What would be Spock's favorite film?

He is versed in Shakespeare and classic Earth Literature. He knows Earth music and other arts (in the Flint episode).

Logic dictates he would be interested in other forms of Earth art - like movies!

I think he would be very fond of TRON, for a pointy-eared, green-blooded hobghoblin surely would fancy being INSIDE a computer for a while.

 

He might appreciate The Incredible Hulk's issues with his duel identity (and the new younger Spock could relate to his rage control issues too!)

 

Forbidden Planet. He would surely find it oddly prescient. And Vulcans, more than most, know how dangerous "monsters from the id" can be.

 

Spock would love any movie that was overtly moody and brooding. In other words, every film ever made in the entire history of Russian cinema.

 

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

 

Given his ownership of a painting of the Fall from Eden, I suspect he likes art that he thinks teaches him about character: perhaps Koyaanisqatsi or Being John Malkovich.

 

JUst like Data seems to enjoy them, I'd guess that Spock would enjoy a good Whodunnit? Logical deduction.

 

Citizen Kane. It's fundamental Human behavior--quirks, faults, and triumphs--under a magnifying glass.

 

Some good suggestions, I like Speedo's suggestion that he'd be a Tarkovsky nut.

I think Spock would be into movies that are analytical of human behavior and have a strong moral message. Also he wouldn't care if they are slow paced or long. So something like Satantango would be up his alley but not necessarily as dark and bleak. He might enjoy the logical structure and moral messages of Dekalog. And definitely the moral message of movies like The Third Man, Touch of Evil, 400 Blows, Sansho the Baliff, etc.

He seems like he'd be more interested in formalism than the narrative.

 

I'm sure he'd also enjoy Galaxy Quest.

 

I don't want to hijack the topic, but want to expand it to other characters (Or start a new topic for that?)

Off the top of my head:
Picard: Chimes at Midnight
Riker: Last Tango In Paris
EMH: Her
Janeway: Any movie version of a Jane Austen novel

 

Given that Picard has a love of Shakespeare, I wonder if Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet is in his DVD collection?

 

The Seventh Seal, and anything else by Bergman

 

The four-hour Vulcan epic, Logic Over Emotion. A logical retelling of Surak's life and how he put Vulcan on the path to enlightenment.

 

^That begs the question; do/did they even have movies on Vulcan? (Do they even have them anymore in the UFP at all, or have holodecks eliminated them completely?)

 

"ALTERED STATES"


I've no doubt this would be Mr. Spock's favourite film. It's got it all: Scientific Experimentation whose results both jolt ... and mystify!

A love story that is so well-written and explored, that even a man ... yes, that's right! ... even a MAN could enjoy it, unashamedly! The effects are often startling, standing up to today's standards and will, undoubtedly, hold up to 23rd Century standards! As a scientist, Spock would find ways to study it. As a Terran, he would find ways to appreciate it.

The ending is emotionally charged and visually arresting ... I do not believe I've ever seen anything quite like it, although I do know it's been aped by other shows, even TNG! Still, it's very memorable, the climactic scene and a stark reminder of, as Spock once so eloquently put it: "knowledge and logic ... are not enough."

 

The Jazz Singer.

 

Wittgenstein.

 

Zombies of the Stratosphere. He thinks the actor playing Narab was brilliant.

 

The Hobbit.