Good Science Fiction Movies

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:58 pm

Neill Blomkamp? I thought James Bond killed him in 'For Your Eyes Only'.

Post by **Orlion** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:07 pm

lucimay wrote:
wayfriend wrote:
lucimay wrote:and here's a new one you can all add to your lists!!
Reviews have claimed it is the best sci-fi film of the decade.
/nod nod

instant cult classic i think.

Twas a good movie... however, I'd have to say that it can only be the second best sci-fi film of the decade. The honor of best sci-fi film of the decade should go to Sunshine.

Post by **Loredoctor** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:46 pm

Orlion wrote:The honor of best sci-fi film of the decade should go to Sunshine.

I completely agree.

Post by **Montresor** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:44 pm

I'd say Moon.

Post by **Orlion** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:18 am

Montresor wrote:I'd say Moon.

A good choice. I'll have to see it again and think about it properly, but at the moment I believe that Sunshine has a greater emotional impact... but it had an unfair advantage in that the first time I saw it, I was expecting crap whereas I had really high expectations for Moon. Both are excellent movies, and are better than District 9 (which I still love).

Post by **Fist and Faith** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:35 am

The Matrix is just the best of all. Among my favorite movies of all genres.

Planet of the Apes freakin' rocks!!!

Close Encounters of the Third Kind really works better on the big screen. I'm very happy to have seen it when it first came out. Man, when the mothership comes over Devil's Tower!! But still a great movie on tv.

I've watched Back to the Future several times, and will doubtless watch it many more. Great fun, and fairly thoughtful. The Terminator is also great fun, although in different ways. Heh. Clearly, the time travel is what makes these two thoughtful, but most time travel stories don't work for me.

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Starman
Iron Man
Ghostbusters
Bladerunner
Buckaroo Banzai
Men In Black
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Lord, what a huge list this could be...

Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:00 am

Wall-E gets my vote for best of the decade.

Post by **Montresor** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:24 am

Orlion wrote: A good choice. I'll have to see it again and think about it properly, but at the moment I believe that Sunshine has a greater emotional impact... but it had an unfair advantage in that the first time I saw it, I was expecting crap whereas I had really high expectations for Moon. Both are excellent movies, and are better than District 9 (which I still love).

The emotional impact of the movies was about the same for me. The reason I rate Moon higher is because it's a better structured film. Sunshine could probably have done without the last-minute thriller element of Pinbacker. Anyway, I think they're both great.

Post by **Rigel** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 5:54 am

Montresor wrote:
Orlion wrote: The emotional impact of the movies was about the same for me. The reason I rate Moon higher is because it's a better structured film. Sunshine could probably have done without the last-minute thriller element of Pinbacker. Anyway, I think they're both great.
In fact, it would've been almost worth watching without Pinbacker. I still don't get how people like this film, but that's just IMO.

Hmm... I need to go watch Close Encounters again, I haven't seen it for a while.

Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:07 am

Well, I just gave it a shot...and turned it off at about an hour and ten. It's better than Serentiy...but I'd go with Alien 4 any day (and twice on 'sun' day). I hope Moon is better.

Post by **matrixman** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:40 am

Moon is a wonderful little gem.

Fist and Faith wrote:The Matrix is just the best of all. Among my favorite movies of all genres.

Planet of the Apes freakin' rocks!!!

Close Encounters of the Third Kind really works better on the big screen. I'm very happy to have seen it when it first came out. Man, when the mothership comes over Devil's Tower!! But still a great movie on tv.

I've watched Back to the Future several times, and will doubtless watch it many more. Great fun, and fairly thoughtful. The Terminator is also great fun, although in different ways. Heh. Clearly, the time travel is what makes these two thoughtful, but most time travel stories don't work for me.

Contact
Starman
Iron Man
Ghostbusters
Bladerunner
Buckaroo Banzai
Men In Black
Rocky Horror Picture Show

Lord, what a huge list this could be...

Nice choices, Fist. Rocky Horror might raise eyebrows (like Tim Curry's). It's a crazy hybrid that touches several genres.

I'm glad I got to see Close Encounters on the big screen, too. The mothership moment is one of the greatest in all of Spielberg's films.

Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:09 am

Great first half, decent second half, great finish (Close Encounters)...oh, and I take that back, Serenity was better than Sunshine.

Just watched Ghost in the Shell...it was okay. The art direction and atmosphere were great, the cinematography...err...artography? was astounding, and the montage sequence at about 55 minutes in was more poetic than anything I've ever seen in anime...but the dialogue in the film was mostly expositional garbage. However, if you want to see where the Wachowskis got about half their ideas for Matrix, look no further.

Post by **lucimay** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 6:55 pm

haven't heard of moon but coincidentally i have the cd of sunshine from netflix sittin right here on my desk. i'll watch and weigh in on that one.

Post by **Cail** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:09 pm

Sunshine was a really good movie spoiled by a weak ending.

Post by **ItisWritten** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 5:26 pm

Cail wrote:Sunshine was a really good movie spoiled by a weak ending.

Sunshine was psychological SF until somebody (studio pencil pushers?) decided it needed more action and turned it into a hitchhiker/slasher pic.

Disappointing.

Moon was quite good. Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey's voice. See it.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:26 pm

lucimay wrote:haven't heard of moon but coincidentally i have the cd of sunshine from netflix sittin right here on my desk. i'll watch and weigh in on that one.

You're gonna watch a cd? Your eyesight must be better than mine; I have to use dvd's if I wanna see something.

Post by **sindatur** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:23 pm

dANdeLION wrote:
lucimay wrote:haven't heard of moon but coincidentally i have the cd of sunshine from netflix sittin right here on my desk. i'll watch and weigh in on that one.
You're gonna watch a cd? Your eyesight must be better than mine; I have to use dvd's if I wanna see something.

Pssst...VCDs are watchable. My lover picked one up and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't play in his CD player, so I popped it into the DVD player to show him

Post by **Loredoctor** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:06 pm

I might add that having an insane, murderous Pinbacker was thematically necessary. The whole message of the movie was the sun as seen as something wonderful both scientifically and religiously. The contrast between some of the Icarus II's crew (that is, Capa) and Pinbacker explored this theme, and showed just how far somepeople will go to make something 'symbolically neutral' mythical.

Post by **aTOMiC** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:29 pm

All this talk of Pinbacker reminded me of the the greatest science fiction film of all time, which of course is Dark Star. (Pinback, Dan O'bannon is just sick

)
I dare any of you to watch the film and try to admit you weren't fundementally changed because of it.

Go ahead...try....

Post by **Cail** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:40 pm

Dark Star is awesome.

And I'm sorry Lore, but the ending of Sunshine was horrible. It was like someone switched the final reel with another movie.

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Good Science Fiction Movies