On: Seven earth-sized planets discovered circling a star 39 light years from Earth

[pcrh]

Melancholia by Lars von Trier is another great movie about the earth colliding with another planet.

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

[hackuser → pcrh]

An excellent, incredibly beautiful film, beyond the topical plot point.

[pmoriarty → hackuser]

Beautiful, but super, super, boring -- with an extra helping of boring on top.

[CamperBob2 → pmoriarty]

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.

[hackuser → pmoriarty]

> 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.

[Confusion → pmoriarty]

You obviously haven't seen The Turin Horse. Melancholia was action packed compared to that.

[ttam → pcrh]

Yeah, but Another Earth's main character is fascinated by astronomy and gets accepted to MIT

[e40 → pcrh]

Which is on Netflix for streaming. Thanks for the tip.