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Silent Running

1972Movie1 h 29 minG

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IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic676.5Rotten Tomatoes71%66%
67
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.6Letterboxd3.3/5Metacritic676.5Rotten Tomatoes71%66%

Summary

After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.

Good for

  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Thought-provoking

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  • You want fast pacing

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  • Breaks your heart.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Makes you think.
  • Pays off your patience.

Not for comfort, warmth or laughs.

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Tropes

Gaia's Lamentin 124 titlesAll natural life on Earth is dead, save for human beings, who at the beginning of the movie are on ships that are trying to save the last of the trees.Zeerustin 311 titlesThe film features robots that can understand human speech, yet take their programming from non-reprogrammable cartridges, which Lowell, slowly going insane from loneliness, has to write new software…All 34 tropes

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