Best Science Fiction Movie - All Time
Kiss Me Deadly (1955) a sci fi? say what
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It did have some light sci-fi elements for the time. The call-screening with the giant wall answering machine comes to mind...
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955) a sci fi? say what If that's the case my favorite sci fi is:
Mary Poppins is a fantasy film, not science fiction.
Kiss Me Deadly(1955) is one of my favorite 50's atomic age sci fi films because it takes a different approach to the genre. Typically in a 50's atomic horror film the weapon is used in the first act and you get the giant monster or the mutated scientist. In Kiss Me Deadly that first act is stretched into an entire film, it's a genre breaker.
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Metropolis unless you count the Thing as Sci fi. I think of it as horror first.
One ive never understood why its often labled science fiction though is A Clockwork Orange.
Oh yeah. Actually with Alien ive always seen it as half and half. Before this thread I never thought of The Thing as science fiction even though it has those elements it feels horror first while Alien sorta goes from a science fiction movie in the first half to a slasher horror in the second.
One ive never understood why its often labled science fiction though is A Clockwork Orange.
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Oh yeah. Actually with Alien ive always seen it as half and half. Before this thread I never thought of The Thing as science fiction even though it has those elements it feels horror first while Alien sorta goes from a science fiction movie in the first half to a slasher horror in the second.
One ive never understood why its often labled science fiction though is A Clockwork Orange.
One ive never understood why its often labled science fiction though is A Clockwork Orange.
In Clockwork Orange beyond the futuristic setting you obviously have Alex's treatment as a major plot point that's driving the story.
In the broadest sense I would personally say that sci fi could be classed as cinema that has an element of technology or society that doesn't currently exist which gives the story some moral drive or subtext.
Where science stops and fantasy starts though is always going to be a bit of a grey area I spose isn't it? what about something like Stalker?
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Well after a lost cat and a broken TV I'm going to try and finish this list.
70. Time After Time(1979)
69. Starship Troopers(1997)
68. Them!(1954)
67. Source Code(2011)
66. Gattica(1997)
65. They Live(1988)
64. Dark City(1998)
63. Prometheus(2012)
62. The Stuff(1985)
61. Short Circuit(1986)
70. Time After Time(1979)
69. Starship Troopers(1997)
68. Them!(1954)
67. Source Code(2011)
66. Gattica(1997)
65. They Live(1988)
64. Dark City(1998)
63. Prometheus(2012)
62. The Stuff(1985)
61. Short Circuit(1986)
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60. World on a Wire (1973)
59. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
58. Star Wars (1977)
57. Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)
56. Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind (2004)
55. Cocoon(1985)
53. Paprika(2006)
52. Metropolis (1927)
51. Spaceballs (1987)
59. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
58. Star Wars (1977)
57. Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977)
56. Eternal Sunshine on a Spotless Mind (2004)
55. Cocoon(1985)
53. Paprika(2006)
52. Metropolis (1927)
51. Spaceballs (1987)
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I am watching '2001: A Space Odyssey' for its 50th Anniversary at the Prince Charles in London next month.
"For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. This is the unrestored film - that recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced fifty years ago." - Christopher Nolan
"For the first time since the original release, this 70mm print was struck from new printing elements made from the original camera negative. This is a true photochemical film recreation. There are no digital tricks, remastered effects, or revisionist edits. This is the unrestored film - that recreates the cinematic event that audiences experienced fifty years ago." - Christopher Nolan
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I do think its interesting that even though sci fi isn't really a "genre" to the same degree as say horror it is still tends to be dominanted by certain directors, often who have a sci fi phase of their career....
Scott - Alien and Blade Runner
Kubrick - 2001 and A Clockwork Orange
Tarkovsky - Solaris and Stalker
Cameron - Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2
Carpenter - Escape From Newyork, The Thing and Starman
Nolan - Inception and Interstellar
Jones - Moon and Source Code
Alot of those films from the same director are actually quite different yet they have the sci fi setting to them.
Scott - Alien and Blade Runner
Kubrick - 2001 and A Clockwork Orange
Tarkovsky - Solaris and Stalker
Cameron - Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss and Terminator 2
Carpenter - Escape From Newyork, The Thing and Starman
Nolan - Inception and Interstellar
Jones - Moon and Source Code
Alot of those films from the same director are actually quite different yet they have the sci fi setting to them.
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955) a sci fi? say what If that's the case my favorite sci fi is:
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Black Hole (1979) was a childhood favorite.
Tron (1981) Was another. Such a unique idea especially considering the infancy of computers at the time and no CGI available. Pretty incredible they were able to pull off the visual effects that they did.
Tron (1981) Was another. Such a unique idea especially considering the infancy of computers at the time and no CGI available. Pretty incredible they were able to pull off the visual effects that they did.
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Black Hole (1979) was a childhood favorite.
Tron (1981) Was another. Such a unique idea especially considering the infancy of computers at the time and no CGI available. Pretty incredible they were able to pull off the visual effects that they did.
Tron (1981) Was another. Such a unique idea especially considering the infancy of computers at the time and no CGI available. Pretty incredible they were able to pull off the visual effects that they did.
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