My decade end list of top pure, live action SF movies

[coolghoul]

What is Sunshine? Is it the same as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

IMDB check says that's 2004 and not 2007. Should it not be here?

Edit - This Sunshine is a different movie (by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle), it seems. The plot synopsis makes it sound way too close to Armageddon. The only movie that I hadn't heard of in the original list. The rest (some of them that I haven't seen) were at least known movies. How was it?

 

[Nerys Myk]

If fictional city = Science Fiction, the Soap Operas are SF.

 

[RoJoHen]

What is Sunshine? Is it the same as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?

IMDB check says that's 2004 and not 2007. Should it not be here?

Edit - This Sunshine is a different movie (by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle), it seems. The plot synopsis makes it sound way too close to Armageddon. The only movie that I hadn't heard of in the original list. The rest (some of them that I haven't seen) were at least known movies. How was it?

I haven't seen it, but all my friends love it and can't believe that I haven't watched it yet.

 

[Starbreaker]

I've watched Sunshine twice, and I still don't like it. There are a couple of great scenes, but I think it's a great premise that's totally wasted.

And I'm ashamed at you people. RAMA has a right to make his own list without being ridiculed for a couple of choices. Just make your own damn list, people.

 

[Broccoli]

Edit - This Sunshine is a different movie (by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle), it seems. The plot synopsis makes it sound way too close to Armageddon. The only movie that I hadn't heard of in the original list. The rest (some of them that I haven't seen) were at least known movies. How was it?

Personally, I wasn't a fan. Rather, the last 15-20 minutes of the movie destroy it for me.

However, trust me, it is nothing like Armageddon. If anything, it is more of a hard sci-fi film than anything else.

 

[T'Baio]

And I'm ashamed at you people. RAMA has a right to make his own list without being ridiculed for a couple of choices. Just make your own damn list, people.

So what are we all supposed to post? "Nice list?"

It's a discussion board. He posted his opinion, we're discussing it.

 

[RAMA]

If Day the Earth Stood Still ranks near the top of the 50s list, then the new version must too, its a MUCH better movie in almost every aspect of production.

Production values better in a film from 2008 versus a film from 1951? You don't say!?!

Of course, if by production values, you mean acting, plot, theme and steady direction in comparable ways versus the times they were made...you'd just be wrong.

The original is considered, by and large, from Arthur C. Clarke himself to the vast majority of science fiction fans to plain film buffs in general to be not only an outright classic of the genre, but of cinema history period.

The remake? Umm...not so much.

Please tell me where I said "production values"? First of all...that part of the production is a given isn't it? I meant in story, and in rationale...the new version is superior...and I am well aware of the first movie's reputation and status as a classic...its certainly one in my book, but that status does not override it's dated nature, or the simplicity of its plot...I think the new one has much more depth to it. Maybe in 20 years it will be recognized by those who are brainwashed that the original is an untouchable classic as a superior movie that it is...who knows.
RAMA

 

[Ensign_Redshirt]

Heck, I'm doing it per year now. So here's my list.


2000: X-Men

2001: Oh boy… I have to go with A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2002: Minority Report

2003: X2

2004: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (runner-up: Serenity)

2006: Children of Men (runner-up: V for Vendetta)

2007: I Am Legend

2008: Iron Man (provided we don't count The Dark Knight as SF)

2009: Moon (runner-up: Avatar)


Strongest year in science fiction: 2009 (Avatar, District 9, Moon, Star Trek, and Watchmen)

Weakest year in science fiction: 2001