Top Ten Sci-fi Movies

Rob P · #1 17-10-2013, 02:27 PM

From the Guardian: thought this may provide an interesting read/thread.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/film...-sci-fi-movies

Personally I was surprised to see ET in the top ten, though I did enjoy seeing it at the cinema, with my little brother back in ..... well too long ago.

Astro_Bot · #2 17-10-2013, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob P

Personally I was surprised to see ET in the top ten,

Yes, surprising. Overall, the list was predictable, and safe, IMHO. It seems a bit out of date, actually. I've read polls of "top ten sci-fi movies" from sci-fi fans that I agreed with more than that list.

brian nordstrom (As avatar) · #3 17-10-2013, 05:57 PM

Yep 99% hollywood pap !!.
There are way better SIFI movies out there made by the British , French , even the KIWI's ,, but as already said SAFE

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Brian.

BPO · #4 17-10-2013, 06:23 PM

The Matrix certainly doesn't deserve inclusion, IMHO. It's nothing more than a cheap rip-off of just about every other science fiction story since forever.

AdrianF (Adrian) · #5 18-10-2013, 09:21 AM

Happy that 2001 got in to top 10 although I have watched the movie numerous times I still don't fully understand the movie.
Was it really that long ago? See it when it first came out in Mt Isa

Adrian

JB80 (Jarrod) · #6 18-10-2013, 10:08 AM

It's not entirely awful although the order is a over t and at least 3 I wouldn't of chosen.

It's subjective though, it's entirely unlikely two of us will have the same list and 10 is hardly enough to get a real guide on what a person feels.
That list seems slapped together in a lunch break as opposed to a well thought out Friday night on the pints.

p.s I think I'd have E.T in the ten.

johnt (John) · #7 18-10-2013, 10:56 AM

Perhaps a list of 10 isn't enough to capture most of the good ones, especially given variations in different peoples opinions. I like top 50 or top 100. Here are some other interesting lists that came up.

Looking forward to the low budget "Europa Report" when it comes out in November.

http://www.film4.com/special-feature...-sci-fi-movies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ut_outer_space

http://io9.com/top-10-most-gorgeous-...med-1442053579

http://www.imdb.com/list/JwkNp7kTj0Y/

http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-...e-movies-lists

sjastro · #8 18-10-2013, 11:22 AM

Can someone explain to me what the hell "2001 A Space Odyssey" was about?
I have never been able to stay awake for the ending.

Regards

Steven

multiweb (Marc) · #9 18-10-2013, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by sjastro

Can someone explain to me what the hell "2001 A Space Odyssey" was about?
I have never been able to stay awake for the ending.

Regards

Steven

It's a very dark and fairly out of the box story line.

Ric · #10 18-10-2013, 12:21 PM

Agreed with the top 5, don't know about the rest though.

gary · #11 23-10-2013, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by AdrianF

Happy that 2001 got in to top 10 although I have watched the movie numerous times I still don't fully understand the movie.
Was it really that long ago? See it when it first came out in Mt Isa

Adrian

Hi Adrian,

I can confess to having paid to go and see it at the cinema in excess of fifty times.

I have even come out of the cinema and gone back in again to see the following session.

How many times I would have watched it on VHS and DVD, I have lost track of.

Despite that, each time I watch it I will typically discover something in it that I
had never noticed before.

If I had to choose a single film worthy of being alongside the greatest work's
of art ever conceived, I would choose Kubrick's 2001.

Barrykgerdes · #12 24-10-2013, 12:14 PM

I have not seen 2001 but I have a set of audio tapes of a reading of the book (also never listened to).

It is an allegory and gather it would be hard to follow for most.

I may get around to listening to it sometime

I liked most of the English Sci-fi TV series a lot better than any of the movies ever made. (of course Dr Who leads this field)

Barry

RobF (Rob) · #13 27-10-2013, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sjastro

Can someone explain to me what the hell "2001 A Space Odyssey" was about?
I have never been able to stay awake for the ending.

Regards

Steven

You should get the book out or buy it sometime Steven. Arthur C Clarke's story is great. Kubrick may have been artistically brialliant but the last 15mins of the movie do little to portray Clarke's vision.

Spoiler: Basically the suggestion is Dave Bowman moves on to a higher form of existence and is born as a "star baby". He doesn't actually know what to do next other than hang around looking at earth "but he'll think of something"......

LewisM · #14 27-10-2013, 03:59 PM

Very happy to see Solaris included. Brilliant psychology in that film - I enjoyed it immensely even before I learnt to speak Russian. Watched it first on SBS many years ago as a teenager. Now I have the DVD. The Yank remake of it with Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron - The Astronaut's Wife - is just AWFUL

I will join the 2001 "Huh?" team. I really yawned during the whole film. Spectacular, but just too obtuse. FAR too obtuse. I understood the symbology, but just disliked it.

Blade Runner... MEH. Take it or leave it.

Very happy to see none of Paul Verhoeven's nauseating films made it.

el_draco (Rom) · #15 27-10-2013, 04:17 PM

Watched Solaris last night based on this "list". Seemed more like Dr Phil on prozac; Cluney? Really? For the most part... boring as bat poo, IMHO of course, and I can think of a few dozen other films that I would have put on the list ahead of this film. Theen, of course I just read the previous post. Taste is very subjective...

MortonH · #16 27-10-2013, 04:24 PM

The problem with any "Top Ten" is there can be an infinite number of ways to define "top". Is it based on technical merit? Acting? Effects? Or more personal, such as the way the movie made you feel the first time you saw it?

I remember watching ET as a kid and thinking it was wonderful, and I cried my eyes out at the end. But as an adult I've watched it and thought it was cliche-ridden, stereotypical Spielberg rubbish.

Maybe the test should be whether you own the movies and how many times/how often you have watched them.

I own only three of the movies in that list: The Matrix, Terminator 2 and 2001. The first two I have watched countless times as they were groundbreaking and still stand up to today's standards. I have watched 2001 a few times as I think the atmosphere and visuals are amazing, but I never understood the ending until I Googled it!

I think Alien was an awesome film as well. Blade Runner left me cold.

Does Ghostbusters count as sci-fi?

LewisM · #17 27-10-2013, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MortonH

But as an adult I've watched it and thought it was cliche-ridden, stereotypical Spielberg rubbish.

That's my opinion of the entire Star Wars series. Cliched, badly acted, predictable.

Me, I am a 100% Alien franchise fanatic. I even TOLERATE Alien 4 (JUST, only darned JUST). And I oddly enjoy and understand Alien 3 fully.

Prometheus, as problematic as it is, thrills me with the premises expounded in it. I LOATHED it at first (anticipating an Alien like movie), watched it again with an OPEN mind, and LOVED every second of it (apart from the crap actors).

sn1987a (Barry) · #18 27-10-2013, 06:47 PM

Some of my favourites in no particular order.....

Silent Running
Soylent Green
Pitch Black
The Day The Earth Stood Still (original)
Blade Runner
The World The Flesh And The Devil
Moon
Watchmen
Wrath Of Kahn
V For Vendetta
Blakes Seven (ok it was a TV series but was awesome in its day)

LewisM · #19 27-10-2013, 08:11 PM

I have to say, and VEHEMENTLY so, who could even possibly leave out THE best Sci-Fi movie EVER made?

Forbidden Planet

A Top 10 without it is useless drivel.

sn1987a (Barry) · #20 27-10-2013, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

I have to say, and VEHEMENTLY so, who could even possibly leave out THE best Sci-Fi movie EVER made?

Forbidden Planet

A Top 10 without it is useless drivel.

....or Spaceballs