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I didn't watch many of the Classic Sci-fi movies, so I started this thread. Some recent ones I enjoyed are: Code 46 Children of Men Serenity Solaris
What about you?
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Aliens and The Matrix |
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Children of Men, Serenity, Equilibrium, Transformers (does it count?), and something about The Island intrigues me. | ||
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Besides the Matrix series already mentioned, I liked I Robot, Independence Day and a couple of the Star Trek movies (some are really bad, but a couple were good - First Contact and The Wrath of Khan are my favorites) |
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something about The Island intrigues me. LOL. Hmm, Scarlett Johansson, perhaps? I'm teasing, The Island was interesting. I liked it, too. |
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Does Blade Runner count as classic, or recent? That's my favorite. | |||
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Although, all of these movies may fall into the classics category: Aliens; Terminator 2: Judgment Day; and the Star Wars Trilogy, episodes 4, 5 & 6. From this millennium, so definitely not a classic (yet!): Transformers, the Movie. Love it! |
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I'm not really sure what qualifies a movie as "classic" . It seems to be used very subjectively. I think of classic as the stuff from the 1950's and 60's, with the really bad special effects. Like the stuff they play on Mystery Science Theater. |
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Despite, or maybe because of the fact they're so corny, I also always liked: Time Bandits Tron The Black Hole |
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Oh, yes, Time Bandits! My wish list count just went up by one more. :) |
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Gotta love a nutty short guy in glasses! |
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recent? Definitely, The Last Mimzy. I read the original story years ago and they turned a germ of an idea into an amazing adventure. It looks like a kids movie but small kids might be scared or not able to keep up. |
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I thought The Last Mimzy was a children's movie, based on the previews. I haven't seen it, but I do have it on my WL. |
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Recent?
Spider Man 3 Transformers Fantastic 4: Rise Of The Silver Surfer I Am Legend |
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American Astronaut. This wasn't a favorite, but I think this was the weirdest movie I've ever seen. It was a sureal, space-western musical. Has anyone else seen this? |
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I haven't seen, or heard of, American Astronaut. A space-western musical? I'm not sure I want to view it, but you have made me curious about the movie. |
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A recent sci-fi film (to me) was "Minority Report". I saw it in 2004, and it came out the same year as Solaris. |
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I forgot about Minority Report, although I have it on my WL. I have to call it a favorite of mine, as well. I like the combination of action, mixed with an intelligent plot. |
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For fans and I, Robot I would recommend Proyas' previous work. Dark City is great low-budget film that had great influence on The Matrix. I didn't see the Crow (the 1994 one) but heard good things. I like Solaris, but I can't wait to check out the original. |
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Some of my favorite science fiction movies are: Star Trek 2, 3, 4 and 5, Star Wars 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, The Last Starfighter, The Fifth Element, V the Original Miniseries and V the Final Battle, Men in Black.... And I always enjoy Critters, which has a sci-fi element to it although some people may see it as horror. I also love SeaQuest, which is a sci-fi TV series of course. And Earth 2, which was a very excellent series before it got cancelled. I recently watched Logan's Run for the first time and thought that was very good. It's one of those interesting stories about a "perfect" Utopian society where people are killed at the age of 30. Stranded (2001) is a good low-budget science fiction movie about a group of astronauts stranded on Mars. I think it's pretty realistic with how the crew reacts (each in their own way) and the setting looks real, too. There's no flashy explosions or anything - the movie is a drama - but there's a nice surprise towards the end. It can also be classified as a disaster movie in some ways, too. For me this movie is a keeper and I've watched it 2 times already.
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