What's your favorite Sci-fi movie?

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So weekend is just around the corner. 😊 I plan on binge watching scifi movies this weekend. Let me know your favorite movie! 🥰

abc3643 · Accepted Answer

I haven't seen some SF movies that I would like such as "Ex Machina", but, for me, I agree with most film critics: "2001: A Space Odyssey"

That might be tougher for you people weaned on CGI to appreciate, but "2001" wasn't made with any CGI. It truly is the greatest of all science fiction films because of the nature of the filmmaking - the sparse dialog that still moves the story along, the costumes, the cinematography, the music, and the special effects. Sure, some of the special effects look dated, but others are still astonishing.

I am going to paste a scene. It is the opening of the third part of the movie (there are four parts), "Jupiter Mission". In this scene, we see the American spaceship Discovery One on a mission to Jupiter.

Four things make this scene special...

1. With the wonderful music, this is the first time in film history that we have the "spaceship fly-by" made more famous in the opening moments of "Star Wars"; George Lucas was motivated by "2001" here.

2. If you watch closely, you will see the stars in the background very slowly move. This gives the illusion of genuine space travel and, while we as viewers are traveling basically at the same speed as Discovery One in that shot of the whole ship, we can imagine how fast it is really moving.

3. Also, for about 5 seconds, if you look closely when the scene shows the front of the spacecraft, you can see through the ship's window astronauts moving around.

4. Finally, astronaut Frank Poole jogging along the interior circular portion of the ship. Both first watching from a single point in the interior which is a truly amazing shot and then with the camera right behind Frank. This is astonishing filmmaking and how they filmed these scenes is the stuff of legend. How do you think they made that shot keeping in mind there was no CGI. That shot was filmed.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/O4uOZnao7JM

Altogether, this scene conveys to viewers what the realities of a deep space mission would be like.

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Each decade, in a year ending in 2, the British Film Institute's monthly film magazine "Sight And Sound" releases a list of The Greatest Movies of All Time. The 2022 list will be released on December 1st. One list is compiled from the opinions of movie critics the world over; the other list is composed by film directors.

This is the 2012 poll result.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sight_%26_Sound_Greatest_Films_of_All_Time_2012

In the Critic's poll, "2001" ranked 6th while in the Director's poll, it ranked 2nd.

Some feel that, because of the 54 years that "2001" has been so influential, that it may become #1 this year. For example:

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2022/11/4l4uryt0ny1ooy5plzqv3bnb8uw4ru

"Will there be a new number 1? At this point, I don’t think ‘Kane’ will gain back the top spot. Instead, based on the film's steady rise over the last decade, I'm almost inclined to believe that Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” could be our new #1, solely based on its sheer growing influence alone; Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “There Will Be Blood” both owe a major debt of gratitude to Kubrick’s magnum opus."

Really, in the history of science fiction filmmaking, there are two eras:

Before "2001: A Space Odyssey"

After "2001: A Space Odyssey"

and some could say the same about filmmaking overall.

Guardian45 · Accepted Answer

Let me plug "Game of Thrones" series and the ongoing series, "House of the Dragon". Another two series I loved were "The Expanse" and "Raised By Wolves".

KayMay · Accepted Answer

I don't know if it's sci-fi or not, but my fave is Transcendence. Johnny Depp has his mind uploaded to the Internet, because he was dying. It worked. All he wanted to do was heal the planet, but the government took that as a threat, and killed him.

AmandaYVR · Accepted Answer

Uh oh, just one? Can I break the rules? In no particular order: The Matrix Empire Strikes Back Sunshine Solaris Minority Report Alien

NamerOfStars · Answer

I don't know how I could narrow it down to one, so in the name of making a suggestion that (probably) no one else will, I'll toss in Duncan Jones' Moon. It's one of those movies where the less you know going in, the better, so I'll just say that it's an excellent reminder that "sci-fi" doesn't just mean "monsters/aliens", and doesn't require huge casts or flashy special effects.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

Just one? Couldn’t even if i wanted to! Ell oh ell!
“Aliens” - sci-fi horror
“Arrival” - sci-fi drama
“Galaxy Quest” - sci-fi comedy
“Time Cop” - sci-fi action
“Serenity” - movie conclusion to the possibly greatest sci-fi series of all time,“Firefly”; i highly recommend watching the series first. It’s only one season, easy to binge in a weekend!
“The Abyss” is arguably sci-fi, but also arguably not. Watch it and decide for yourself.
“Ex Machina” compels philosophical thoughts about the nature of “life” as it might apply to AI.
“Alita” kinda does too, but it’s much edgier and more action packed

I really could do this all day!

ZXCwWRQWz · Answer

I got a bunch but I wanna suggest Gattaca because it's grossly underrated in my opinion. If I go with my instincts though it'd be Alien, Aliens, Terminator, and Robocop, but everyone has probably already watched these.

Anonymous · Answer

Avatar.

I really hope Avatar 2 doesn't disappoint. Because what I didn't like about the first one was the humans being defeated and leaving Pandora. Because that is NOT in our species nature. We would have come back 10 times stronger and EXTERMINATED the Navi. We would have razed Pandora to the ground. And it sounds like James Cameron is exploring precisely that in the sequel.

SnowedIn · Answer

Any Star Trek with a preference for II, III, and IV.

FreyaRed · Answer

Avatar, some Star Trek movies but not all, Cowboys & Aliens, Stanley Kubrick's SF movies have very profound context.

Ian69 · Answer

My favourite are the Men in Black trilogy.

AviatorTom · Answer

Star Trek - The Voyage Home... gotta love the whales, and Kirk and Spock riding the bus is hilarious

TroyDT2 · Answer

Lots of good suggestions, so I'm going to do outside the box a little here with some more off-beat ones Colossal (2016) Attack the Block (2011) Coherence (2013)

cth96190 · Answer

Starship Troopers, because I like the society that is portrayed. "Service brings citizenship."

exitseven · Answer

So many good ones. The War of The World's with Gene Barry.

JPresidente · Answer

I'm partial to the Invasion of the Body Snatchers from the 70's. A cult classic.

bubblegunnn · Answer

Definitely star wars universe

William7489 · Answer

Aliens! But I’m sure you’ve seen that.

Smoothing · Answer

Amargeddon was a good one

Fireguy17 · Answer

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Great theme song too.

Phoenix98 · Answer

Aliens is one of my favorites.

collie22 · Answer

I like the remake of Battle star galactic but it's series not a movie

Sixgun77 · Answer

Alien is by far my favorite sci-fi movie.

AngryCarl · Answer

I don't know, maybe Blade Runner.

Summeroflove · Answer

Star Wars probably

Kreneman · Answer

"Total Recall" Arnold Schwarzenegger

tfan1 · Answer

Too many to list. And can’t narrow to one.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Terminator Judgment Day 2

CAPTAIN-OBVIOUS · Answer

Probably interstellar

Likes2drive · Answer

Probably The Matrix

LiamJHayden · Answer

Dark City

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Super Smash Brothers

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