Favorite Science Fiction Movies

[karam]

I'd leave Star Wars out as to me they're more fantasy than science fiction.

My favourite is the often maligned Alien: Prometheus, runners up are too many to list.

 

[peregrinus]

The Fountain

Yes, that was tripy in a good way, similar vibe maybe as Cloud Atlas and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.

 

[hawky454]

Yes, that was tripy in a good way, similar vibe maybe as Cloud Atlas and Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life.

I haven’t seen those but now I’m gonna have to! Yeah, I loved The Fountain, it had a great soundtrack too. Mogwai collaborated with Kronos Quartet.

 

[peregrinus]

fantasy than science fiction.

Ya, that’s a line that does get blurry. But then I hear (some) people name their favorite SciFi as LOTR or GOT.
I like these but they aren’t SciFi IMO.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Ya, that’s a line that does get blurry. But then I hear (some) people name their favorite SciFi as LOTR or GOT.
I like these but they aren’t SciFi IMO.

I think it's quite commonplace for SciFi/fantasy to be lumped together, but I think they're two very different genres. Any serious fans of one or both would agree to that I think.

 

[davek]

Ex Machina

The Fountain

Could David Lynch movies be classified as science fiction? If so his films would make it to the top of the list.

Loved Ex Machina.
Now, I'm going to have to check into The Fountain.

Kirk or Picard?

On The Big Bang Theory, they did an episode showing how Leonard first became Sheldon's roommate. Sheldon was giving him a series of tests and he had to pass one to move further into the apartment.

At the door, Sheldon asked "Kirk or Pickard" out of the blue with no set up or explanation. Without much hesitation, Leonard said, "Pickard, but The Original Series". Sheldon wordlessly let him in.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Alien/Aliens
Stat Wars/Empire Strikes Back
Forbidden Planet

 

[rajangan]

I really like Cloud Atlas too. The new Bladerunner is high on my list. Sunshine, also. Moon.

There's this peculiar film I have watched a number of times. that I think is free to watch on YouTube. It's all dialogue. I believe it was written basically as a play, which interests me because I'm trying to be a writer. It's called The Man From Earth. It's a story about a professor who's trying to leave town without telling his colleagues and friends. (This isn't really a spoiler because it would be in any description). They catch wind and waylay him at his house before he leaves. After some pressure, he reveals that he is a 15,000 or 50,000 year old (I can't remember) Cro-magnon. Then they talk about it.

 

[goldenmole]

Interstellar, although having daughters of a similar age I found the good-bye scene where the main character leaves his family behind almost unbearable...

 

[sablebrush52]

Fritz Lang - Metropolis
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Planet Of The Apes
2001 A Space Odyssey
Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Invasion Of the Body Snathers
Invaders From Mars
Things To Come - 1936 version
Looper
District 9
Gravity
Ex Machina
First Men On The Moon
The Time Machine - George Pal
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Disney
Silent Running
Akira
Wall-E
Blade Runner and Blade Runner 2049
Ghost In The Shell
The Invisible Man - Claude Rains version
Jurassic Park
RoboCop
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
The Thing
The Blob
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Back To The Future
StarWars
Alien
Westworld
Soylent Green
Godzilla
Star Trek III - The Search For Spock
Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home
A Boy And His Dog
When Worlds Collide
Paprika
The Fifth Element
The Fly - 1958 version
Men In Black
Altered States
The War Of The Worlds
Galaxy Quest
Fantastic Voyage
Solaris
The Iron Giant
Total Recall - 1990 version
A Clockwork Orange
Time Bandits
A Trip To The Moon
Mysterious Island
Frankenstein - 1931
Sleeper
The Lost World - 1925 - The fully Restored 2 hr version
Mighty Joe Young
King Kong

Just to name a few...

 

[peregrinus]

Forbidden Planet

Yes, I thought about this before settling on The Day The Earth Stood Still. Forbidden Planet is a classic Shakespearean update.

Perhaps you saw the recent news about Elon Musk implanting a Bluetooth enabled chip into a pig’s brain. I personally find this disturbing, you may not.
Regardless, one of Musk’s stated development goals being the eventual implantation of a chip into the human skull to enable wireless communications between people (a mechanical telepathy) and also to wirelessly interface humans with machines.
Is this a first step on the road to the fate of the Krell?

 

[peregrinus]

Just to name a few...

Wholly smokes. That IS a comprehensive list my friend.

 

[peregrinus]

Gravity

We watched Gravity last night.
What a wild ride!

 

[peregrinus]

Interstellar

Great mind trip of a movie, particularly the last 30 minutes!

 

[hawky454]

Loved Ex Machina.
Now, I'm going to have to check into The Fountain.

Ex Machina was soooo good, that was my introduction to Oscar Isaac, I’ve since become a big fan of his acting skills.

Alex Garland also did Annihilation, I think it’s another great Sci-Fi worth checking out. Not as good as Ex Machina but still a great flick. (Think it’s on Prime right now).

Yeah man, definitely check out The Fountain, it’s a trip! I would highly recommend all of Darren Aronofsky’s movies really.

 

[hawky454]

Moon

Moon was a really good one, I forgot about it. I need to revisit that one.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Stargate
Predator
Batteries Not Included
Cocoon
The War of the Worlds
Oblivion
Ex-Machina
Fire and Ice
Life
The Highlander
Excalibur
The Thing
Gremlins
District 9
Dragon Slayer
Sucker Punch
The Age of Adaline
Ghostbusters
The Black Hole

 

[Chasing Embers]

Moon was a really good one, I forgot about it. I need to revisit that one.

And a sad one.

 

[peregrinus]

It's a story about a professor who's trying to leave town without telling his colleagues and friends.

Recently saw this also, A man with a perfect immune system. I found it an interesting concept and enjoyed it.

 

[sablebrush52]

We watched Gravity last night.
What a wild ride!

I saw it in stereoscopic 3D. Alphonso's use of stereo was very smart. I worked with him on his first American film, A Little Princess, as the co-VFX supervisor. Alphonso is a brilliant director.