I'm personally quite fond of movies that boggle the mind, whether they're philosophic, thought-provoking and deal with human emotions, or just really spaced out, so to speak (à la The Quiet Earth is both), and as a rule prefer such movies to those that are generally ascribed the 'sci-fi' genre, (i.e. spaceships, big explosions, aliens, à la Aliens/Predator/Star Wars).
some of my favs:
Blade Runner
The Quiet Earth
Scanners
The Hidden
2001: A Space Odyssey
Post-apocalyptic-esque ones are a plus!
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Oct-14-2006 05:02
enferno
Penus Maximus
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: jesus land
contact.
a lot of you say this movie blows, but if you've read anything about.by carl sagan, you'd know that when he was alive, he was theorizing things about space that were WAY ahead of his time, things that were unbelieveable then, but are common fact now. the man was truely brilliant, both as a writer, and as an astronomer.
Oct-14-2006 05:24
AlphaStarred
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
quote:
Originally posted by enferno
contact.
Thanks, I've seen it though, nothing in comparison with the ones I mentioned, (IMO), frankly I found it quite shallow and nothing more than a blockbuster hit. The movie may not do the book justice, for I didn't read the book so can't argue over the matter, but after all I'm asking for movies.
Oct-14-2006 05:35
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
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Event Horizon.
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Oct-14-2006 05:38
weymouth
aka Poe
Registered: May 2003
Location: Delaware
Gattaca
Solyaris(Andre Tarkovsky film)
Stalker(Another Andre Tarkovsky)
Minority Report
Ghost in the Shell-anime
Akira-anime
The Thing-horror but still sci-fi and a great movie
V for Vendetta
Metropolis-really old 1927 silent film but the first thinking sci-fi movie and one of the most influencial movies of all time.
Oct-14-2006 05:40
BTG
Ez skinz ez lyfe
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Location: Milton ON
airplane 2
Oct-14-2006 05:42
stren
Strenowski
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Warsaw, Earth, 1 AU
the new Battlestar Galactica
Impostor
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Oct-14-2006 08:29
CleverName
mep
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: home
logan's run (this classic is the shit, check it out)
planet of the apes
enemy mine
serenity
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Oct-14-2006 08:32
Rodrico
TA Desperado
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Toronto, Canada
I think some of you may be forgetting the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever created...
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Oct-14-2006 09:02
Sushipunk
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Location: Chateau Verdafloor
quote:
Originally posted by Rodrico
I think some of you may be forgetting the greatest Sci-Fi movie ever created...
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Yes...
Edit: Search for Spock ftw
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Oct-14-2006 09:30
TweeK
What About The Future
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Location: Underground Pirate Station [JSRF]
THe Fifth Element.
Seriously one of the best in my book.
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Oct-14-2006 09:55
Moongoose
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Celje, Slovenia
quote:
Originally posted by TweeK
THe Fifth Element.
Seriously one of the best in my book.
+ fucking 1
Leave it to Luc Besson to come up with a masterpiece.
your favorite Sci-Fi flicks...
