Hard to Be a God (2013)
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
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One of my all time favorites.
A Disappointing Continuation
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
I think I get it... I think... Hard to Be a God is like a nightmare of living in a world of idiots. It has a feeling like drowning in mud. Of having a permanent hangover, or a sore back. Where thoughts come into your head but you're too irritated to try to communicate them. The feeling of being completely misunderstood when you're clear as day. It's really a beautiful movie to look at, and disgusting to listen to. Endless depth and texture and movement; like stirring through a stew pot looking for morsels, but finding mostly gristle, and sinew, and slime, but you're going to keep looking anyway because you're hungry.
OK, I have finally found it! After watching hundreds and hundreds of movies over the past few years, I am pretty sure I have just seen the worst movie ever made in the history of man. God bless the reviewers that saw something socially redeemable in this film, I know everybody is different but it was just terrible, OMG. Black and white, mud everywhere, rain, spitting, why were they looking into the camera? Seriously, this movie was BAD!!!! Plus, it was super long! If you didn't read about the plot on some web site there is NO WAY you would know what it was about...NO WAY! Believe me, you will thank me for checking spoiler alert, that way you wont waste your time. Think of the worst movie you have ever seen, this movie makes your worst movie look like Ben Hur.
5,5/10There is a basic plot description in the beginning but it is not always clear which character is which and what they are specifically doing. I read the Wikipedia Plot description afterwards and it makes it more understandable. The Dialogue is vague, often times outside the frame, since other people are constantly putting their face or other objects infront of the camera. Also some voices are clearly edited in, during post production. Hard to be a god gets repetitive after a while because the scenery stays the same and the bizarre actions go on for 3 hours. I haven't seen anyone mention the horrible photoshopped face on the corpse at the end of the film, seemed like a budget thing. With all that being said, the detailed visuals alone make it worth to watch. It is one of the most unique films I've seen. There isn't a film filthier than this
It has been a while since I saw Hard to be a God, and I keep thinking about it, so here are a few random thoughts.It's set on a planet not to be confused with, but referring to medieval Europe.I saw it as a contemplation about the power of knowledge, and the meaning of it all. It vaguely reminded me of Béla Tarr's Turin Horse cause of this contemplative tone.The visuals are so strong, that even in black and white you can smell what's going on.A note regarding the dialogue -- don't forget that this movie is supposed to be about people who can't think coherently. Don't expect any coherence in their speech.