The building is an amazing architectural masterpiece denoting the technological achievements of modern society. The staff are some of the most friendly people you could find to work there.
But enough about the Sphere; let's talk about "Postcards from Earth." I had received a small and brief warning this movie was going to have an agenda and a "message" prior to attending (at a $99 admission price tag), but I had no idea how heavy handed it was going to be in beating the average viewer over the brow with it's:
"Mother-Earth-is-dying-and-humans-are-to-blame" message.
To elaborate, the film posits emphatically that Humans came into existence the same way spores, mold and fungi originated. Eventually, these anthropomorphic group of spores called humans figured out many means and methods to destroy their "mother," so the spores (humans) build rockets to leave their "mother" and find other planets to settle that I can only assume that if there is a sequel, their descendants will figure out a way to destroy.
Ugh.
The movie would have been better without all the meaningless narration that literally states (multiple times) that religion and churches were built to worship and celebrate the earth... whaaaaatttt...?
I kid you not.
So, I guess futuristic spaceship AI (it'll make sense if you make the mistake of paying to see this) is capable of lying. It doesn't matter if you're religious, agnostic or an atheist, everyone knows we spores didn't build churches and monuments to "celebrate earth."
Anyway, the solution in the end is to just find another planet and terraform it like earth...so, I guess we shouldn't care??? Kind of muddled and confusing.
I enjoy Aronofsky movies, but this is akin to getting the biggest player contract on a baseball team, because he hits doubles and triples so well, but he strikes out the entire season.
I hope they bring (Sphere management) in something less heavy handed and laced with propaganda in the future. Yes, yes, it's pretty and most of the sound (minus the blathering narration and obnoxious crescendo music) is great, but if I want to watch pretty pics on a big screen and not worry about story, I will stay home.
But enough about the Sphere; let's talk about "Postcards from Earth." I had received a small and brief warning this movie was going to have an agenda and a "message" prior to attending (at a $99 admission price tag), but I had no idea how heavy handed it was going to be in beating the average viewer over the brow with it's:
"Mother-Earth-is-dying-and-humans-are-to-blame" message.
To elaborate, the film posits emphatically that Humans came into existence the same way spores, mold and fungi originated. Eventually, these anthropomorphic group of spores called humans figured out many means and methods to destroy their "mother," so the spores (humans) build rockets to leave their "mother" and find other planets to settle that I can only assume that if there is a sequel, their descendants will figure out a way to destroy.
Ugh.
The movie would have been better without all the meaningless narration that literally states (multiple times) that religion and churches were built to worship and celebrate the earth... whaaaaatttt...?
I kid you not.
So, I guess futuristic spaceship AI (it'll make sense if you make the mistake of paying to see this) is capable of lying. It doesn't matter if you're religious, agnostic or an atheist, everyone knows we spores didn't build churches and monuments to "celebrate earth."
Anyway, the solution in the end is to just find another planet and terraform it like earth...so, I guess we shouldn't care??? Kind of muddled and confusing.
I enjoy Aronofsky movies, but this is akin to getting the biggest player contract on a baseball team, because he hits doubles and triples so well, but he strikes out the entire season.
I hope they bring (Sphere management) in something less heavy handed and laced with propaganda in the future. Yes, yes, it's pretty and most of the sound (minus the blathering narration and obnoxious crescendo music) is great, but if I want to watch pretty pics on a big screen and not worry about story, I will stay home.