Favorite sci-fi movies?

[Doc Dan]

Have you folks seen Troll (2022)? I think it is a Norwegian film. Pretty good flick.

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

[ChrisinHove]

Have you folks seen Troll (2022)? I think it is a Norwegian film. Pretty good flick.

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

Hey Doc, when is Hollywood making a film of your books?

[Naperville]

I suppose I'm no different and love a great SciFi flick. They rarely come along now. After you've seen them they change you.

2001 the original was fantastic. There have been a few others, but 2001 is a movie that stands out for the decades it has remained a must see movie.

I grew up watching Flash Gordon, and as fake as that is it's still fun to watch.

2001 is exactly how you describe it, and Flash Gordon is one of the last classics left on my list to source, total cheesefest but fun, self-aware and the VFX from the seventies and eighties are quite hilarious. Funny how nobody ever mentions 2010: The Year We Make Contact from 1984...

I think that I saw 2010...talk about a foggy memory. I'll watch some film clips on YouTube to refresh my memory.

[riclaw]

Check out the trailer for "65" coming out in March. Might be good.

[Doc Dan]

Have you folks seen Troll (2022)? I think it is a Norwegian film. Pretty good flick.

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

Hey Doc, when is Hollywood making a film of your books?

I wish.

[max808]

Have you folks seen Troll (2022)? I think it is a Norwegian film. Pretty good flick.

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

If you say so Doc, I watched in original Viking speak without subtitles so didn't really catch much of the story, even if it sounds quite similar to our local dialect at times. These áre the Northern Territories Doc where pagan traditions predate Christianity by several millennia.

[Doc Dan]

Have you folks seen Troll (2022)? I think it is a Norwegian film. Pretty good flick.

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

If you say so Doc, I watched in original Viking speak without subtitles so didn't really catch much of the story, even if it sounds quite similar to our local dialect at times. These áre the Northern Territories Doc where pagan traditions predate Christianity by several millennia.

Yeah, I'm aware. It took the approach from the pagan point of view. Still, it was a good and exciting movie and I enjoyed. I wonder what the sequel will be?

[James Y]

Howard's Mill (2021)

*Full movie below*

I just heard of this movie this morning and watched it for free on YouTube. It's fictional, but is done in a documentary style. It's well-acted, and IMO, is the best-done "mockumentary" style movie I've seen.

I have a feeling that the writer(s) were inspired by David Paulides' real-life Missing 411 research, and added their own theory as to what could be the cause of some mysterious vanishings (though Paulides himself has never suggested what the cause or causes might be). The movie is well-done enough to seem plausible. So plausible that some people who crave cheap Hollywood 'jump scares' will probably find it boring. I did not.

https://youtu.be/NfYV264c8D8

Jim

[max808]

Saw it last week and liked it but was rather distracted so watched it again later and liked it again. It was directed by the same guy that did the Tomb Raider reboot with my girl Alicia Vikander!

Overall, it was pretty good. It was anti-Christian, blatantly so, but the overall movie was pretty good.

If you say so Doc, I watched in original Viking speak without subtitles so didn't really catch much of the story, even if it sounds quite similar to our local dialect at times. These áre the Northern Territories Doc where pagan traditions predate Christianity by several millennia.

Yeah, I'm aware. It took the approach from the pagan point of view. Still, it was a good and exciting movie and I enjoyed. I wonder what the sequel will be?

Glad you liked it, it seems Netflix has been investing in quality over quantity again lately after flooding their platform with mostly pulp during the pandemic. One I recently saw and liked was Everything everywhere all at once. Michelle Yeoh really shines in this while Jamie Lee Curtis is simply terrifying and Data from the Goonies proudly gets to put his outstanding martial art skills on display.

[JessieJim]

My fav is Passengers. I rewatched it yesterday. Wonderful and the acting is great

[legOFwhat?]

For some weird reason I woke up thinking about this movie. It's quite funny and cheesy.

[max808]

10] Le Cinquième Élément (1997)
by Luc Besson & Patrice Ledoux
aspect ratio > 2.39:1 anamorphic
theatrical cut > 02:05:35
premiere > 07/05/1997 FRA
budget > $90 million
box office > $263.9 million

Sci-fi afficionados are likely aware of Luc Besson and even beyond the genre he is widely known for establishing Jean Reno as the ultimate anti-hero and Gary Oldman as evil incarnate in Léon, or The Professional as it was known abroad, and jumpstarting Nathalie Portman's career in the process. But that's not what this review is all about, even though Nathalie Portman seems to be a recurring trend lately... and she's about my age too but probably happily married to some devilishly handsome dude that works out more than me. This brings us to the fifth element, which ***spoiler alert*** is actually love. That's the beauty of Besson's script, he started writing it as a shy teenage boy and by the time he had a shot at making it decades later it was so polished and original that everything contemporary kinda paled in comparison. As such it really is a love letter to all the cheesy seventies and eighties pulp a lot of us grew up on. Being a bit of a nonconformist I tend to gravitate towards movies that most people generally don't like or would consider inferior. But the Fifth Element is just a spectacle from beginning to end, not only that, it also carries its big heart on its sleeve and is probably the last movie starring Bruce Willis with hair. And you can tell why he decided to start shaving cuz his hair is really getting thin around the edges in this. So proud of brother Bruce that he got a pair of clippers instead of a Turkish hair transplant.

Enter the fifth element, aka Leeloo who turns freshly middle-aged Korben Dallas' world upside down when she falls into his zero gravity powered vintage yellowcab after being genetically resurrected from a few cells left over from a catastrophic failure/ambush/sabotage event which had been foretold centuries ago. This whole series of events results in Korben getting his license suspended after one too many strikes and plunging himself headfirst into what ends up as a lethal face-off with Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg, weapons dealer extraordinaire and a fan of clean, methodical killers. Being the only one of his unit left alive and despite retiring from military service 6 months prior, Major Dallas is covertly contracted against his will to basically save the world. From whát we don't know at this point but small clues can be found left and right as to the cosmic nature of this evil force communicating with Commander Zorg which seems hellbent on chaos and destruction. Enter awesome nineties bi-curious Chris Tucker and it's a party from here on out which I'd rather enjoy instead of describing on my phone so watch it!

Seriously, no excuses, it's the most awesomest sci-fi spectacle since Barbarella and deserves respect... even better, buy it on DVD or blu-ray to support cast & crew and then watch Valerian. Did I even mention UK jungle legend Tricky who remotely ***spoiler alert*** gets blown tf up... and what's up with that dang cutie answering Mr. Shadow's calls over at Zorg HQ? Do yourselves a favor and find out for yourself. Happy holidays y'all! Looking forward to dive into the 21st century soon...

[max808]

Here's the updated 20th century list...


Metropolis (1927)

King Kong (1933)

The Invisible Man (1933)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

War of the Worlds (1953)

The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

Them! (1954)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

Gojira/Godzilla (OG1954)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Radon/Rodan (OG1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

20,000,000 Miles to Earth (1957)

The Abominable Snowman (1957)

Night of the Demon (1957)

The Mysterians (1957)

Earth vs the Spider (1958)

The Fly (1958)

The Blob (1958)

Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

The Time Machine (1960)

Mysterious Island (1961)

The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)

Atragon (1963)

Frankenstein vs Baragon (OG1965)

Queen of Blood/Planet of Blood (1966)

War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Fantastic Voyage (1966)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Quartermass and the Pit/Five Million Years to Earth (1967)

Barbarella (1968)

2001: a Space Odyssey (1968)

Planet of the Apes (1968)

THX 1138 (1970)

The Omega Man (1971)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971)

Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

Silent Running (1972)

Solaris (1972)

Soylent Green (1973)

WestWorld (1973)

Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

Zardoz (1974)

Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1974)

A Boy and His Dog (1975)

Rollerball (1975)

Death Race 2000 (1975)

Logan’s Run (1976)

Phase IV (1976)

Demon Seed (1977)

Damnation Alley (1977)

The War in Space (1977)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

Time After Time (1979)

Alien (1979)

Mad Max (1979)

The Black Hole (1979)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

Galaxy of terror (1981)

Mad Max 2: The road warrior (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Escape From New York (1981)

Outland (1981)

Scanners (1981)

Star Trek II:The Wrath Of Khan (1982)

Tron (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)

John Carpenter's The Thing (1982)

Swamp Thing (1982)

Forbidden World (1982)

E.T. the Extra-terrestrial (1982)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Videodrome (1983)

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

Night of the Comet (1984)

Starman (1984)

Terminator (1984)

Dune (1984)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Brazil (1985)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Back to the Future (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

LifeForce (1985)

Explorers (1985)

Enemy Mine (1985)

Flight of the Navigator (1986)

Aliens (1986)

The Fly (1986)

From Beyond (1986)

Killbots/Chopping Mall (1986)

Night of the Creeps (1986)

Howard the Duck (1986)

RoboCop (1987)

Predator (1987)

Prince of Darkness (1987)

The Running Man (1987)

Batteries Not Included (1987)

Not of this Earth (1988)

They Live (1988)

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension! (1988)

Akira (1988)

Brain Damage (1988)

Tremors (1989)

The Abyss (1989)

Back to the Future II (1989)

Honey I shrunk the Kids (1989)

Total Recall (1990)

Hardware (1990)

Terminator 2 (1991)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Fortress (1992)

Jurassic Park (1993)

Demolition Man (1993)

Stargate (1994)

12 Monkeys (1995)

Independence Day (1996)

Mars Attacks (1996)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Contact (1997)

Le Cinquième Elément (1997)

Event Horizon (1997)

Dark City (1998)

The Matrix (1999)

[max808]

21st Century Top 21

1] Equilibrium (2002)
2] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
3] Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
4] I, Robot 3D (2004)
5] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 4K (2008)
6] 2012 (2009)
7] Cloud Atlas (2011)
8] Total Recall (2012)
9] Riddick (2013)
10] Jupiter Ascending 3D (2014)
11] Terminator Genisys 3D (2015)
12] The Martian 3D (2015)
13] Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 3D (2017)
14] Alien Covenant (2017)
15] Alita Battle Angel 4K/3D (2019)
16] Ready Player One 4K/3D (2019)
17] Mortal Engines 3D (2020)
18] Sonic the Hedgehog 4K (2020)
19] Godzilla vs Kong 4K/3D (2022)
20] Jurassic World Dominion 4K (2022)
21] Everything Everywhere All at Once 4K (2022)

[James Y]

Here's a few from the 21st century:

Battle Royale (Japan, 2000). The Hunger Games was a total ripoff of Battle Royale.

Cloverfield (2008). One of the few "found footage" movies I tolerated in a movie theater without getting motion sickness.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016).

Jim

[max808]

Here's a few from the 21st century:

Battle Royale (Japan, 2000). The Hunger Games was a total ripoff of Battle Royale.

Cloverfield (2008). One of the few "found footage" movies I tolerated in a movie theater without getting motion sickness.

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016).

Jim

Thanks for the tip Jim, the Paradox one in space gave me some good Event Horizon vibes. This is just my list and like I mentioned before my taste tends to disagree with a lot of people. Why not make your own Top 21 and share with the class?
I like chronological order...

[RamZar]

My favorite 21st Century Sci-Fi Movies (in chronological order):

1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
2. Minority Report (2002)
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
4. 2046 (2004)
5. Children of Men (2006)
6. The Prestige (2006)
7. Moon (2009)
8. Avatar (2009)
9. District 9 (2009)
10. Inception (2010)
11. Cloud Atlas (2012)
12. Looper (2012)
13. Snowpiercer (2013)
14. Her (2013)
15. Gravity (2013)
16. Pacific Rim (2013)
17. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
18. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
19. Lucy (2014)
20. Interstellar (2014)
21. Ex Machina (2014)
22. The Martian (2015)
23. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
24. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
25. Arrival (2016)
26. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
27. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
28. A Quiet Place (2018)
29. A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
30. Dune (2021)
31. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

[max808]

Thank you for another excellent contribution RamZar.

[max808]

1] Equilibrium (2002)
by Kurt Wimmer & Jan de Bont
theatrical cut > 01:47:??
aspect ratio > 2.35:1 anamorphic
premiere > 26/02/2003
budget > $20 million
box office > $5.3 million

In this harrowing tale of state sanctioned conformity and the violent oppression of anything sense related, meaning you feel you die by summary execution, citizens are issued mandatory doses of Prozium II to suppress their emotions, which have been deemed the root of all evil and therefore zum strengsten verboten. Welcome to Libria... the year of our Lord 2072...

[max808]

2] Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
by Jonathan Mostow & Mario F. Kassar
theatrical cut > 01:49:06
aspect ratio > 2.40:1 anamorphic
premiere > 30/06/2003 Westwood LA, USA
budget > $187.3 million
box office > $433.4 million

With artificial intelligence and all of its inherent risk getting a lot of attention lately, what if an advanced millitary A.G.I. had control over all military hardware and unilaterally decided that mankind is a scourge on this earth and needs to be delt with once and for all?