring -- and it is -- as there's hardly any action, drama, or suspense. Further, due to the non-linear story, when it does get around to some action/drama, which is about mid-way thru the film, when the other characters enter the story, it feels very disjointed and hard to follow. It's also hard to feel for any of the other characters because we don't know any of them and suddenly we're asked to care about them when we're introduced to them after an hour of just watching Monte in isolation. Another minor complaint is there's a sudden time jump of about 15 years in the space of a frame cut, with no indication; so viewers nodding off can get confused. Monte doesn't seem to have aged at all, and one can be forgiven for asking "who's this new crew member suddenly".

However, the movie isn't rubbish either. There is a decent philosophical river lurking thruout it; a typical French Existentialist message that hugs the entire story. That's the premise of the film. The apparent meaninglessness and godlessness of life as humans ever so slowly travel toward their ultimate unavoidable ending. What was the point of it all? It's a microcosm for our own lives.

All up, it's not an entertaining film. Tho it is in the same ballpark of science-fiction like "Moon", "Arrival", "Interstellar", it is unlike them in terms of action, drama, and big budget FX. It has its merits, but you have to watch this when you're wide awake and want to think a little.

GG's Rating: 3 / 10

(based on a yes/no for each of the ten factors below)

cinematography - story/synopsis - editing - acting - script - directing - music/sound - fx - originality - je ne sais quoi

 

[Bomberboyokay]

"High Life" is low-budget, low FX, low-key sets and low-tech equipment.

€8,000,000 budget. Half went to Robert Pattinson's bank account probably.

 

[exe ex machina]

€8,000,000 budget. Half went to Robert Pattinson's bank account probably.

it's noticeable the budget. but they did a good job of it. a lot of room and hallway scenes obviously. Anyway, i enjoyed it, but it wasnt entertaining, if that makes sense?

 

[Frank Bunn]

I would watch Juliette Binoche read the phone book for two hours. And high concept sci fi. I'm giving this 7/10 and I haven't even watched it yet.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

it's noticeable the budget. but they did a good job of it. a lot of room and hallway scenes obviously. Anyway, i enjoyed it, but it wasnt entertaining, if that makes sense?

It would be a good movie to watch stoned. The premise is as interesting as the plot.

Because you're GG.exe, I have to ask,

Spoiler

What do you think of the **** box?

 

[exe ex machina]

It would be a good movie to watch stoned. The premise is as interesting as the plot.

Because you're GG.exe, I have to ask,

Spoiler

What do you think of the **** box?

Magnificent addition to the sci-fi genre