This is why I play EVE.

Another Earth was a great movie borrowing elements from various films to create a uniquely enjoyable viewing experience.

Another Earth is a sci-fi psychodrama about the discovery of another planet in close proximity to Earth. This planet is an exact duplicate of Earth, along with its population. Everyone that exists on our Earth also exists on, as it’s called in the film, Earth 2.

More than about the planets, the film seemed a character study of the protagonist, a 21-year-old woman, Rhoda, being released from prison after killing two people while driving drunk on the night of the discovery of Earth 2. The film chronicles Rhoda’s struggle to live with the guilt of what she’s done, and her attempts to rectify her mistake.

Another Earth was extremely enjoyable and I strongly recommend it.

Melancholia is a beautiful movie.

The premise of the movie is simple; another planet is going to collide with Earth, destroying the Earth in the process. What truly makes this a great film is not the premise, but how it is executed.

Within the first few minutes of the film we know that Earth is going to be destroyed. This creates a dramatic irony and a feeling of dread throughout the film. This feeling of dread is amplified as the main character, Justine, slips into a deep depression prior to learning of the planet’s impending destruction.

What is interesting about this film is how the impending apocalypse affects Justine’s depression, the inspiration for which came from director Lars von Trier’s personal experience with depression and his knowledge that depressives are more likely to remain calm in stressful situations.

The music also greatly adds to the mood of the film, using Richard Wagner’s prelude to the opera Tristan und Isolde. The visuals are stunning. The acting is great, for which Kirsten Dunst won best actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her lead role as Justine.

The beautiful visuals, superb acting, and perfect music make this film something great. Melancholia is truly art. I recommend this film to anyone who likes emotionally moving films or to anyone interested in studying film.

Below is a well down short film about Portal.

Cowboys & Aliens was very entertaining but not much more. It falls into the category of generic Hollywood action film. This does not in any way mean that it is a bad film though.

It has several major plot holes that just can’t be ignored though. The story was predictable. The acting was average at best.

The action sequences were good enough that I am willing to let all of that slide though.

Ultimately, it was a good action film. I rate it a 6 out of 10 and recommend it to anyone who likes action movies.

Battleship Trailer by teasertrailer

Above is the trailer for Battleship, the 2012 film based on the boardgame of the same name. Interestingly enough, the movie's antagonists are aliens. I must have missed that from the game.

On a side note, director (Peter Berg, Hancock) stated that the aliens goal is not humanity's extermination so this film does not contradict my previous post, Aliens Invade Using Viruses.

This is the trailer for the new prequel to The Thing (1982).

This is the new EVE trailer.

This is the trailer for the new FPS by CCP Games taking place on the same server as EVE.