Dr_Daystrom
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Dark City Directors Cut (released July 29th, 2008)
2008's best Scifi movie..
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There was a lot more bad scifi this year than good.
Honestly, I thought the best one I saw was The Day the Earth Stood Still, which is saying something. But it was classic scifi, they updated it without totally butchering the concept, they weren't too heavy handed on the preaching, and while Reeves was wooden, he was supposed to be wooden in this one, so that actually worked for me!
Other than that, Iron Man is next, as it was just a fun ride and while the character may be a super hero, the concept behind the hero is pure scifi.
Dark Knight isn't scifi for me, though it was the best film of all those mentioned.
I liked Wall-E, but don't have the love for it some here obviously do.
Cloverfield I am still reserving judgement on. It was well made, but it answered so few of the questions concerning the overall concept that I can't really grade it - if they ever do a sequel and it answers the questions that Cloverfield posited well it will definitely go up on my list. As it is it was a story about getting stepped on by a monster, and that's it.
Honestly, I thought the best one I saw was The Day the Earth Stood Still, which is saying something. But it was classic scifi, they updated it without totally butchering the concept, they weren't too heavy handed on the preaching, and while Reeves was wooden, he was supposed to be wooden in this one, so that actually worked for me!
Other than that, Iron Man is next, as it was just a fun ride and while the character may be a super hero, the concept behind the hero is pure scifi.
Dark Knight isn't scifi for me, though it was the best film of all those mentioned.
I liked Wall-E, but don't have the love for it some here obviously do.
Cloverfield I am still reserving judgement on. It was well made, but it answered so few of the questions concerning the overall concept that I can't really grade it - if they ever do a sequel and it answers the questions that Cloverfield posited well it will definitely go up on my list. As it is it was a story about getting stepped on by a monster, and that's it.
Dark Knight, Iron Man then Day the Earth Stood Still
Dark Knight was an engrossing, well acted near-masterpiece, Iron Man was clever, funny and believable, and DTESS was an awesome re-imagining of the fist movie and actually superior in every way, nostalgia notwithstanding.
RAMA
Dark Knight was an engrossing, well acted near-masterpiece, Iron Man was clever, funny and believable, and DTESS was an awesome re-imagining of the fist movie and actually superior in every way, nostalgia notwithstanding.
RAMA
I'll go with "Wall E" on this one. I consider it "more" scifi than Dark Knight.
Wall-E and TDESS.
I don't consider Ironman and The Dark Knight as Scifi.
I don't consider Ironman and The Dark Knight as Scifi.
Never thought about The Dark Knight being sci-fi... I have to go with Wall*E.
The Dark Knight may be a comic-book movie, but that doesn't necessarily make it sci-fi -- not in my opinion, anyway. Although it was probably my favourite film of 2008.
Iron Man is definitely more science-fictiony, and it was well-made, but I'm going to have to give the prize to Wall*E, with Let the Right One In coming in a close second.
Iron Man is definitely more science-fictiony, and it was well-made, but I'm going to have to give the prize to Wall*E, with Let the Right One In coming in a close second.
Sunshine came out in the summer of 2007, not 2008.
Dark Knight was probably my favorite movie of the year, but I don't think it should count as sci-fi. I guess my favorite sci-fi movie of the year would then be Wall-E.
But really, I haven't seen that many 2008 releases. My movie viewing has dropped considerably of late. I'd like to see more limited release stuff, like Let the Right One In, but pre-moving to Australia, I was preoccupied with other things, and post-moving to Australia, I've discovered that Australia is crap for limited release movies.
WALL*E.
Iron Man is runner up.
Iron Man is runner up.
The Dark Knight. Because it's The Dark Knight.
Iron Man, then WALL*E.
I don't consider The Dark Knight sci-fi.
I don't consider The Dark Knight sci-fi.
How is Iron Man scifi if Dark Knight isn't? Both feature advanced weaponry and gadgets, a few of which are way out of the realm of current possibility. Iron Man's tech was more advanced (with the exception of Batman's magical cellphone McGuffin) but the principle is the same.
I don't consider comic book movies scifi-at least, not if they are the Spandex Circle-type.
So like most others here: Wall-E! Loved it-a beautiful, visually stunning scifi fairy tale that pushed the CGI field of films forward. There were times that I couldn't even tell it was CGI-unlike Toy Story or Cars, where its obvious.(Not the whole movie, obviously, but many of the segments that didn't have humans in it.)
So like most others here: Wall-E! Loved it-a beautiful, visually stunning scifi fairy tale that pushed the CGI field of films forward. There were times that I couldn't even tell it was CGI-unlike Toy Story or Cars, where its obvious.(Not the whole movie, obviously, but many of the segments that didn't have humans in it.)
I see what you're saying and you make a good point.
But for me, I draw distinctions (arbitrary as they may be) between films with sci-fi elements (Bond films, and as stated, The Dark Knight) and films which are sci-fi. The very core of Iron Man, the suit, is so fantastic that it makes it straight sci-fi for me. Not to mention the movie was not at all shy about breaking out a giant robot to stomp around a bit, albeit in the guise of Stane's suit.
TheArsenal, to a certain extent, I can see your approach. I do find it ironic, though, that your avatar appears to be from The Avengers, a show that probably wouldn't qualify as sci-fi, either, by your criteria, but which easily falls into that category. And Diana Rigg in spandex is definitely an extrapolation and application of technology, with social ramifications 
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RobertScorpio
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I don't know..some of those bond movies, MOONRAKER chief among them, seem to have SCIFI elements. Its why I didn't like MOONRAKER or the hideious DIE ANOTHER DAY..too over the top with the tech...
TDK I can see your point. It almost plays as a Michael Mann movie, as many critics said...how would you classify a movie like Eagle Eye or Chain Reaction??? It is a fine line, to be sure...
Rob
Have you seen IronMan? It's not like Superman with all this super flight, laser eyes, planet kryptonite nonsense and it ain't like Hulk where people all of a sudden turn into green giants. A lot of the stuff in IronMan is scientifically plausible,
ok maybe a guy in a tin suit fighting off an F-22 raptor is a bit nuts.
However they did put a lot of effort in getting the 'science' in the movie right and its not a movie which takes itself too seriously
Anyways I voted for Wall-E.....
just saying IronMan is well deserving of its scifi rank
