{"title": "Melancholia is the best Science Fiction Film Ever", "timestamp": 1740360506.8680806, "description": "I don't think you think of Science Fiction often when thinking about [Lars Von Trier](). Yet, his 2011 masterpiece *Melancholia* is one of, if not the best, science fiction film(s) ever.", "author": {"avatar": "https://blenderdumbass.org/pictures/favicon.png", "bio": "Aka: J.Y. Amihud. A Jewish by blood, multifaceted artist with experience in film-making, visual effects, programming, game development, music and more. A philosopher at heart. An activist for freedom and privacy. Anti-Paternalist. A user of Libre Software. Speaking at least 3 human languages. 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Yet, his 2011 masterpiece Melancholia is one of, if not the best, science fiction film(s) ever.\r\n\r\nWas *The Fifth Element* in that list.", "username": "Troler", "id": 0, "timestamp": 1776437833.1702576, "p_index": {"2": 1}}, {"text": "> The sci-fi is also very tastefully done. On paper it's something like the infamous 2022 disaster by Roland Emmerich called Moonfall. But the execution is so much more thought through. Lars Von Trier does not leave the house setting. There are no scenes of the government deciding what to do. There are no Michael Bay heroes going to Nuke the asteroid. There is this presence in the sky. And it does things on Earth.\r\n\r\nBasically going the Lovecraft way.", "username": "Troler", "id": 1, "timestamp": 1776438118.405314, "p_index": {"2": 15}}]}, "hashtags": ["melancholia", "depression", "mentalhealth", "film", "movies", "cinemastodon", "sciencefiction", "scifi", "larsvontrier", "review", "KirstenDunst", "BradyCorbet", "TheBrutalist"], "not_ai_proof": "", "tab": "reviews", "url": "https://blenderdumbass.org/reviews/melancholia_is_the_best_science_fiction_film_ever", "likes": ["Troler"]}