Top Ten SF Films

[ilthaniel]

Originally Posted by Connavar of Rigante

Gattaca i liked. Is it also a novel? I wish cause something tells me it would be a lot better than the movie

Personally I can't really name a movie that actually enhanced the novel...

And my personal top 10; again in no particular order:
-Galaxy Quest.
-The Iron Giant.
-The Thing (with kurt Russell).
-T1.
-The Incredibles.
-Blade Runner.
-the Fifth Element.
-Akira.
-Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.
-Aliens.

Oh, and about different lists that can be made, we shouldn't forget the (probably) easiest list: Top 10 worst SF-movies..

[Connavar]

Haha that is an easy list mine would be topped by Doom

[ilthaniel]

Aren't you forgetting Highlander II?

[Connavar]

Wasnt that the one with Sean Connery?

[iansales]

Highlander: Endgame was worse than Highlander 2: The Quickening, although there's not much in it.

[ilthaniel]

Yes, but it was mostly the one that played in the future where the Immortals came from the planet Zeist...

That is a personal opinion, I'd say, Iansales... Personally I think they don't even come close to each other in badness. But then, I kinda like the series...

[williamjm]

Originally Posted by tangaloomababe

William much as I love this movie, I dont think I would call it s/f, but then I supose sci fi is a fairly loose term, I'd be more inclined to call it Fantasy/Horror. Its a great film though whatever you want to call it.

That's why I listed Brotherhood of the Wolf under Fantasy. Admittedly it is debateable whether it really is Fantasy either.

Why not the original Abre los Ojos, rather than the remake Vanilla Sky? It's better, too. Well, let's face it, Hollywood has a long and undistinguished record of remaking foreign films and doing a bad job of it.

I was debating which one to include. I think they're both very good movies and they're similar enough that it's difficult to chose between them (obviously if you really value originality then Abre Los Ojos would have the advantage). ALO did has some scenes that really should have been in VS as well - particularly the scene near the end where he's running around with the gun (allegedly this was shot for VS as well but got cut, I think it does appear in the trailer) - and it does got a bit further in showing the main character being injured. On the other hand, I thought the glossy Hollywood production and Tom Cruise were actually quite apt for a story where the main character is meant to be a vain spoiled playboy. I also think the supporting characters were more memorable in VS (I particularly like Kurt Russel's psychiatrist), the soundtrack is good and the opening scene with Tom Cruise wandering through the empty New York is very effective.

[Rawled Demha]

i know this is gonna sound dodgy, but conceptually i did like the matrix...the effects werent so bad either

[Tabasco]

There was a movie with Sean Connery, where he was a police officer or something on an asteroid, or a space mining colony. I remember thinking 'This is great!', but I only saw it once, long ago, and forgot the name.

Also, does Event Horizon count? Because that movie totally rules.

[Steve Jordan]

Originally Posted by Tabasco

There was a movie with Sean Connery, where he was a police officer or something on an asteroid, or a space mining colony. I remember thinking 'This is great!', but I only saw it once, long ago, and forgot the name.

Also, does Event Horizon count? Because that movie totally rules.

The Connery film was called Outland. I think you remember it more fondly than I do!

And yes, Event Horizon certainly counts as SF, or at least SF-based horror (like Alien). I thought it went a bit overboard, but the premise was excellent.

[2nddan]

Good films.
My favorite is The Postman and then When Worlds Collide.
Otherwise the films I would list have already been done.
For worst films, I'd add The Crawling Eye. But it was the first sci-fi film my dad let me watch. I think he thought it would warp my mind or something.
The book for The Postman sucked big time. The movie was much better, and most people thought the movie also sucked!

[iansales]

Originally Posted by Steve Jordan

The Connery film was called Outland. I think you remember it more fondly than I do!

And yes, Event Horizon certainly counts as SF, or at least SF-based horror (like Alien). I thought it went a bit overboard, but the premise was excellent.

I think I'm the opposite here -I thought Outland wasn't bad, and Event Horizon was terrible. In fact, the only thing directed by Paul WS Anderson (not to be confused with Paul Thomas Anderson) that I've thought was any good was was the made-for-tv film The Sight - starring Andrew McCarthy as an architect in London who encounters a haunted hotel. But it's not sf, so it doesn't count :-)

[Connavar]

Originally Posted by Rawled Demha

i know this is gonna sound dodgy, but conceptually i did like the matrix...the effects werent so bad either

No shame in it at all.

Many people like the concept of Matrix. Its what made it famous,not only the action effects.


I mean using people as batteries thats the most appealing thing with Matrix.

[ilthaniel]

Originally Posted by 2nddan

The book for The Postman sucked big time. The movie was much better, and most people thought the movie also sucked!

Just to prove people's opinions differ; I quite liked the book and when I saw from excerpts what they'd done to it I've refused to watch it. I know you generally shouldn't compare the movie with the book, but I have my limits...

[Connavar]

You MUST compare the movie to its book.


Otherwise you are too nice to hollywood and thier crappy movie versions.