History YMMV / Solaris

** As Rheya spends more time existing she starts to realize her condition, which plunges her into an existential crisis not understanding even what she is. [[spoiler: She ends up killing herself. Twice]].

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!! 1972 film:
* NightmareFuel: Burton's description of his vision over the Solaris ocean is pretty disturbing.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The scene where Hari crashes through the door looks a little silly 40 years later.

!! 2002 film:
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: This exchange:
-->'''Chris:''' Why did you kill yourself?\\
'''[[spoiler: Gibarian]]:''' {{It seemed like a good idea at the time}}.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The whole score, but in particular the scene of Chris' first approach towards the station at Solaris.
** Which is interesting, considering Soderbergh originally intended to have either Music/PinkFloyd or Music/VelvetUnderground fill the space.
* MoralEventHorizon: Chris crossed the line when he [[spoiler: locks the first copy of Rheya in a pod and jettisons it.]]
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Lem himself did not particularly care for this adaptation (though he didn't even watch it), citing concerns that it was too focused on the romantic aspects. But then again, he wasn't too fond of Tarkovsky's either.

** Snow [[spoiler: is actually dead, and his copy killed him in self-defense within thirty seconds of coming into existence, so copy Snow hid dead Snow in the ceiling.]]

'''[[spoiler: Gibarian]]:''' It seemed like a good idea at the time.

* MagnumOpus: This is Lem's best-known and most well-regarded novel.

-->'''Chris :''' Why did you kill yourself?\\
'''[[spoiler: Gibarian]] :''' It seemed like a good idea at the time.

* WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants: When Lem started the book, describing Kelvin arriving at the station, he had no idea what it was going to be about.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Lem himself did not particularly care for this adaptation (though he didn't even watch it), citing concerns that it was too focused on the romantic aspects. But then again, he wasn't too fond of Tarkovsky's either.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: the scene where Hari crashes through the door looks a little silly 40 years later.

-->'''Chris :''' Why did you kill yourself?
-->'''[[spoiler: Gibarian]] :''' It seemed like a good idea at the time.

** Which is interesting, considering Soderbergh originally intended to have either PinkFloyd or TheVelvetUnderground fill the space.

* UncannyValley: The visitors definitely count, such as the protagonist's girlfriend's dress having buttons but lacking any seams or even a way for it to be put on or removed. There are also biological formations out in the ocean, made out of a calcified substance, that mimic the appearance any number of things from human-looking buildings and trees to people and dogs. They don't last long and are eventually reabsorbed into the "water."
** Not to mention the description of the giant baby which does not act in any way baby-like, but instead systematically tests out its body, to the horror of the witness.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: YourMileageMayVary, but the scene where Hari crashes through the door looks a little silly 40 years later.

* MoralEventHorizon: YourMileageMayVary. Chris may or may not cross the line when he [[spoiler: locks the first copy of Rheya in a pod and jettisons it.]]
** Again, YourMileageMayVary with Snow. He [[spoiler: is actually dead, and his copy killed him in self-defense within thirty seconds of coming into existence, so copy Snow hid dead Snow in the ceiling.]]