I had never heard of Another Earth
in my life... err, afterlife before starting out to watch it. The
only reason it came to my attention is recently www.FoxConnect.com
was having a 50% off sale on all their blu-rays so I stocked up LIKE
A BOSS! Being that I'm constantly on the hunt for intriguing films
that have slipped under the radar of most people, my attention was
immediately drawn to this one as it looks like a unique take on the
concept of alternate worlds. It also stars Brit Marling, who I only
know from her guest appearance on an episode of my favourite TV show
Community, where she played a woman named Page that Britta
befriended only because she thought she was a lesbian. She had a
really good presence in that episode, so I'm curious to see what she
can do in a feature length movie.
Upon doing the briefest of online
research before writing this introduction, I discovered it had a plot
very similar to another film that came out a few months after it:
Lars Von Trier's Melancholia in that both films involved a
planet being discovered very close to our own Earth. I'd been
planning to review Melancholia sometime early next year, but
this discovery changed all my plans especially since I haven't done a
Dueling Movies feature in quite some time. A Ghoul Versus...,
a place where plans are as fickle as Sir Anthony Hopkins questionable
role choices!
