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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pcrh on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @02:09PM (#13708248)
Melancholia by Lars von Trier is another great movie about the earth colliding with another planet.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by hackuser on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:41PM (#13708958)
An excellent, incredibly beautiful film, beyond the topical plot point.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by pmoriarty on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @05:42PM (#13709953)
Beautiful, but super, super, boring -- with an extra helping of boring on top.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by CamperBob2 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @06:22PM (#13710222)
The challenging thing about Melancholia isn't "boredom" but the shaky camera work in the first half of the movie. I turned it off in disgust after 30 minutes or so. No idea why I went back and watched the rest of it, but I'm glad I did. One of those films that sticks with you.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by hackuser on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:10PM (#13710487)
> Beautiful, but super, super, boring

Let's just say that it's definitely an art-house film. Some find that sort of thing boring, but not everyone.

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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by Confusion on Thursday February 23, 2017 @01:51AM (#13712146)
You obviously haven't seen The Turin Horse. Melancholia was action packed compared to that.
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by ttam on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @03:26PM (#13708852)
Yeah, but Another Earth's main character is fascinated by astronomy and gets accepted to MIT
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Re:Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 l... by e40 on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @04:39PM (#13709406)
Which is on Netflix for streaming. Thanks for the tip.
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