I’m trying to think of really good sci-fi films, but can (surprisingly) come up with only a handful, the best being “The Matrix” . Then there are the “Alien” and the “Terminator” films ofcourse. There’s Asimov’s “I, Robot” which turned into a fairly interesting film. And H.G.Wells “The war of the world’s” was OK. “Sphere” Michael Crichton’s film about an alien intelligence “in” a mysterious sphere, was pretty good, but can be called only border-line sci-fi. “12 monkeys” is a fairly old movie on time-travel, and it’s fun – lots of plot twists, and it makes you think trying to keep track of the protagonist. Added bonus : it stars Bruce Willis ! “ET” was fun, when I was a kid. Not so much fun now. “Minority Report” (another Philip Dick short story) stars Tom Cruise and is good – sort of a sci-fi detective film. “Solaris” (2002) Steven Soderbergh’s remake starring George Clooney tells a tale of mysterious dead visitors on a space-station. “Men in Black” is sci-fi yes, but it is also a funny, slap-sticky film where smart-mouthed average Joes, turn into an alien-fighting team.
And then there are the great films I HAVEN’T SEEN. “Blade Runner” is supposed to be great – am reading the book now (“Do Androids dream of electric sheep ?” by Philip K. Dick). Other recommended films are “Artificial Intelligence”, “The day the earth stood still”, “Metropolis”, “2001 – A space odyssey”.
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Good list … I would only add that Through a Scanner Darkley, upcoming form Richard Linklater and also from a Phillip Dick story, is gonna blow them all away
On a lighter note, ‘The Incredibles’ is great. ‘Back to the future’ series was one of my favs!
Reel fanatic,
Had no idea that “A scanner darky” had a movie being made on it. It’s on my to-be-read list though.
Nik of my time,
I really liked the “Incredibles”. My kids loved it. Was funny, so real and so “human”. The BTTF films were also good, although I remember them vaguely now.