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Earthrise

Earthrise (2014)

October. 09,2014
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3.6
| Drama Thriller Science Fiction

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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Cebalord
2014/10/09

Very best movie i ever watch

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Beanbioca
2014/10/10

As Good As It Gets

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TrueHello
2014/10/11

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

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Portia Hilton
2014/10/12

Blistering performances.

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blumdeluxe
2014/10/13

What I was hoping for when I decided to watch "Earthrise" was a movie about characters exploring a totally unknown world. Our world. That's really not what I got. While this doesn't necessarily have to be a problem if the film is decent, this time I feel like it lost me.99% of the movie take place on the spaceship that is supposed to bring the Martians back to Earth. Over time, the once stable crew members develop strange habits and start to hallucinate, leading not only to discomfort but also to inner tension.Thereby it combines many elements of a classic alien splatter movie rather than really dealing with science fiction, which could be a cause of the wish to include too many bigger topics. At times the characters don't behave believable, making it hard for the actors to conquer the audience.All in all it just wasn't my film. It's not horrible and I'm quite certain some people will have a lot of fun with it, but I believe that you could have developed a better movie based on the general idea.

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David-W-Warfield
2014/10/14

Earthrise has that quality, I think, of throwing viewers off who go in expecting star wars or alien or gravity etc, and don't know how to react when they see a piece of indie cinema/ art. It's what some call understanding the film's "level of ambition." That is to say, we don't judge "Snakes on a Plane" by the same criteria we judge, say, "Schindler's List." I liked the film, and also appreciated that a low-budget indie would even attempt a space movie! The resourcefulness and off-center narrative I find refreshing, compared to the overblown and dumbed-down mainstream fare. I suspect the negative reviewers wold feel the same way about Solaris (original or re-make) because it is "slow," etc. I also find that films with ambiguous narrative - where cause and effect, linear story, and by-the-numbers clear explanations of everything are not offered, tend to put off some viewers -- resulting in those trite one-word reviews like "slow," "boring," "bad," etc. Earthrise is not for everyone, nor should it be. Less receptive viewers who can't sit still for more than 5 minutes at a time will have a problem with it, perhaps. Personally, I prefer to think, and figure out or interpret for myself, and I don't need fireworks every minute to be interested in a story. The only real sin a film can commit is to be boring - but boring means different things to different people. I was not bored, and I liked the film. I can tell what does bore me: Transformers, Fantastic Four, and other noisy disaster/ apocalyptic junk films from Hollywood.

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lawleekennedy
2014/10/15

Perhaps this was a thesis film.It reminded me of community theater. Not because of the acting, but because the sets were sappy at best. The lighting was sophomoric, the camera work was struggling.The actors were clearly not to blame. Directors need more insight.And to the person who compared this to early Star Trek -- please at least review the scripts from early Star Trek television productions. We cared about the characters in Star Trek. in Earthrise - nope.Try again.Read more.Edit yourself.Amazon -- Stop showing student films.

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Holly Wood
2014/10/16

Earthrise is a high concept science fiction indie thriller. I absolutely love the idea of characters on a voyage to earth, to their "home", for the first time. The idea of humans having to leave the earth is all to real, so a look into this possible future is a fun idea for the overlapping concept of Earthrise. What happens to the characters on their journey home is another thing altogether (thats the focus of the movie, not earth itself). The thing that creeps me out personally of space horror is the idea of complete isolation- stuck on a spaceship, there is truly nowhere to go. The movie has a very slow build to the characters breakdown and the twisted ending. The camera work/effects are fitting for the flick and the cast shines. Overall, I recommend for anyone looking for a slow burn sci-fi thriller.

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