Rodent's 1950-Present Sci-Fi and Futuristic-Fantasy Movies

THAT black/white flying saucer movie scared the heck out of me, as a kid,as it showed how ALIEN the guys in the heavy-space suits were,and all the "inhuman" behavior.--which later as an adult,I realized was very HUMAN BEHAVIOR--how we would have acted, going to another planet,& tried to take over their planet.(shmirk).PLUS, the giant octopus wrapped around the huge bridge was a big favorite.JULES VERNES I first read, then watched, they translated so well to movie form.(Did anyone else ever read Edger Rice Burroughs"Tarzan novels," as a kid or teen?)Incidentally, BOTH BLOB movies are good!

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"We Want To Believe The Lies We Want To Be True, NOT The Real Truth."

I was not a great Star Wars fan,till I realized later,I could just take it as a "strictly fun" or "video-game movie," rather than accepting the plot.I thought the writing-side was weak.I enjoyed it as a lark.

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Alien Covenant

Ok, shortlist so far for 2018 coming up...

Avengers: Infinity War
Annihilation
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ready Player One
Black Panther
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The Predator
Pacific Rim Uprising
Deadpool 2
The Meg




Now, most of these aren't out yet... but, making a start on a shortlist for December... any suggestions for me to have a go at would be gratefully accepted.

A Quiet Place, Isle of Dogs, and The Endless those were all pretty good.


I've also heard good things about Upgrade

Awesome, will have a gander at them.
Been wanting to see A Quiet Place for ages, and waiting for the DVD.
Problem is, I've avoided all media on the movie until I can see it so I don't spoil it for myself so not sure exactly if it's sci-fi or not.


I'll get the DVD soon and give it a pop, just don't spoil it for me between then and now

@mark f any ideas on any under-the-radar sci-fi and futuristic fantasy movies me to keep any eye open for?

Got the shortlist for 2018:


Avengers: Infinity War
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ready Player One
Deadpool 2
A Quiet Place

This Year's Winner:




Nope, not Infinity War as some, even me, would have thought it would be.


An affective, effective horror... packed with tension, a few hints of homage to other horror movies... and some fantastic acting.
Especially from Millicent Simmonds, a ground-breaking actress I've even got shortlisted on my nominations for MoFo's Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Category (shameless plug there @TheUsualSuspect).


This film is not worthy of just a look... it's worthy of actually buying on home-release as part of your collection, and easily earns its quiet place on the shelf (ahem, sorry, couldn't help the pun).


2018's Sci-Fi and Futuristic-Fantasy Movie is: A Quiet Place.

Have you seen this: Prodigy? It should count as 2018 as the 2017 showing was just one festival. For me it's the best scifi (etc.) film this year at staggering 7/10 rating

That was one I looked over in 2017 when I was shortlisting and never really considered.
It's a decent movie, lots of tension and pretty well photographed, but never made the shortlist.

ready player one was ok, not great

Bump the thread!


Shortlisted:
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Avengers: Endgame
Terminator: Dark Fate
Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
Alita: Battle Angel
Shazam!
Gemini Man



Ok, borderline with the sci-fi thing, but, it definitely is sci-fi given it's about superheroes and super powers and stuff.


Combining solid storytelling with both the psychological-thriller and atmosphere of the first 2 movies in the series.
Loved the actual psychology stuff going on as well in terms of the story revolving around a psychologist studying the characters etc.


Not as strong as the first movie, but it's better than the (still) brilliant 2nd movie, doesn't rely too heavily on the audience having to have seen the other movies to understand it... and it's rare for the 3rd-in-a-trilogy to do all those things.


Well worth a pop.

I seem to like Far from Home a lot more than most, so cool to see I think you liked it too

I think it suffers from the studio in-fighting and the fact it had the unenviable task of being the follow-up to Endgame.
But yeah, I thought it was solid tbh. Not the best MCU movie, but still solid and fun.