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Not science fiction, a love story.

posted 4 months ago by MrEdofCourse (33)
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I watched this movie because I'm planning a trip to Iceland. This film is fantastic for that purpose.

The premise sounds like science fiction, but it's really about isolating two characters in love and how they deal with whatever constraints and challenges face them. I'd imagine many viewers would have different opinions of this movie before and after the Covid pandemic.

One character simply can't accept the situation while the other not only accepts it but is able to thrive given the conditions. Each tries to convince the other to see their perspective. I mean, it could've been anything. Two lovers having to deal with living in any other condition than where they first fell in love and where they're polar opposites in accepting the change.

Filming it the way they did in Iceland kept me engaged, and while the "false-sci-fi" premise may have been distracting from the actual story being told it did create a set up where as we're questioning the cause, we're relating to the characters.

[–] KutWrite (1240) 3 months ago

All good sci-fi is more about humanity (or lack thereof) and its conflicts than about the science. The latter is a wrapper to give (hopefully) interesting context for the human drama at the core.

This one is light on the science, yes, unless you count Riley's use of physics principles to rig a source of fresh water for the house. That contraption would've been on "Mr. Wizard" for sure!