TheDuke
Full House
eXistenZ
13th Floor
These were released the same year as Matrix so they kind of got overlooked.
13th Floor
These were released the same year as Matrix so they kind of got overlooked.
Cube falls into the category of one of the worst films I have ever suffered through to the end.Beat me to it. If you’re looking for obscure 90s sci-fi this one is worth a watch.
Cube falls into the category of one of the worst films I have ever suffered through to the end.
To be fair, I also despised the Saw series. I suspect fans of Saw who also enjoy Sci-fi would rate Cube highly.
Upstream Color
Upstream Color is a weird one. It's like Sci-Fi adjacent. It also makes me sad that Shane Carruth doesn't make more movies, and he may never make another.Some additional meta movies that most consider sci-fi
- Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
- Melancholia
- Children of Men
- Another Earth
- Circle
- Exam
- Cube
- Upstream Color
I don't like horror nor gore but the psychological aspect was very interesting. Similar to Cabin in the Woods. I hate the gore but love the concept.
Doom with The Rock is up there for me. I almost walked out of that movie.Cube falls into the category of one of the worst films I have ever suffered through to the end.
To be fair, I also despised the Saw series. I suspect fans of Saw who also enjoy Sci-fi would rate Cube highly.
Sadly I also watched Cube 2: Hypercube.Doom with The Rock is up there for me. I almost walked out of that movie.
I love Cube though. Cube Zero is also pretty good. But nobody should EVER watch Cube 2. I'm trying to save you all the trouble
I don't think "worse" is a strong enough word.Sadly I also watched Cube 2: Hypercube.
I was looking for Cube to redeem itself, and somehow managed to be worse.
I'm not optimistic. And not just because Crystal Skull was terrible. Most "major" Hollywood films these days are just bad. And trying to recapture the magic of a beloved series with aging stars has been shown to not work more often than not.Not really sci-fi but the last movie had aliens in it.
Next Indiana Jones being filmed next to my office.
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Indiana Jones and the Nursing Home of Doomaging stars
Not missed2001: A Space Odyssey (how did you all miss this?!?)
Perhaps I'm a little older than you but for me, older standouts (films that I watch over and over again):
2001
The Thing
The Fly
Alien
Aliens
Predator
And can't forget Star Wars, especially given the date.
I watched Tenet over the weekend and enjoyed it, much as I enjoyed Inception. From your list, Arrival, Contact and Interstellar are my faves.
Personally, I'm not at all a fan of the "Event Horizon" style of films where you arrive on a ship and someone has gone crazy or possessed and wreaks havoc. These are just horror films set in space.
I would just add Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 (done by Villeneuve - like Arrival), Alien, Aliens, and Terminator 2 to your list as my favorites list. Others I enjoy are The Fifth Element, Inception, Minority Report, The Martix, The Martian, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. If The Prestige counts, then that too, but that's murky and expanding on that is too much information for those that have not seen it.
The book was written at the same time as the movie was being filmed. The setting was originally meant to be Saturn and the monolith was on Titan (I think). They couldn’t get the special effects right for the rings of Saturn so they switched it to Jupiter.Not missed
For the most part though, I found 2001 to be... dull. Not the whole thing, but enough of it to be excluded from my "Best Sci-fi" list. Perhaps if I read the book first, it would have been better, but a movie should never have to fall back on the book to explain something (like the monolith).
Don't get me wrong. For it's time it was a cinematic masterpiece. However, I never saw it when it came out (I was under a month old, so I blame it on my poor money management skills, 'cause I had literally none). By the time I saw it I had already seen Star Wars, and was well aware of the cultural significance of "H.A.L.", so I had grander expectations.
I think Rendezvous with Rama (just the first one) is one of his best works. It would make an interesting visual spectacle as a movie, but they'd have to inject some excitement and drama as it really doesn't have any.The book was written at the same time as the movie was being filmed. The setting was originally meant to be Saturn and the monolith was on Titan (I think). They couldn’t get the special effects right for the rings of Saturn so they switched it to Jupiter.
I’ve read the 4 books (2001, 2010, 2064 and 3001) and you’re not missing much.
Bonus points if you actually have them, lolMost have already been mentioned, a couple to add that I liked:
- Red Planet
- Prometheus
Both predicated on life on earth was seeded by a more advanced civilization - which I have always found to be very thought provoking..!
- Fantastic Planet (love this movie, used to show it on late nite TV before there were 700 channels - lol.
- Heavy Metal as how can this not be on the list!
What I like about 2001 is that it's "hard" sci-fi. The real world is often dull and I think we're spoiled with the expectation that science fiction also has to be fantasy. But I also read the book before watching the film so perhaps my view is clouded. But the visuals and score are amazing. I liken it to more like going to watch an opera rather than a film.For the most part though, I found 2001 to be... dull. Not the whole thing, but enough of it to be excluded from my "Best Sci-fi" list. Perhaps if I read the book first, it would have been better, but a movie should never have to fall back on the book to explain something (like the monolith).
Don't get me wrong. For it's time it was a cinematic masterpiece. However, I never saw it when it came out (I was under a month old, so I blame it on my poor money management skills, 'cause I had literally none). By the time I saw it I had already seen Star Wars, and was well aware of the cultural significance of "H.A.L.", so I had grander expectations.
Rendezvous with Rama is an excellent book. I only recently found out that the sequels were all written by Gentry Lee which explains why I thought they were rubbish in comparison. Childhood's End is another good one.I think Rendezvous with Rama (just the first one) is one of his best works. It would make an interesting visual spectacle as a movie, but they'd have to inject some excitement and drama as it really doesn't have any.
The Rama sequels were “co-written”by Clarke...apparently Gentry Lee wrote, and Clarke provided the story. Not nearly as good as the original, agreed. Each book got successively worse.What I like about 2001 is that it's "hard" sci-fi. The real world is often dull and I think we're spoiled with the expectation that science fiction also has to be fantasy. But I also read the book before watching the film so perhaps my view is clouded. But the visuals and score are amazing. I liken it to more like going to watch an opera rather than a film.
Then again, I'm also a big fan of David Lynch's Dune. I had to watch it several times before I fully understood it. And the novel is incredible - I fully understand why they had to take so many shortcuts to bring it to screen.
Rendezvous with Rama is an excellent book. I only recently found out that the sequels were all written by Gentry Lee which explains why I thought they were rubbish in comparison. Childhood's End is another good one.
Dune - great book. Dune movie - crap.What I like about 2001 is that it's "hard" sci-fi. The real world is often dull and I think we're spoiled with the expectation that science fiction also has to be fantasy. But I also read the book before watching the film so perhaps my view is clouded. But the visuals and score are amazing. I liken it to more like going to watch an opera rather than a film.
Then again, I'm also a big fan of David Lynch's Dune. I had to watch it several times before I fully understood it. And the novel is incredible - I fully understand why they had to take so many shortcuts to bring it to screen.
Rendezvous with Rama is an excellent book. I only recently found out that the sequels were all written by Gentry Lee which explains why I thought they were rubbish in comparison. Childhood's End is another good one.