marcicat | Movie Review: Solarbabies

1. I was very wary of this movie, since Netflix says ‘This movie is: Dark, Mind-bending, Suspenseful.’ Clearly, I should have known better. (Netflix also says the first Tron movie is ‘Dark.’ Also ‘Imaginative,’ I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean.) However, the reviews convinced me to give it a go, and it was already in the queue, so why not?

2. Hahahahaha! I loved it. I mean, it was sort of *like* Tron (especially the music), like if Tron was combined with Doctor Who (what with the occasional and unexpected horrible violence), and took place in the non-digital world.

3. Any movie that could be summarized as ‘a group of kids in a post-apocalyptic world run away to help a glowing ball of light free the water supply’ already sounds kind of cool. But then you add in the rollerskating(!) which they do all the time, mostly seemingly at random (can you really rollerskate through the desert?), and it becomes way, way better.

4. It should perhaps be noted that *last* Saturday I watched Ghostbusters 2, with pretty much the same level of enthusiasm as Solarbabies, so, you know, my standards aren’t high. Still, look at them all, rollerskating around! Just like in Power Rangers: The Movie!

5. What made the movie for me: it was like a cool dream, where everyone runs around (or skates!) and climbs up things and slides down ramps, and it doesn’t really make sense but that’s okay because you totally won, and everyone gets to dance around and hug each other and hold hands!

Mirrored from The Marci Rating System.