Ladyloafer
Justified & Ancient
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having nothing better to do at the moment than sift through my ever increasing streaming playlist and backlog of 'stuff i recorded from telly but haven't got round to watching yet' i have come across some gems. many would come under the heading of 'nothing much happens, but its moody and looks good and is vaguely futuristic'. plus theres so much more apocalyse/doom stuff out there than i ever realised! not all of it zombies!
Everything beautiful is far away.
A guy, a girl, and a robothead hike across a desert planet in search of a mythical lake.
(this review from imdb sums it up well)
it's a low-budget indie sci-fi/fantasy. a little bit of romance in there as well.
if you expect to see a dystopian world with lots of conflicts or a survival journey for a better world or life, you won't get it in here.
it's a light movie, pretty straightforward. there is nothing much happening in this movie, you don't really get a huge conflict, which gives me positive vibes to the story, and somehow uplifting.
the cinematography is great, and I love the bright colour.
I think we're alone now
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse -- until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
Apparent sole survivor of a never explained 'plague', Del spends his days going from house to house removing and burying dead bodies, cleaning up, purloining their batteries, food and books and cataloguing the books in the town library.
when young Grace arrives in town she stays to help him, despite him rather being alone. but grace has a secret...
again, its quiet, unassuming, a bit weird in the last third of the film but peter dinklage and elle fanning are great in this.
The Endless
Two brothers who escaped a ufo cult as youngsters and drawn back for a visit after a mysterious videotape arrives implying the cult is about to being taken.
on arrival everything is fine and everyone is happy living a communal life, selling their craft beer.
but there is something weird going on in the night sky, and someone or something is delivering tapes and polaroids from the near future, and why do people find it so hard to leave?
very low budget, no big effects, no scary aliens or extreme blood n guts, but an intriging mystery.
Everything beautiful is far away.
A guy, a girl, and a robothead hike across a desert planet in search of a mythical lake.
(this review from imdb sums it up well)
it's a low-budget indie sci-fi/fantasy. a little bit of romance in there as well.
if you expect to see a dystopian world with lots of conflicts or a survival journey for a better world or life, you won't get it in here.
it's a light movie, pretty straightforward. there is nothing much happening in this movie, you don't really get a huge conflict, which gives me positive vibes to the story, and somehow uplifting.
the cinematography is great, and I love the bright colour.
I think we're alone now
The apocalypse proves a blessing in disguise for one lucky recluse -- until a second survivor arrives with the threat of companionship.
Apparent sole survivor of a never explained 'plague', Del spends his days going from house to house removing and burying dead bodies, cleaning up, purloining their batteries, food and books and cataloguing the books in the town library.
when young Grace arrives in town she stays to help him, despite him rather being alone. but grace has a secret...
again, its quiet, unassuming, a bit weird in the last third of the film but peter dinklage and elle fanning are great in this.
The Endless
Two brothers who escaped a ufo cult as youngsters and drawn back for a visit after a mysterious videotape arrives implying the cult is about to being taken.
on arrival everything is fine and everyone is happy living a communal life, selling their craft beer.
but there is something weird going on in the night sky, and someone or something is delivering tapes and polaroids from the near future, and why do people find it so hard to leave?
very low budget, no big effects, no scary aliens or extreme blood n guts, but an intriging mystery.