Fractalus (2005)
A motley group of astronauts travel unimaginable distances across time and space on a quest for a glimpse of something beyond known reality.
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The Age of Commercialism
ridiculous rating
This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Fractalus is an intriguingly weird little 25-minute short about a near future where humanity seems to be aware of God's location in the universe. Scientific and religious teams try to reach it constantly, but none have succeeded due to a breakdown of time-space during the approach.It's not exactly a big-budget production, but makes excellent use of what it has, presenting quite a delicious little riddle that you can have lots of fun interpreting.It's a brain twister, though of the type where you can feel there's a more coherent intended plot, rather than a jumble of artsy symbolism (think "Donnie Darko", as opposed to "Blue Velvet"). There are also some interesting explanations to be found around online.
1 Star for the production values. 0 For the script/direction.Meaningless pseudo metaphysical clap trap dressed in sci-fi.Kind of reminds you of the metaphysical ending of Kubricks 2001.. but without anything worth while preceding, blended with Twightlight for gen Y sci-fi fans...Judging by the credits quite a bit of time money & effort went into this nonsense.Is it just a tech demo of what this company can do in order to sell themselves to prospective clients?A teaser for an forth coming feature film? I sincerely hope not.Maybe it was just a concept to pitch at test audiences. Pretty sure it was canned because of audience reaction if it was.