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Audience Member C h e e k i B r e e k i Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/02/24 Full Review Dane M STALKER, and the book that it's based on, Roadside Picnic, are some of the few pieces of fiction that I would consider "important" to a person's understanding of history and philosophy. They are unique and exquisite examples of sometimes-banned Soviet Russian science fiction that the USSR spent years trying to prevent the publication of or edit into effective oblivion. Despite this, the book and film remain completely intact in their content and message. As a work of fiction, it tells a story in desperately stark drama with deeply subtle satire about the realities of life under an oppressive regime. The story dives into the need to find an escape from a dreary life--no matter how terrifying, tantalizing, or horrible that escape may be. It contrasts the quietude of self with the noise of the outside world. I strongly recommend this movie (and the book, as well as the resulting video game series) to science fiction fans, and anyone who is interested in history or philosophy. It's a slow-burning story (as many old movies are), but well worth the time it takes to watch it. After you've finished, I encourage you to read about the story of how the movie was created and the aftermath thereof; it will surely blow your mind for a second time. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Takes time to watch it, and even more if you're watching it in 2024 where the attention span has decreased significantly, but the message behind is extremely powerful. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/04/24 Full Review Branwen F If I could give it a negative amount of stars I would, because I've never seen a film where so little happened during almost 3 h and yet so many people find a profound "meaning" in it. Most pretentious nothing-burger I've tortured myself through. Only thing I can give it is that many scenes are quite beautiful, but there is absolutely NO reason for each shot to be over 5 minutes long, it doesn't get any deeper or more profound just by slowly zooming in on a man trying to sleep on some moss, half submerged in a soggy pond before changing to another 5 min shot of another man lying on another patch of moss, also half submerged in the same slop, all while mumbling "deep" depressing russian philosophy, sorry. Would not recommend unless you want to pretend that you like it in order to make your friends angry Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Leigh F It is just visual poetry, just lovely shot after lovely shot. It is a 100% movie but I wouldn't expect people to like it in this video game and marvel movie time period. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/24/24 Full Review M7AMD A scenes take way too long and drawn out and it made yawn I don't understand the hype behind the movie it was too boring and slow for no good reason for me I stopped halfway and couldn't continue watching it Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/23/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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